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.

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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

S/V Theros Disappears, crew found in dingy on Sable Island

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The Theros departed the Dartmouth yacht club June 11, and was last heard from June 13th. the vessel with 2 persons on board was due in the Azores on July 2. instead they were found, deceased, in their black dingy when it washed up on sable island July 10th.

Family reported them missing June 18th, after they received no further contact form the couple after the 13th. There was no distress call from the vessel, nor did it appear to carry an epirb.

There was a suggestion that the Theros may have been run over by a LNG Carrier Ineos Intuition. this was based on incomplete AIS Data for the Theros, but the last known position provided by the USCG suggests the Theros was well past the track of Ineos Intuition.

USCG Eagle

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USCGC Eagle Arrived Wednesday, and spent 2 days at anchor before tying up at pier 20 Thursday evening. the Ship is open to the public 10am-7pm Friday and Saturday.

The ship is a regular caller in Halifax, usually stopping in every second year or so.

Titan Implosion Update

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One year ago, the titan submersible imploded at the titanic wreck site, killing all on board. 1 year later, we have an update into the investigation.

SailGP comes to Halifax

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SailGP comes to Canada and Halifax for the First time this weekend. The series, created by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is currently in its 4th season. 10 teams, will race F50 one-design multi-hulls around the Harbour Saturday and Sunday. Both days will feature 3 races, with the final race only including the top teams from the previous 5 races.

The Boats are an evolution of the 2017 AC50 boats used for the Americas Cup, and 3 of the hulls were raced in that Americas Cup. as a one design series, all the boats are identical, so winning comes down to ability of the crew of 6 – Helmsman, 2 grinders, tactician, trimmer and flight controller. The F50 name drives from Foiling, and the boats length 50′. if you look closely, you will see the boats skimming through the water on a single foil on the downwind side of the vessel.

The boats typically race at 60-80km/h depending on wind conditions, with the top speed of 99.94km/h being recorded in 2022.

Across Canada By Train.

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In early May I took the train across the country. this is the first video from that trip

NSPS Update from Vancouver

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A recent stopover in Vancouver allowed me the opportunity to pop over to the North Van side of the harbour to take a peak at the Seaspan facility there. Seaspan is currently building 2 supply ships for the navy (one is hull complete, the second has blocks under construction) as well as the Offshore Science vessel for the Coast Guard, which is the replacement for CCGS Hudson.

Much of the work in Vancouver is able to occur outdoors, owing to that cities better weather,so a good idea of the progress on both vessels can be easily had. The yards massive blue crane is also very impressive in person.

The Germans are here

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Today brought the arrival of two German naval vessels to pier 20 – the Supply Ship Frankfurt am Main, and the Frigate Baden-Württemberg. Both vessels will depart on the 20th.

Frankfurt am Main has been to Halifax before, is of the same design as the supply ships currently under construction by SeaSpan in Vancouver. Baden-Württemberg is the first in class of land attack frigates, and was commissioned in 2019.

Photos to Follow.

Nord Logos at pier 9 for cable tanks

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Nord Logos is currently at pier 9, installing cable handling equipment to transport undersea cable. two tanks are being installed in the hold, which will have cable laid into them for transport.

Nord Logos is one of several of this type of vessel that has called here in the past – the ships remain the same, but the charters change – These vessels have called under Thorco, Franbo, and now Nord Names.