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Weekly news Bits
(ok well 2 weeks worth this week)
ZIM Luandafresh from the builders visited halifax this past week.
HMCS Halifax returns from Haiti
Cyclone testing comes to Halifax
Sea King replacement placed on deck of HMCS Montreal
Weekly News Bits
Toronto’s Lusitania model bound for Halifax
Locked In for Growth
With New Panama Canal Locks Opening Soon,right now only Norfolk, Va., Charleston, S.C., and Halifax, Nova Scotia, have the 50-foot-plus channel depth to accommodate the 12,500-TEU ships that will be able to transit the new locks
Montreal, Halifax Turn the Corner
The pace of decline in container volume slowed at Montreal, and throughput even turned up late in the year at Halifax, pointing to a gradual recovery in the year ahead.
Tall ships, deep pockets
Festival visitors dropped $32.8m into province’s economy in 2009
Weekly News Bits
HMS Ark Royal is new Royal Navy Fleet FlagshipAnd will visit Halifax after easter.
Canadian navy to modernize ships without U.S. equipment
Interested in buying a used tall ship? MV Caledonia is up for sale by Creditors.
Say Please: Slow vehicles must ask to use MacKay Bridge
Port Authority news:
Port: Cargo slowdown won’t soon improve
Expansion announced for port’s south terminal
Port of Halifax to waive tariff charges for Haiti-bound relief shipments
Weekly News Bits
Expert: Don’t move container terminal
Recession to blame for drop in cargo volumes, port says
Port prep work starts:
Workers must shore up pier before dredging in effort to help cargo shipping
This is the year the smile replaces the smell for our harbour
Earthquake in Haiti dominated the news. Here are some of the stories of the Canadian Navy’s work there.
Navy ships leave Halifax for Haiti
Navy ships arrive off Haiti
Sailors brace for sad duties
Canadian sailors find massive destruction in Haitian city
Canadian sailors continue relief work
Weekly News Bits
HMCS Halifax, Athabaskan headed to Haiti
Marine group set to announce shipping development todayThe marine group promoting the dredging of Sydney harbour and construction of a container terminal has scheduled an announcment unprecedented in the history of the ports of Sydney and entirely unique to the international shipping industry
Pollster: Fix up Halifax port By tearing it down?
Weekly news bits
Halifax-Boston ferry could become reality
The case for commuter rail in Halifax
Waves create mess along Halifax waterfront
N.S. to fund Shelburne Ship Repair yard upgrade
Oil tanker heads for Bermuda with injured sailor A 50-year-old Filipino national got injured when a wave crashed over the bow of the Genmar Progress.
Ferry Surfing and other Weekly News Bits
Surfing videos from Halifax Harbour have city hall a bit worried
McNabs will be easier to explore
A work crew has just started to restore Garrison Road, the main walking trail that runs from one end of the Halifax Harbour island to the other.
Ottawa not ruling out financial aid for Yarmouth-Maine sea link
federal government won’t rule out investing in a ferry connection between Yarmouth, N.S., and Maine until a study is completed in February
Shipyard completing $36-million contract
A METEGHAN RIVER shipyard is finishing up a lucrative contract to deliver 18 aluminum catamarans to England, where they will service wind fields in the stormy North and Irish seas.
Svitzer Bedford Returns
Weekly News Bits
New Vietnam Service, with A New Vessel:
The first Eastbound (inbound) vessel to call Cai Mep will be the OOCL America voyage 28E01 on January 9, 2010. The first Westbound (export) vessel to call Cai Mep was the OOCL Oakland voyage 16W50 sailing from the Port of Halifax on December 16, 2009.
Shipping line adds 10th vessel and Port of Halifax gets new connection with Vietnam
Sewage Issues:
Halifax sewage plant shows signs of life and Halifax mayor to brave harbour again
Ferry Issues:
Atlantic Vision ferry back in the waterafter the completion of repairs to a hole in the stern.
Tourism operators fret as ferry service between N.S. and Maine scuttled
ShipBuilding:
N.S. awards first contracts for restoration of famed schooner Bluenose
Shipyard could get busy building large training ships in Meteghan River that could deploy the remote controled fast-attack simulators like a swarm of bees
Naval Refit Contracts to Create 335 Shipbuilding Jobs