USS Dwight D. Eisenhower from Woodside last night. Lots of folks were out taking a look.
Ike Last Night.
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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Other Harbour Happenings.
With the Arrival of the Largest Container ship todate, a tall ship at anchor, and A US Aircraft carrier all showing up in recent days, its easy to forget other actions still happen daily in the port.
(Above)YM Moderation Put in for the Alliance. The Car Carrier liberty tied up at autoport, and then Moved to Pier 31.
(Above) Acadian sits at anchor waiting to tie up at the Irving Oil wharf. (Below) Atlantic Pegasus departed imperial oil for Sea.
Golden Oak Fixed an issue at anchor, and then proceeded to Imperial Oil.
(Above) The herring Fleet is Still in town, with the morning Star Transiting. (below)The Vera D Arrived just ahead of the ZIM Antwerp, but got out of the way.
Biggest Container Ship Yet, And First 10,000+ TEU
This morning brought the arrival of the ZIM Antwerp – the Largest container ship to call at the Port to date. At 10064 TEU, she beats the previous record by 700TEU. She also brought record crowds to watch her arrival – The Largest by a very very wide margin.
On Arrival, she rotated in the Approaches and backed in offering excellent views of her size. The Vera D entered the harbour just ahead of her, but proceeded north of Georges to stay out of the way, and tied up after ZIM Antwerp was backed into pier 41.
BE Esmerelda at Anchor.
UPDATE: The ship has moved to Pier 20.
Public tour times : Friday, June 30 – 10am-5pm Saturday, July 1 – 10am-11:30am and 2:30pm-5pm
USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Battle Group Arrivals.
(Above) USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL on Arrival. (Below)USS San Jacinto (CG-56) (right) and USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (DDG-81) (Left) Tied up at NB, next to the Casino.
(Below)USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) tied up at NC – Bow First.
Chilean Navy Barquentine Esmeralda due today
Chilean Navy Barquentine Esmeralda due today. Built in 1954, she now serves as a training ship, but is reported to have been a floating prison and torture center for political prisoners of the Augusto Pinochet regime from 1973 to 1980.
Shes Due to Anchor in late this afternoon, and move to Pier 20 on the 29th. She was last here in May 2009.
The NFB Produced a film Called the Dark side of a White Lady about the ships use in torture.
The Dark Side of the White Lady, Patricio Henríquez, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER Due Wednesday.
The much awaited aircraft carrier is Due this Wednesday, tentatively arriving in Anchorage 1 (Between Georges and Mcnabs) 10:30am ish
This post will be updated with additional timing as updates become known.
UPDATE: 06/27:
USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE-5) , a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is due at the dockyard today around 5pm. She is likely part of the Carrier Group.
UPDATE 2:
USS San Jacinto (CG-56) and USS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (DDG-81) will be tieing up at the Dockyard.they are both expected to arrive 9:30, and 10:30 respectively in the inner harbour. USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER is due 10am ish now. Post above has been updated
Update 04/18 – added photo after ship arrival
Port to Break 10,000TEU this week
The largest container ship Yet to the port of Halifax is Due Thursday Friday. The Zim Antwerp is rated at 10,064TEU, and bests the current record holder – CMA-CGM Tage (and fleet mates) by 700 TEU.
Unlike CMA-CGM Tage, She is of a conventional Layout, with accommodation block Aft.
*I originally saw she was due Friday, but a more reliable source informed me he is due Thursday.
NATO Exercise Dynamic Mongoose Coming Up
The past few days has brought the arrival of a Dutch Submarine, and word of a Visit by the Eisenhower Carrier Group at the end of the month. NATO has also announced an exercise running in the North Atlantic in Late June and early July.
The upcoming Dynamic Mongoose is scheduled for June 26 to July 8, 2017. Dynamic Mongoose is the second annual NATO-led maritime Anti-Submarine Warfare interoperability exercise. The aim of this exercise is to provide all participants with complex and challenging warfare training to enhance their interoperability and proficiency in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare skills.
NATO Photo – Dynamic Mongoose 2016 Participants
Dutch Sub HNLMS ZEELEEUW Comes and Goes and Comes.
Saturday Saw the brief arrival of the Dutch Submarine HNLMS ZEELEEUW. Diesel Powered she put in for a logistics stop, tieing up at the Dockyard. She Sailed Sunday, But returned to port this morning at 1030. She is scheduled to sail this evening at 1700.
Photos from MARLANT via Twitter.
