Atlantic Huron, after unloading at Pier 25, moved to load at National Gypsum. She departed this morning.
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More Windsor Trials
(Above) Windsor coming off the Dock (Below) Turningoutside the camber
HMCS Windsor continued her trials today, and departed the dock. 2 weeks ago she completed diving tests just off the dock.
Atlantic Huron Unloading
Atlantic Huron unloading at the Grain elevator. She is sized to be the maximum size allowable by the St. Laurence seaway locks – there is not much room, as witnessed by the scrapes on her sides.
Twilight Fading
Oakland Express Outbound west channel (Above) Algoscotia Inbound East Channel (Bellow)
HMCS Halifax Out on Trials post FELEX
HMCS Halifax Spotted in the Approaches on trials Post FELEX refit.
RCN & USN Joint Task Group Exercise
Four of Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships from the Atlantic Fleet will be participating in a joint international exercise with the United States Navy from November 19 to December 14, off the East Coasts of Canada and United States called Task Group Exercise 6-12.
Royal Canadian Navy will work with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to combine the Task Group Exercise with the NORAD Air Defence Exercise Amalgam Dart to further enhance interoperability and effectiveness between the Royal Canadian Navy and NORAD. The high tempo training will provide valuable experience to our sailors in a wide range of at-sea evolutions, to include navigation and seamanship, helicopter operations, and warfare exercises. Furthermore, Amalgam Dart will provide an excellent opportunity to train in ship-to-air and air-to-air defence.
Units participating in Task Group Exercise 6-12 and Amalgam Dart are Her Majesty’s Canadian Ships Iroquois, Preserver, Ville de Quebec and St. John’s. The ships will be joined by Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and personnel from 12 Wing Shearwater, 14 Wing Greenwood, 17 Wing Winnipeg, 3 Wing Bagotville, and 22 Wing North Bay to include CH-124 Sea King helicopters, CF-18 fighters and a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft.
Bulkers For Grain Elevator
Sea Bailo is scheduled to depart pier 27/28 late this afternoon.
Alpha arrived just before noon, and will take Sea Bailo’s place.
Athabaskan in need of a tow
The Government of Canada Issued a tender on Merx to have HMCS Athabaskan towed back to Halifax. She departed in the March for Port Weller Dry Dock for a Maintinance period. It looks like the work will not be complete in time for the closing of the seaway Dec 30th, So the Government wants her towed back to Halifax.
From Merx:
Requirement:
To TOW Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Athabaskan from St.
Catharines, Ontario (Port Weller) to HMC Dockyard Halifax, Nova
Scotia in accordance with the provided Technical Statement of
Requirement dated October 30, 2012.
Specifications:
Vessel Displacement:
5000 Long Tons
Overall Length
426 feet 130 meters.
Breath
50 feet 15.25 meters.
Draft
17 feet 5.2 meters.
Destination:
The TOW is from St. Catharines, Ontario (Port Weller) to HMC
Dockyard Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Work Period:
The beginning of the towing period will be between December 1,
2012 and before the closure of the St-Lawrence Seaway 2012
navigational season.
Pioneer for National Gypsum
The Self Discharging Bulk Carrier Pioneer arrided this afternoon for National gypsum. She was built in 1981 as Canadian Pioneer, and was renamed in 1988. She is operated as part of the Canada Steam Ship Lines International (CSLI ) fleet.
tug William J. Moore and its barge McClearys Spirit
Canadian registered tug William J. Moore and barge McClearys Spirit. It is Speculated that both are about to be re-flagged, after being laid up in Quebec for several months.
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