Looking Down on the Harbour – from the Roof of 1801 Hollis for easter Seals.
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Woodside 1 on the Slip in Lunenburg
The Halifax Transit Ferry Woodside 1 undergoing periodic Maintenance in Lunenburg.
Proposal for Another Ferry Naming Contest
Documents released to go for council propose holding another naming contest for New Harbour ferries to be delivered in 2015 and 2018. A naming contest was used to choose the name Christopher Stannix for the most recent build.
Administrative Order #46 was approved by Regional Council on June 26,2013, and specifically allowed the use of Council approved contests to name ferries. The approved motion also outlined that permission from Regional Council would be required to commence another naming contest.
HRM Regional Council could choose to not approve the ferry naming contests. In this case, the ferry would be named in accordance with the process established by Administrative Order #46. There is currently a commemorative name that Regional Council has already approved that would be eligible to be placed on a ferry or road; that name is ‘Lamont Power’, who was part of the Halifax Harbour Pilotage from 1906 – 1954 and served in both World Wars.
If Regional Council were to reject the Ferry Naming Contest and move forward with ‘Lamont Power’, it would begin a formal naming process that would require the approval of the applicant for their name suggestion to be incorporated into the new harbour ferry.
HRM has tendered for a builder for these 2 ferries, however no decision has been announced as of yet.
NS Tenders for New Grand Passage Ferry
The Province of Nova Scotia Today issued a tender for the construction of a new 18 car Ferry to run on Grand passage, which is the run between Long island and Brier Island at the end of Digby Neck.
The Route is Currently served by the Joe Casey, Built by AF Theriault in 1995. the Digby neck is also severed by the 2003 Halifax shipyard built Petit Princess, which runs between the mainland and long island. (See those boats here)
Its unclear what the plan for the Joe Cassey is, however she will likely take the place of one of the older ferries in the Provincial highways fleet. its worth noting that the design calls for dual Voith Drives – like the Halifax Harbour ferries use, and unlike the Z drive arrangement used on the current boats.
you can grab the tender documents, Which include a full drawing set at:http://novascotia.ca/tenders/tenders/tender-details.aspx?id=60146868
Princess of Acadia Replacement to be announced tommorow.
Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, will be joined by the David Alward, Premier of New Brunswick, and Gordon Wilson, NS MLA for Clare-Digby, to make an announcement concerning ferry services in Eastern Canada.
The government previously announced a new ferry would be purchased for the Digby St John Run, So this is likely the announcement of the New Boat. It Happens at 10am, St John Ferry Terminal.
Esperanza Real
The Esperanza Real, Tied up in Lunenburg, with a Newfoundland crew aboard. The vessel appears to be headed elsewhere for conversion.
The vessel was built in 1969 as Lady Janice in Georgetown, PEI. She operated as Winchester in the Newfoundland Coastal trade as a Ferry/cargo vessel, and was recently sold by her owner Ray Berkshire LTD of Arnold’s Cove, Newfoundland.
Blue Putties in Boston
A reader was kind enough to send me some photos of the Blue Putties in the graving dock in Boston.
This is also the dock that did the first repair work on the Oceanex Connaigra
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
Aboard the Christopher Stannix
(Above) Panorama of the New Bridge -Compare the View of the New Bridge with that of one of the Older Ferries
(Below) Closeup of the consoles The 2 sided console sits in the middle of the wheelhouse.
(Above) Wheel House from Outside (Below) benches let water drain away, deck is less cluttered.
(Below) Inside there is more headroom, and Lifejacket racks have been moved to the sides to free up space. There is also a crew washroom through the door to the machinery space.
(Below) One of the 2 Cat engines that power the Ferry.
Trialing the New Ferry
Workups with crew began today with the New Ferry Christopher Stannix. She was operating in the approaches and off the Woodside Ferry terminal this morning.
