Cape Bon Sitting at Anchor in the Basin. She will wait her turn at Imperial Oil, and will move to the terminal once her birth is free.
Cape Bon to Anchor.
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Yearly Archives: 2014
CCGS M. CHARLES MB on trials in the Basin.
Hero #8 CCGS M. CHARLES MB was spotted on trials in the Basin yesterday. Here she is above, moving back to Pier 9 past the Inbound Edward Cornwallis.
Minister MacKay welcomes the CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. to the Coast Guard Fleet
Minister of Justice, Peter MacKay officially welcomed the new Canadian Coast Guard Ship CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. into service at a ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia today.
CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. is the sixth of nine Hero Class vessels to join the Coast Guard fleet. It will be used to support the Department of Fisheries and Oceans conservation and protection programs.
The vessel is named after Corporal Mark Robert McLaren, from Peterborough, Ontario, who served on two missions to Afghanistan. On December 5, 2008, the vehicle in which he was travelling was hit by a roadside bomb, and at the age of 23, Corporal Mark Robert McLaren was killed. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Military Valour.
She was launched back in September. File Photo.
CSAV Lluta for Fairview Cove
With Hapag-Llyods recent merger with CSAV, we now seem to be getting a regular stream of CSAV Vessels on the PA1 Service. this may continue, or it may simply be a matter of the line shifing its ships as newbuilds come on line.
Today brought the arrival of CSAV Lluta. Built in china in 2009, she is owned by Schlter K & Co, and has a capacity of 4200 TEU making her smaller then the normal vessels on the service.
CHIPOLBROK GALAXY for CFIA Inspection
The general cargo vessel CHIPOLBROK GALAXY anchored this morning for CFIA Inspection. Built in Dec 2010, she is owned and operated by Chipolbrok America, the US Arm of the Chinese – Polish Joint Stock Shipping Co. Built to handle project cargoes, she has 3 cranes; two of which are off set, and the aft one is on the Center line.
She can carry 1904TEU, and features adjustable holds.
70th D-Day Anniversary
In the painting D-Day (CWM 10558) the atmosphere is almost festive as landing craft of the 262nd Canadian Flotilla bring infantry into Bernières-sur-Mer. The Artist, Tom Wood, Served with the Navy, and was present for the landings.
200 Years ago Today..
This print (Plate No. 4 of four) depicts Shannon “leading her prize … into Halifax Harbour, on the 6th June 1813”, with the Royal Navy’s “White Ensign” flown above the United States Ensign on board Chesapeake
Colored lithograph by L. Haghe, after a painting by J.C. Schetky based on a design by Captain R.H. King, RN. Published by Smith, Elder & Company, London, in 1830.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Beverly R. Robinson Collection. The series is dedicated to Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, R.N., Shannon’s Commanding Officer. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph
Colored lithograph by L. Haghe, after a painting by J.C. Schetky based on a design by Captain R.H. King, RN. Published by Smith, Elder & Company, London, in 1830.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Maryland. Beverly R. Robinson Collection. The series is dedicated to Captain Philip Bowes Vere Broke, R.N., Shannon’s Commanding Officer. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph
Halifax Shipyard’s Graving Dock now a National Historic Civil Engineering Site
Today the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) officially designated the Halifax Shipyard’s Graving Dock as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. Now owned by Irving Shipbuilding, the large dry dock was constructed in the 1880s for shipbuilding and repairs. It has functioned during two World Wars and is still serving the industry today. According to the CSCE’s Program of Designation, the 173-metre-long and 24-metre-wide graving dock is a remarkable engineering accomplishment: at 125 years old it is still performing, essentially according to its original design. At the time of its construction, it was the largest dry dock on the Eastern Seaboard and could handle the world’s largest vessels.
The Graving Dock remains a critical part of Irving Shipbuilding’s operation to this day. Currently in dock is HMCS St. John’s, one of the Canadian Navy’s Halifax-Class frigates. Originally Irving-built at Saint John Shipbuilding, seven of these ships are now in the midst of a refit program. It can take anywhere from 12 – 18 months to complete each ship. The program began in 2011 and will continue into 2017.
It is fitting that the Graving Dock has been recognized for its significance from a historical civil engineering stand-point. It has survived the Halifax Explosion, several World Wars, and the inevitable advancement of the industry from wooden to steel ships as well as the exponential growth in vessel size and weight. It helped repair several thousand ships during World War II and now is the repair site for our Navy’s current combatant fleet, in the very shipyard that will construct the Navy’s new combatant fleet beginning in 2015.
The Ocean terminals At pier 20 are also Registered as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site
FELEX Update – HMCS Charlottetown Back to the Navy
HMCS Charlottetown is being handed back to the navy today, having completed the shipyard portion of her Felix refit. HMCS St Johns should take her place at the Machine Shop Wharf shortly.
Another random charter for Hapag Lloyd
Today brought the arrival of Quadriga to Fairview Cove. Built in 2008, she carries 3400TEU which is considerably smaller then the vessels they normally run. The recent changes may just be due to periodic maintenance, or Hapag is shuffling vessels due to new 14000TEU new-builds coming on line, and additional capacity to Halifax via the G6 Alliance.
