and now for the News…
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News
1. Shipbuilding Out West
Seaspan began construction on JSS #1
2.Unions
Unifor and Halifax Shipyard have reached a new tentative agreement, after the last one was rejected, triggering strike notice. The longshoreman and the Port Employers have also reached a new 3 yr agreement.
3. Slavery
The Coast tells the story of the last African slave ship to the Americas, and her Nova Scotia Captain.
4. Sharks
they’re back…
Notable Movements
Fundy Pilot is in town filling in as the second pilot boat.
HMCS Oriole Sailed into Toronto for the first time in 69 years. she began her life as a yacht in Toronto. HMCS Moncton will be joining her on a Summer Great Lakes Tour.
HMCS Windsor returned to Port after NATO exercises in Europe.
Maersk Atlanta made a special stop at Halterm to deliver Empty refers.
Photo from Mr_Crane_hfx via Twitter
Last week in History.
June 21 1749 – Edward Cornwallis shows up and founds Halifax.
June 18 1906 – British imperial Government properties in Halifax are handed over to the Dominion of Canada
June 15 1904 – The passenger liner General Slocum exploded and sank in the Hudson River, near NYC. Over 1,000 lives were lost in the disaster.
June 14 1917 – The British Admiralty approved the use of convoys of merchant ships as a precaution against U-boat attack.
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— Canadian Coast Guard (@CoastGuardCAN) June 20, 2018