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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Night Howl
The Mega Yacht Night Howl Moved out into the harbour to land a Helicopter this afternoon. Not something you see every day.
The AS-50 Helicopter departed Danbury Connecticut on Saturday, Arriving at YHZ on Sunday morning, before making a 10 minute flight to the yacht just after 3pm.
Night Howl is owned by Rich Handler, who is CEO of the investment firm Jefferies. he purchased the yacht earlier this year for 65million, selling stock in the firm to fund the purchase. The yacht was reportedly previously owned by Tilman Fertitta, who’s worth $11.8 billion, is best known for operating the Golden Nugget casinos and owning the Houston Rockets
Emerald Princess first Cruise ship to Tender, violating labour laws.
The above image showed up on social media feeds this morning, and the ILA was noticed to be picketing the port Authority so whats going on?
The Emerald Princess is the first cruise ship to visit Halifax and use tenders. Tendering is when a ship anchors, and then ferries the passengers to shore. Some of the ships lifeboat compliment is designed for this dual purpose.
Earlier this morning, the ship dropped off crew members at the temporary dock you see above, and those individuals are tying up the tenders. This is work that should be going to ILA members. The ships crew haven’t been vetted by Transport Canada to work in a Canadian Port, and are also working illegally in Canada.
Tendering became necessary this year on busy cruise ship days due to the expansion of PSA Atlantic Hub, and the infilling of the Basin Between Pier B and Pier A1. The port authority has installed a tender dock at Pier 23
