MSC’s second caller at Fairview cove, MSC Maria arrived from Italy, and spent Saturday alongside before sailing for Montreal.
MSC Angela also put into port, but stopped at the Atlantic Hub. MSC Angela sailed direct from Europe to Montreal, and is now on her trip back across the Atlantic.
the 50′ Sailing vessel Strange Situation (above) was expected in Lunenburg on the 25th but did not arrive. The vessel departed Bermuda May 16th, with 3 persons on board.
Earlier today the Joint Rescue Coordination Center released the following two tweets, indicating that a search was underway for a missing sailboat, but no furether information was provided.
thanks the the US Coast Guard, who became involved in the search, we learned complete details about the vessel.
the CCGS Earl grey is searching off the coast of Nova Scotia, between Shelburne and Lunenburg.
Update: the vessel was located in Clarke’s Harbour yesterday evening, and is safe. they have updated the destination with a new ETA.
Transport Canada issued the tweet above as part of safe boating week. Its very wrong.
A PCOC per the Canada Shipping Act regulations, is required to operate any pleasure craft. The link in the tweet indicates operators of any pleasure craft with a motor require a PCOC, even if the motor is not in use (ie a sailing vessel) or is a electric trolling motor. The PCOC is proof a person have the basic knowledge to operate a vessel.
So where does this tweet come from? well boats with motors greater then 10 horsepower are required to be licensed. this is synonymous with registering your car at the DMV. a boat license has nothing to do with your ability to operate a vessel, but is issued to the vessel itself.
this is why there are 9.9HP outboard motors – to avoid the licensing requirement.
Many people casually refer to the PCOC as a boat licence, much the same way you have a drivers licence. Transport Canada took the basic requirement for boat licensing, and applied it as the base requirement for a PCOC.
UPDATE: the tweet has been deleted and corrected to remove “of 10HP or more”
Algoma Mariner sailed Wednesday, but spent a day discharging cargo at the grain elevator. Algoma Mariner arrived from Thunder Bay, and sailed for the Quary at Aulds Cove.
Grain from the Prairies moves by rail to Thunder Bay, where it si then transported by ship. there are major export facilities in Montreal and Port Cartier PQ. Large vessels visiting Montreal to load often cant take a full cargo due to draft limitations, and will stop in Halifax to top up the holds.
the general cargo ship BBC Gdansk made a brief stop at pier 9 yesterday. The ship arrived from Gijon Spain, and sailed for St. Thomas, in the Virgin Islands yesterday evening.
the US Coast Guard Ice-breaking tug Morro Bay is due to depart Tall Ships quay over the noon hour today. Morro Bay arrived in Halifax on the 23rd from Montreal, and is currently headed out of the lakes, likely for a work period.
One of 9 bay class ice breaking tugs, Morro Bay has been based in Cleveland Ohio since 2014, and entered service in 1981.
the yacht Ziggy tied up on the waterfront Saturday morning. it was taking on Fuel.
Ziggy is an Ocean Alexander 35R and was launched in 2021 from the shipyard in Taiwan. She is comes in at 199 Gt. and sleeps 10 guests in 5 cabins, and has a crew of 5 (in 3 Cabins)
registered in the US, the vessel sailed from Newport RI. she is reportedly owned by Michigan couple Bonnie and Harold Zeigler, who own the Ziegler Auto group, which own 78 car dealerships and other related businesses wit a combined 1.7 billion in sales.
The products tanker DEE4 ELM arrived form Ijmuiden, Netherlands yesterday and took to anchorage. its due to tie up at Irving Woodside this evening.
The Ship is owned by Dee4 Capital, and is manged as part of the Norient Product Pool. Registered in Singapore, Dee4 Elm was built in 2009.
MSC Sao Paulo took the western channel on arrival giving the waterfront a close view. The ship was calling on Fairview Cove, a first for MSC vessels which normally call at PSA Halifax’s Atlantic Hub in the south end. This may signal the start of ships calls being split between the terminals to balance load. MSC ships that call on halifax are typically under 4000TEU to make it through the river to Montreal, and are guaranteed to fit under the bridges with out difficulty.
The Atlantic Hub saw MSC Shanghai, which moved to pier 42 this evening after undergoing CFIA Moth inspection. MSC Shangai Called on Halifax up until last year as ZIM Shanghai. the ZIM Hull markings were still visible – the covering paint haven worn away. I missed getting a photo of her today, But her she is calling for ZIM in 2016
HMCS Sackville made her return to the waterfront this afternoon, ting up around 1pm at the museum wharfs.
The Ship will be open Daily 10am-4:45 untill she returns to the dockyard in the fall.
