The USS Sioux City is due for a Port visit today, arriving at the dockyard around 1:15.
A Freedom Class Littoral Combat ship, she is on her delivery trip from the builders in Marinette Wisconsin. USS Wichita is also on a delivery trip, and currently tied up in Montreal
USS Freedom – Nov 2008
USS Fort Worth – Aug 2012
USS Milwaukee – Dec 2015
USS Detroit – Nov 2016
USS Little Rock – April 2018
the class will feature 8 more ships.
the Algoma Dartmouth, which has been providing bunkering service in Halifax since 2009, has been chartered by irving, and will be headed to Saint John to take up bunkering duties there.Currently Halifax is the only Eastern Canadian Port other then Montreal offering bunkering service, leading to many vessel calls simply for fuel.
the ship was first operated by Algoma for imperial oil, as a replacement for the single hulled tanker NT Dartmouth. Algoma then operated the tanker for Stirling fuels who took over the bunkering contract in Halifax when Imperial got out of the business when they shut down the refinery in 2014. Sterling fuels picked up the charter of the Algoma Dartmouth in 2014. that charter has now ended as of a week ago.
Sterling Fuels is presumably still providing fuel Service in Halifax, as the Algoma Value was seen today at Pier 31 with tank trucks along side. This may also explain why Horizon Star was reported to be fueling from Wilson’s fuels at pier 9. no word has been heard on a replacement Bunkering tanker for Halifax, if there will even be one.
Algoma Dartmouth has spent the last week or so at pier 9, I had assumed due to strong winds, but its actually preparing for the next charter. I’m not aware of Sterling Fuel’s plans going forward, nor do i see another appropriate tanker due in Halifax in the next few weeks.
The Federal minister of Defense is scheduled to make an announcement at the Halifax Shipyard today. That announcement will probably be an order for the 6th AOPS. the original contract was for up to 6 boats, with a firm commitment for 5 ships, with the 6th a possibility depending on budget and performance. Sagin will likely announce a firm order for that 6th boat, or possibly a firm 6th, and a maybe 7th under similar terms.
Yesterday the feds announced the winners of Halifax Class repair contract. worth 7 billion dollars, over the remaining life of the ships, the work went to Victoria Shipyards for the 5 west coast frigates, and will be split between Irving Shipyard and Davie in Quebec.
The concern the Navy has is that as the ships age, two will need to be drydocked at once, and halifax shipyard only has one dry dock. Hence the need to split the work.
Haliax Shipyard did have a second drydock – however they sold it to International Ship Repair of Tampa Florida.
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1.TSB to Fisherman
the TSB Called out fisherman after the worst year for industry deaths in a long time.
2. The Herald
6 years after the sinking of the bounty, weather is still an issue.
3. Port Expansion
the port authority gave a presentation to council, and received wide support back from the city. also letters to the editor suggest moving port to Dartmouth is impractical.
4.More on Port Expansion from CB Spectator
See what cb has to say about the expansion of halterm. also this on the cruise industry
5. Navy troubles
HMCS Halifax suffered a fire in one of her turbines. a few days later :
While conducting operations off the coast of the United Kingdom, #HMCSToronto experienced a power outage on Oct 29. There was no danger to anyone on board and thanks to the ship’s technicians they were able to restore power. The vessel is now safely underway to Belfast. 🇨🇦⚓️ pic.twitter.com/Q8i9a9lA6j
— MARLANT (@RCN_MARLANT) October 30, 2018
6. New CG Boats
We’re not ghosting you. 👻Check out who’s getting a new look! The first of the 3 newly acquired medium icebreakers is being painted our colours. Just some of the work taking place to have it operational to join our fleet for the upcoming icebreaking season. #SeaTheRed #CCGProud pic.twitter.com/WkfyJKECBU
— Canadian Coast Guard (@CoastGuardCAN) October 29, 2018
1.from early 1918
2.Shipwrecks
BBC on the project mapping the first world war wrecks in the english channel
Oct 30, 1942 – a boarding party from HMS Petard captured codebooks from the sinking U-559, vital to cracking the four rotor Enigma
Oct 30, 1918 – HMCS GALIANO foundered in Barkley Sound, BC, in the same storm that claimed CPR liner SS Princess Sophia. GALIANO is the first RCN warship to be lost and only ship lost WWI.
Oct 28, 1940 – Canadian Pacific Railways passenger liner Empress of Britain sunk by U-32 off the coast of Ireland
Oct 25, 1913: after acquiring the Dominion Atlantic Railway in 1912, the CPR assumes control of the Bay Of Fundy steamship service. CP ran a tightly scheduled intermodal passenger service using steamships between Saint John, New Brunswick and Digby, Nova Scotia. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/1vYh9CrktF
— Toronto Railway Museum (@TORailwayMuseum) October 25, 2018
the Alliance announced the AL 1 service will drop Bremerhavan, and begin calling in Hamburg starting with the January 6 trip of YM Express.
they also announced the addition of a ship to the route to smooth over winter delays. Announced today, the changes have not yet been reflected in the Public Schedule.
Container-news.com ran this article wondering if Mega – Container ships were dinosaurs needing to be replaced by smaller and more nimbler mammals.
The article matches what I said about the current state of the industry, but speculates that shippers will want more speed in their supply chains in the future due to mass customization, requiring more frequent, faster trips.
the Call by Dalian Express this weekend was beset by Delays. She finally sailed around 7:30 Last night.
On arrival she took to anchor in Bedford basin to wait for the departure of Alexandria to free up the western birth. she then moved into place, and was worked overnight, and then missed her sailing due to weather at the pilot station, spending the day alongside until she was able to sail last night.
The Cruise ship insignia arrived yesterday from Saint John. Due to Weather, they were unable to board a pilot to enter the harbour until 7:30 last night, several hours after they were scheduled to sail. The ship required bunkers, so it waited out the weather watch, tied up at pier 24, and fueled from the Algoma Dartmouth, finally sailing at 0300 this morning.
the Port of Sydney announced last night that the ship would be skipping the call there today, and is now sailing direct for Quebec.
