Hapag-Lloyd container ship Dalian Express looks to be the first victim of the closure at Fairview Cove. She is currently inbound, and was due to sail tomorrow afternoon, but will now have to wait until Monday for the terminal to reopen, and Atlantic Companion and London Express to clear the Pier. she will likely sail on Tuesday.
This could also affect other Rotations, with Fairview Cove being busiest early in the week.
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Rumor has it Cabot is bound for Turkish scrappers. The Oceanex Vessel was replaced by the new build Connraiga, and has been offered for sale. She is currently tied up at Pier 9. As of writing, she is still registered in Canada.
APL Coral not only didn’t sail as scheduled from Fairview cove yesterday,but this morning she moved forward a birth. The move was to facilitate todays arrival of Oakland Express.
APL Coral’s departure was delayed due to leaking cargo forming a minor spill. Atlantic Industrial Cleaners have be contacted to do the cleanup, and presumably the ship will sail once the spill is cleaned and the cargo secured/cleaned up.
With Oceanex Connaigra back in service after some propeller work in Boston, Cabot can once again go into layup. Cabot normally operated the Montreal – St. Johns route, and is being replaced by the Connaigra. When displaced by Connaigra’s arrival, she laid up in Montreal. it appears she will now spend some time at Pier 9a in Halifax.
This weeks caller on the g6 service is APL Cyprene. She has been here before.
Due to weather induced delays, the Container ship Buxhai arrived at the outer anchorage yesterday, and moved to Fairview Cove this morning. Built under the current name in 2005, she then serverd on charter to MSC as MSC Lausanne until that charter ended in 2011, and she reverted to her original name.
I believe she is filling in for the HS Beethoven, which was damaged in December when a container stack toppled, damaging a bunker tank.
you may remember at the end of December, a crack was discovered in the deck of the container vessel MSC Monterey, and her passengers evacuated. the ship then took shelter in St. Mary’s Bay Newfoundland,. She Sailed for Boston today, with an eta of the 15th.
Inspection and ultrasound reveled the crack was simply a failed defective weld, and could have a final and complete repair made on site. The original plan called for the installation of stiffeners, to re-inforce the ship so it could make a shipyard. This is no longer necessary.
The repair was delayed by wether for several days. the crack did not grow, and no pollutants were released.
LUDWIGSHAFEN EXPRESS has now been renamed Atlanta Express. She is currently just off the pilot station.
The vessel was renamed to free up the name for a Hapag Llyods newbuild in its Newest Essen Class.
Essen Express was renamed Boston Express to free up the name for the lead ship, and Italy express is now OOCL Vancouver.
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This year, the first and last vessels were regulars.
The last departure of 2013 was Scotian sea, who sailed around 7:30 pm. The last arrival of 2013 was Atlantic Cartier, around 10pm. She Anchored, in the basin, and Moved to Fairview at 8:30 on Jan 2
The First arrival of 2014 – CCGS Edward Cornwallis, around 5:30am on the first. The First Commercial Vessel was the Venture Sea – arriving 6am on the 2nd.
