Today brought the return of the herring fleet. The end of may marks the return of the Seiners to the Halifax Waterfront every year. Today 5 vessels arrived, and all are regular members of the fleet.
Herring Fleet is back
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Back to Pier 25 for Maineport Pine
Siesmic Support vessel Mainport Pine Returned to Halifax just after noon. She will likely take on supplies, and head back out to join the fleet.
Blue Putties, In Drydock, In Boston.
I Recived an email this morning form a reader who noticed the BluePutties in Drydock in Boston.
In the past, Marine Atlantic work has been done in the NovaDock at Halifax shipyards, however I have heard that the Nova Dock is having some sort of issue and is not serviceable. It may also be that the shipyard does not have capacity given its renovations, Final work on the Hero Class, and Ongoing FELEX Work.
Davie in Quebec Has a Drydock large enough, however I belive it is occupied by newbuilds/and or the Louis St Laurent.
2 More Ferries for HRM
On today’s council agenda is a tender award for Two Additional Harbour Ferries. These Boats will replace Halifax III and Dartmouth III which have been in Service since 1978.
The Construction of the 2 new ferries will be done by A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd.,
for a Total Tender Price of $8,835,527 with planned delivery of the first and second ferries in April 2015 and April 2018 respectively;
The 4th Ferry, Christopher Stannix, was Recently delivered by A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd, and the new boats will be built to the same design. The 2015 build is expected to Replace the Dartmouth III, as the Halifax III recently underwent a period of Extended Maintenance.
2 Addtional bids were recived – Aecon Atlantic bid $11,440,695.63 for the 2 boats, and Ocean Industries (Part of Groupe Ocean) bid $14,082,912.84
NCC RABIGH anchored in the basin
The Products Tanker NCC Rabigh anchored in the basin last week, presumably to wait her turn at Imperial Oil. Owned by National Chemical Carriers, which is part of Bahari, the Saudi National Shipping Company, she is typical of the tankers that have been tying up at the terminal lately.
She was built in 2007 in Ulsan South Korea.
Virginia for G6
Todays G6 Arrival to fairview cove is the Virgina, formerly APL Virginia. Owned by NSC Schiffahrts GmbH, she is of the same yard and Design as Zim Haifa, Zim Beijing and Zim Savannah, all of which are regular callers in Halifax.
She was built in 2005.
Photo to follow.
Hero #9 Launched – CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M
The 9th and Final Hero Class Vessel, the CCGS Captain Goddard M.S.M, was launched saturday morning. She will be transported to the West Coast with Hero #8 later this year. The Last of the 9 Hero Class boats, She also has the distinction of being the last vessel to be launched on those particular launching ways, which have existed for close to 100 years. When Halifax Shipyard renovations are complete, ships will be launched via a semi-submersable barge at the pier 9 end of the yard.
Photos to follow.
Atlantic Towing gets Slice of Hiberina Work
Atlantic Towing Limited announced today that it has secured a new ten (10)-year firm contract, plus a total of 15 years of options at the Charterers’ discretion, with ExxonMobil Canada Properties and Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) for four new state-of-the art Platform Supply Vessels operating out of St John’s, NL. The first ships for the contract will be delivered in 2016 and will join Atlantic Towing’s current fleet of eight offshore support vessels in Atlantic Canada. The new contract means 100 new jobs at Atlantic Towing’s offshore fleet home port of St. John’s, NL.
The new ships, to be designed and built by Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands, will deliver a number of environmental benefits including Clean Design designation with a diesel electric power plant, the latest environmental control equipment, wave piercing bow design, and enhanced crew comfort.
Secunda also won a Piece of this work, and will be adding an additional vessel.
Seismic Fleet is Here
BP’s Siesmic Fleet is here. This year, the operation will consist of Mainport Pine and Scotian Sea working as the supply vessels for the Fleet. Western Patriot ; Western Neptune; Western Pride; Western Regent; Geco Diamond; and Ocean Odyssey are the Western Geco Seismic Vessels, and Tugs Beverly M1 and Atlantic Fir will serve as Guard Boats.
Several of these vessels were operating here last year for shell, on the ajoinging parcel.
Veendam at Pier 31
With Shore power installation occuring at the cruise terminals, Cruise ships are tieing up at pier 31.
Today’s arrival is Holland America Lines Veendam, on her second visit of the season.
