On January 21 1842, Joseph Howe hosted Charles Dickens on his first visit to Canada. Subsequent stops included Toronto, Montreal and Niagra falls.
(Above)Carnival Legend at Cruise terminal 3 (Below) Norwegian Dawn at Terminal 3. Both vessels departed on time at 1600, arriving before 6 am, they completed a full turnover of passengers.
(above)Edison Chouest Offshore Anchor Handling Supply vessel Dino Chouest, named after the Edision Chouest President. in the graving dock at TampaShip.
(below) the Victory Ship American Victory. She served in the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam. Note the size between her, and Norwegian Dawn, behind.
(Below) Texas A&M universities training vessel General Rudder. Its named for Texas A&M graduate General James Earl Rudder, who led the US Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc on D-day.
The port of Tampa has a huge bulk presence. (Above) the Bangcock registered Mallika Naree was tied up loading sulfur. The loading spout goes quite lov in the hold, presumably to prevent the spread of the otherwise smelly commodity.
(Above) the CSL Metis unloading gravel from Punta Venado Mexico. Part of the CSL Americas Fleet, she trades internationally. A rare sight in Halifax, Her self unloading arm is extended and in operation. (below) a slightly different angle gives a better view of the long reach of the arm.
(above) Marion C. Bouchard in the Gulf marine repair floating drydock.
(Above)These tugs were found at TampaShip, A local shipyard owned by Edison Chouest. These tugs belong to an EC Subsidiary. The tugs were built in 2009, at GulfShip and are named (front to back) C-Tractor 22, C-Tractor 19, C-tractor 20, C-tractor 21. They offer 5500hp,and feature forward mounted Z-drives.
(above) Sea Bulk Towings SDM Suwannee River tied up in the Sparkman channel. SDM stands for ship docking module, and is a patented tug design by Seabulk. SDM’s feature a fore and an aft mounted z drives, mounted off center- this design allows for maximum bollard pull in any direction.
SeaBulk also had tugs Athena and Tampa tied up along side the SDM. Athena is a 1 year old (Delivered April 2013) 5300bhp ASD Tug.
(below) Marine Towings Tug Freedom was waiting for the inbound OSG ATB. At 5000bhp, she features 2 Z drives
(below) tugs Osprey and Atlantic Coast. both are equipped for barge handling
(Above) Close up of the Tug (Bellow) Full view of the whole unit.
More Shippspotting Posts to follow..
HMCS Kingston suffered a minor electrical fire in one of her forward machinery spaces while off the Carolina coast yesterday morning.
(Above) TowBoat US Tug. Towboat US, and ther competition SeaTow are the towtrucks for pleasure craft owners. Its a membership service, and should you suffer a breakdown, you call, and they will tow you to safety.
(Below) Pilot boat Tampa of Egmont Key
(Above) RCCL Brilliance of the Seas, outbound at the pilot station.
The virginia class attack sub uss New Mexico arrived this afternoon and tied up at shearwater. The sub based in Grotten CT, recently spent some time under the arctic ice including surfacing through the ice at a temporary base.
Marc Milner is one of Canada’s preeminent naval historians and expert on the corvette. I suggest taking look at has recent article A Night Of Furious Action at http://legionmagazine.com. This Piece looks at the work of Escort Group C3, Protecting convoy ON 115 from July 29 to Aug. 1, 1942
Marc has also Produced a number of Books, Including Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy: 1939-1945
Painting Above- JOHN M. HORTON, BEAVERBROOK COLLECTION OF WAR ART/CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM—19840654-001
The Universitie de Quebec a Rimouski (UQAR) research vessel Coriolis II put in to port today, and tied up at the ECTug wharf.