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The container ship Yantain Express, suffered a container fire yesterday. Efforts to fight the fire were reportedly suspended due to weather. The ship is a regular caller to Halifax on the EC5 Service and was due today at Fairview cove. That arrival...

the New build ship Tropical Hope tied up at pier 37 this morning for her first call to Halifax on her maiden voyage. the ship was just delivered form the builders in China, and will be plying Tropical Shipping’s route from Halifax to the...

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CN Rail’s CEO told the financial post on Wednesday that it made an offer to buy Halterm from Macquarie Infrastructure. Macquarie Infrastructure bought the terminal in 2007 for 173 million. CN wants to tern Halterm into the Prince Rupert of the...

Noticeably absent from the announcement yesterday by Davie of the re-floating of the ex Vidar Viking was the ships new Coast Guard name. I’m told this ship will be named the CCGS Molly Kool – the first woman In North America to hold a...

The Federal minister of Defense is scheduled to make an announcement at the Halifax Shipyard today. That announcement will probably be an order for the 6th AOPS. the original contract was for up to 6 boats, with a firm commitment for 5 ships, with...

this week I talk about weather, on the 6th anniversary of the loss of the bounty and her captain and a crew member. Once again weather was causing delays in the harbour as high winds keep ships in and out of...

the Alliance announced the AL 1 service will drop Bremerhavan, and begin calling in Hamburg starting with the January 6 trip of YM Express. they also announced the addition of a ship to the route to smooth over winter delays. Announced today, the...

      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...

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....