Rumors are About that a US Navy vessel is due in port tomorrow. It reportedly has US and Canadian escorts, which suggests it might be an aircraft carrier…
The US Memorial Day weekend is coming up, so its not uncommon to Have US Visitors that weekend.
More as known.
Disney Magic Made a stop in Halifax Today. Disney added Halifax to their itinerary in 2013, but removed it for 2014. This is the only stop this year, and the vessel had originally intended to bypass us for St John’s Newfoundland.
Disney Magic is on a repositioning cruise from Florida to the Baltic. The Cruise left Port Canaveral, Florida on the 15th headed for New York; St Johns, Newfoundland; Reykjavik, Iceland; Oslo, Norway; and ending in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 29th.
In other news, Norwgian Gem ran aground on a reef off Bermuda yesterday. She was freed at high tied, and moved to Kings wharf in Bermuda. She is due in Halifax in September.
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Herring are caught via a Purse Seine. A net is pulled around the school of fish, the bottom pulled tight, which forms a bowl out of the net, and then the fish are pumped into the fish hold on board.
Shuttle tanker Kometik is rumoured to be for sale. the vessel is 17 years old, and apparently there is some sort of disagreement amongst the ownership group. She is currently owned by a consortium of Oil companies as listed as A JOINT VENTURE OF MOBIL, CHEVRON, MURPHY
She was built by Samsung Heavy industries in 1997, and is managed by Canship Ugland.
As a Shuttle Tanker, She runs oil from Hiberina to Various refineries. She was a frequent caller in Halifax, while imperial Oil Was in operation.
The Following photos of the Hiberina Atlantic Shore connection being made were provided by a reader.
