Hero #9, still in the Shop has been painted. As its the Last ship, and the building is coming down when complete, i assume they didn’t care about getting paint everywhere.
Hero #8 M.Charles, is due to be launched tomorrow Night, at 11pm.
German Naval Supply Ship FGS Bonn Arrived this morning for a port visit. She spent the past few days circling outside the harbour. Bonn is of the base design for the new JSS to be built under the NSPS.
German Naval Supply Ship FGS Bonn is currently approaching the Pilot stationExpect her in town in about 45min.
(Above) Maersk Katalin Departed for CURACAO. (Below) Thorm Thyra Arrived prior to Katalin’s departure and circled in the inner harbour until the birth was free.
word has reached me that the PCTC Asian Emperor currently at pier 27 has sustained significant damage to her one of her decks. This is likely the result of cargo breaking loose and shifting.
Asian Emperor arrived on the 15th
UPDATE:
SEVERAL large John Deer farm tractors (completely demolished), massive John Deer Combine machines, Black Mercedes cargo vans. The equipment (farm machinery) was nearly unrecognizable its was damaged so bad. Given the vessel is bow forward they are probably trying to obstruct the damaged equipment from view.
People with BMW’s on order are frantically trying to find out if their car was trashed. I Have been emailed by a Woman from Montreal, And their are Forum Posts Here and Here of people looking to discover the fate of their vehicles.
CTV News at 6 also offered this video yesterday.
Its Posible this damage is the result of Parametric Rolling. Kenebec Captain (Who Sails PCTC’s for a day job) describes taking a parametric roll in a post, speculating that lashings would fail if it continued.
UPDATE 02/19: Asian Emperor is back at Pier 30, after unloading undamaged vehicles at Autoport. Unknown if Damaged cars will not come off, but the stern ramp is visible.
UPDATE 02/21: Ship is still at pier 30.From a BMW Dealer in the Comments, this apparently came from a bmw official in NJ.
There were 1,200 vehicles on the ship and approximately 30 were damaged. If the damage represents 3% or greater BMW will total the vehicle. at this point new owners will need to re-order or dealers can try to perform a locate for the client, In the US BMW NA will provide some sort of a goo will discount on the vehicle if you are one the unlucky ones
I have also heard that BMW is trying to coordinate a payload transfer, which, essentially, allows for vehicles that have not been damaged to be moved aboard the Turandot. The problem with this is that the space is limited to the amount of vehicles being unloaded in Halifax. So, there will still be some that will have to remain on the Asian Emperor until it is fixed, or until the next ship arrives to port.
Turandot Arrived and Departed on the 20th. Don Juan is due on the 25th. Will be interesting to see if Asian Emperor moves back to autoport before then.
The German Replenishment ship FGS Bonn is currently outside the Harbour, and is likely here for a visit. Bonn is one of 3 Berlin Class AOR’s (Sister Frankfurt Am Main Has been to Halifax twice before) and the Model for Canada’s New Joint Support Ships.
UPDATE – She Appears to be circling and their is no Pilot Order. HMCS Ville De Quebec and Athabaskan are due to be exercising this week, and HMCS Summerside sailed this morning, so this may all be related.
UPDATE: A reader from Portuguese Cove emailed to say that this afternoon FGS Bonn
“sends a small RIB to meet with our Atlantic Willow Tug just off off Portuguese Cove today. The RIB then ,this afternoon, motors back out to the Bonn which then headed out to Sea. it is again seen on the AIS site circling about 30 nm South of Halifax before resuming a southerly course.
AIS shows it’s last port as Reykjavik and shows no destination.”
He also Provided the Photo Above. Given the previous destination, its possible Bonn embarked an Ice Pilot for the trip to Halifax.
The tanker Perseus N Departed the Basin this morning to tie up at Tuffts cove. She Spun around in the Narrows, and tied up bow facing north.
The Power plant located there originally burned bunker oil, but was updated to burn natural gas. It retains the ability to burn oil, and tankers make occasional stops to top up the tanks.
ASOPOS was here, almost a year ago to date
Last night saw 5 Products tankers riding out the weather in the Basin. Algoma Dartmouth Moved to Pier 9, and Atlantic Oak was tied up at Fairview Cove.
Left to right SeaPride, Maersk Katalin, Cielo Di Salerno, and Perseus N. Havelstern Sailed early this morning.
Jaya Holdings Limited, has delivered its second new build ice class anchor handling tug supply vessel to Atlantic Towing Limited. The 16,000 BHP vessel was delivered on 7 February 2014 in
Singapore and was christened the “Atlantic Merlin” at a naming ceremony held earlier
today. She was previously known as “Jaya Sovereign” until her delivery to Atlantic
Towing. Atlantic Merlin is a sister ship of “Atlantic Kestrel”, which was delivered to
Atlantic Towing in November 2012.
The Purchase was announced in June 2013 but was indicated earlier in march. Atlantic Towing Previously purchased Sister vessel Atlantic Kestrel.
With hero #8 rolled out, today brought the opening of the doors offering a peak at hero #9. She will likely be rolled out for painting at some point this weekend, though that may be dependent on the forecast.
Hero #9, the CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M.,is named after Canadian Army soldier Captain Nichola Goddard, M.S.M, who has the distinction of being the first female Canadian combat soldier killed in combat, and the 16th Canadian soldier killed in Canadian operations in Afghanistan.
Tanker AlgoNova was towed into port this afternoon By Atlantic Elm. She is bound for Woodside, but will probably be moved to the Nova Dock. Damage is probably quite severe, if she was towed from Sydney to Halifax.
AlgoNova reported a fire on Jan 19, and requested assistance. She proceeded to Sydney NS with a tug escort.
(Above: Atlantic Elm, sailing around Georges Is. After handing off the tow, she turned and headed out to sea. Below: Algonova after Atlantic Elm handed off the tow to tugs Atlantic Oak and Atlantic Willow)
