Thanks to Scott, A crewmember on the Kometik, for tweeting me some pictures while they are at anchor.
View from the Harbour
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Yearly Archives: 2012
Good Bye Halifax
Jewel of the Seas, Passing York Redoubt
Salvaged Sailboat from the Northwest Arm
She looks to be in rough shape, which is not unsurprising given she spent 6 weeks under water.
The Port Authority was hoping to seel her to recover costs. It doesnt look like there is anything of value left.
One Month Of Traffic Visualized
The Image above is all traffic in Halifax Harbour, for the month of November 2011. (1:150000 scale)
the images were produced from the position data of the various vessels transiting the harbour. the individual points were joined to form lines, then overlaid on Halifax in Arcgis.
(Below 1:7500 scale HalTerm)
HMCS Kingston Route Survey
HMCS Kingston, Running in the Bedford Basin today. She appears to be running with the Route Survey package, with a towed sonar.
The Route Survey Package allows the ship to produce state of the art, high quality imagery of the ocean bottom with the use of multi-beam side scan sonar housed in a streamlined active body known as a towfish. This information is used for route mapping, detection and classification of mine-like objects and the optimization of ocean route planning.
OOCL America
OOCL America, backing into Fairview Cove, with tugs Atlantic Larch and Atlantic Oak. Bellow, All Fast.
Crystal Symphony
Crystal Symphony Rounding George’s Island to tie up at Pier 20.
Spy Case Resolved – Delisle pleads Guilty
It is being reported that Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle entered a guilty plea to spy charges. I suspect a plea deal was made with the crown that will see Delisle serve jail time, and the crown can keep secret what he told the forign entity.
UPDATE: CTV News is reporting that Delisile was Paid $3000/month to supply information to the Russian Inteligence Service.
Sunken Boat Raised in Northwest Arm
Photo from a friend Via Face Book.
Looks Like RMI Raised the Sunken Silboat in the Northwest Arm. It will reportaly be held for sale at Pier 29 to recover costs. It was a nice boat, But I doubt its worth anything now after 2 months on the bottom.
See the Chronicle Herald for More, and the Picture bellow
Silva Set a Drift = Piracy
This past Sunday, some morons boarded the Tall Ship Silva, Raised a Sail, and released all but one of her lines. That Last line, eventually broke, and she was spotted drifing by pier 21 when a tug was dispatched. Looks Like Halifax has a Case of piracy – from the Criminal Code of Canada Piracy
Piracy by law of nations
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74. (1) Every one commits piracy who does any act that, by the law of nations, is piracy.
Punishment
(2) Every one who commits piracy while in or out of Canada is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.- R.S., c. C-34, s. 75;
- 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 3.
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(a) steals a Canadian ship,
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(b) steals or without lawful authority throws overboard, damages or destroys anything that is part of the cargo, supplies or fittings in a Canadian ship,
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(c) does or attempts to do a mutinous act on a Canadian ship, or
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(d) counsels a person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),
- R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 75;
- R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 7.
Piratical acts
75. Every one who, while in or out of Canada,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
Bellow: Silva, When not adrift
