Tag Archives: boats

On Friday, the Feds signed a contract for $610million to have Davie acquire and convert 3 Icebreakers for Coast Guard use. The first ship is to be delivered by December 2018, with the other 2 to be delivered in Summer  and fall 2019. The ships...

After attempting this shot, on her westbound leg, but failing, I succeeded on the eastbound leg. Atlantic Sun is a G4 class of container and RO-RO ship for ACL, and went into service late last year. On Arrival She took the Western birth at Fairview...

following closely behind Atlantic Sun, was Hapag-Llyod’s  Dalian Express. A frequent caller over the years, the ship went to the basin on arrival. Built in 2001 as Hamburg Express, She was renamed in 2011 to free up the name for a newer...

The bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth will be kept busy today with 3 vessels anchoring to top up their tanks. First up is the Norwegian flagged, geared bulker, NordKap. She arrived from Brazil, and will likely sail for the St Lawrence, likely with a...

After Musing about creating an update to the One Month of Traffic map from November 2011 – last week i hinted that an update was underway. Well its done. and the final product can be seen above. (Above) Close up of the inner Harbour. (Above)...

Recently I tweeted a map of 1 month of Halifax traffic from November 2011, and commented its due for an update. The latest data i have is from August 2016, so i Set out to Make the updated map. While Doing it, I also decided to Document how i did...

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Mol Partner sits at anchor in the basin waiting for a birth to free up at Fairview Cove. Despite today being a holiday, the ships were stacking up at Fairview cove. Last night brought the arrival of YM Express to the west birth. She Sailed this...

After Musing about creating an update to the One Month of Traffic map from November 2011 – I went  back into the data archives, and found the last full month I have August 2016. So Above is a first look at the data, without context. the...

(Above) The first AOPS, the Future HMCS Harry DeWolf has been tarped off for painting, prior to launching in September. the modules were painted indoors as they were built, though it was presumably with a primer, as the grey is not the Canadian...