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the Following release was issued by the port today: The Board of Directors of the Halifax Port Authority and the CEO are pleased to confirm that the work on the temporary South End Container Terminal berth extension has...
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This week in the Herald
This week, I talk about the birth of the container industry, and its constant struggle to remain profitable in a repeating cycle of larger ships cutting costs, leading to more larger ships, leading to excess capacity, leading to more large ships....
Read More »the Sun and the Moon..
Asian Sun spent today at pier 41 for Tropical Shipping. She is due to sail around 21:00 tonight. Asian Moon has been tied up at pier 31, offloading nickle concentrate from Cuba. She is due to sail at 2300 tonight. (Both are file Photos) the Nickle...
Read More »Royal Princess heads out.
Royal Princess sailed last night around 6pm. She came off pier 22, backed up south of Georges Is. and headed out to Sea bound for Sydney...
Read More »Atlantic Sea sails.. Finally
Atlantic Sea finally sailed this morning at 4 am. She spent the week tied up at the east end of Fairview Cove with a ramp issue. Parts and technicians were due to arrive over the weekend, and were able to clear up the...
Read More »How can Halifax Mitigate Trucks to the Port? look to Vancouver.
The issue of trucks to the Port recently was cited by the federal government as a reason to deny funding to modify Halterm and the Halifax Ocean terminals to accommodate multiple ultra class container ships. these ships, which are 10,000+ teu...
Read More »CSC Winner Announced
the federal government issued a release identifying Lockheed Martin as the preferred design for the CSC. Canada’s Combat Ship Team – composed of Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and CAE, MDA, L3 Technologies, and Ultra Electronics –...
Read More »To save jobs the Halifax Shipyard should build a port in Dartmouth. Weekly News #21
Consider becoming a member. 2$ a month really helps cover costs, and in return you get the site Ad Free. For latest port conditions, Including Weather,Wind, Tides, Arrivals and Departures be sure to visit the Port Report News 1.Local MP Hates the...
Read More »ILA269 Urges Feds to Support Port of Halifax.
this release was sent out yesterday by ILA...
Read More »New tugs for the Navy. this time for sure.
The Feds have another tender on the street for the construction for 4 large navy tugs to replace the glen Class. this one has been working through procurement circles for a number of years, they first tried for 6 tugs in 2012. that went nowhere, so...
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