USCGC Spencer is due to arrive tomorrow morning and will tie up at the dockyard.
Spencer is home ported in Rhode Island
UPDATE: She is Scheduled to Depart 0900 on the 13th
USCG visit tommorow
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Reykjafoss at Pier 42
Halifax Regular, Reykjafoss, Part of the Icelandic Shipping line Eimskip.
Princimar Joy Back to IOL
As reported at Shipfax, Princimar Joy departed IOL Mid Discharge due to High Winds. Now that the forcast has improved, she moved back to the dock to finish discharging crude oil.
Tall ship Caladonia on the move
The tall ship caledonia has departed Lunenburg and is currently stopped in Prescott Ontario. She was owned by Canadian Sailing Expeditions but that ownership reverted to Caterpillar Financial Services when CSE went bankrupt. The ship had been laid up in Lunenburg since then.
Jan Van Gent – First time in Halifax
Jan Van Gent, In Halifax for Nirint. She was built in 2009, and is owned by Wagenborg Shipping
HMCS Windsor On Trials – Camber Dive Test
HMCS Windsor coming off the dock for trials. This is her first time away from the dock, since she was taken off the synchro lift on April 11. She was Secured to both Sides, for a Camber Dive Test.
The completion of the camber diveis a a critical milestone in the submarine’s work period. A multitude of trials and confidence checks are conducted during the dive to verify the submarine’s watertight integrity and correct functioning of key escape systems.
Below – Blowing Ballast
(Below) Decks awash (Above) Stern Going Down
The crew will presumably be looking for leaks, as well as testing the boats ability to come back up.
HMCS Windsor will be the Second Submarine to become operational. HMCS Victoria is currently Operational, and recently participated in RimPAC 2012 and Joint US/Canada Task Group Exercise (TGEX). HMCS Cornerbrook was operational, but was damaged when she went aground. She is up next for refit. HMCS Chicoutimi is In Victoria, Heavily damaged by the fire on her delivery cruise. Work is underway to make her operational.
UPDATE 08/11: She returned to the dock this morning around 0800
First Trip To Halifax Bussan Express
Bussan Express is a Hapag Lloyd vessel that is now in the Hapag Lloyd AEX (Asia-Med.-N. America EC Expr.) Service. She is A Post Panamax vessel comparable to the OOCL vessels that operate In Halifax, But is the next size up for typical Hapag Lloyd Vessels (Bellow Dallas Express Left, Bussan Express Right)
Also Serving on the AEX Service Are Italy Express, Canada Express and OOCL Oakland. Its a 35 Day Trip from VUNG TAU to NORFOLK, VA.
Dallas Express is On the PAX (Pacific Atlantic Expr.) Service with Kobe Express, Duseldorf Express, Rotterdam Express, London Express, Oakland Express, Kiel Express, Paris Express, Tokyo Express, Pusan, Halifax Express, Boston Express.
Davie Yard Has a New Buyer
Via The Montreal Gazette:
The Court appointed Bankruptcy monitor, since last August, has been weighing a bid from Zafiro Marine, a British operator of a fleet of offshore supply vessels of the same genre as the three now sitting uncompleted in the Lévis shipyard. The three partially completed offshore oil and gas service and pipe-laying vessels have lain dormant at Davie since Norway’s Cecon ASA placed the original order worth almost $500 million and then ran into financial problems.
The once vociferous Davie union says 900 workers could be recalled in January, but the Quebec City region recently has had one of Canada’s lowest jobless rates.
Industry sources say it will cost about $250 million to finish the three vessels sitting in the Davie yard — they are 60 per cent complete. Davie has two ferry orders worth $120 million for La Société des traversiers du Québec … when the gates reopen.
Denise Verreault, CEO of Les Méchins shipbuilder-repairer Groupe Maritime Verreault Inc., estimates almost $1.5 billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent on Davie since 1985.
2 Regulars bound for the Scrappers.
Thanks to Shipfax for the tip, 2 Halifax regulars, Teval and Marwan are headed to the scrappers.
Both vessels run on Melfi Lines’ service to Cuba from Europe and Canada. Melfi does not own the ships, but charters them from thier owners.
Expect to see 2 new vessels in the rotation shortly.
(Above)Teval at Pier 42 (Below) Marwan Arriving at Halterm
Traffic Tieups Due to NY Port Closure.
A rare Sight, a very lightly loaded OOCL Antwerp is at anchor in the basin for a few Hours this Morning. Halifax is suffering from a traffic jam, as a result of the Sandy induced Port Closure in New York.
Italy Express (right) is Tied up, Scheduled to depart later today bound for NY. Duseldorf Express (left) was likely also affected, and is taking bunkers. Zim Panama is also waiting for Halterm in the outer anchorage.
Photos to Come.
Below OOCL Antwerp Boarding her Pilot to move to Fairview cove in place of Italy Express
