TOMBARRA at AUTOPORT

Vehicles carrier TOMBARRA berthed at Autoport around noon today 20th December after a delay caused by backlogs in unloading due to recent storms.Another vessel,.Camilla Ace vacated the berth earlier.File photo taken in a more gentle atmosphere on 18th September 2012.
IMO No: 9319753.
Build: 2006.
Yard:MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., NAGASAKI SHIPYARD & MACHINERY WORKS,NAGASAKI, JAPAN.
Owner/Manager:WILHELMSEN LINES CAR CARRIER,Southampton,U.K.
Gross Tonnage: 61,321 tons;Net Tonnage:22,650 tons;DWT:19,628 tons.
LOA 199m , Beam 32m,DEPTH MOULDED:36.02 m,DRAUGHT:11.0 m.
Machinery: Single shaft,diesel.
Service speed:19.5 knots.
Flag: United Kingdom
Call Sign: MPRD6

CAMELLIA ACE inbound for AUTOPORT

Vehicles carrier CAMELLIA ACE spotted at Halifax inbound on 18 December 2013. File photo taken at Autoport, Halifax on 4 September 2013.
Build 1994
Yard: Shin Kurushima Dkyard Co Ltd,Onishi,Japan.
GT 55,336 t DWT 18,938 t.
LOA 199.5 Beam 32.2 Depth 15.0 Draught 9.72(m).
Owner: Keystone Navigation/Aurora Car c/o Manager.
Manager: MOLSHIP,Mitsui OSK Lines Bldg.,Tokyo,Japan.
Flag: Liberia
Call Sign: DSC17

CAP VICTOR

A rare site at Halifax these days is a crudeoil tanker,although hard to see in the Arctic Smoke surrounding Anchorage No 1 this AM December 14th 2013. File photos depict the vessel in warmer times June 22nd 2010 alongside at the Imperial refinery,Dartmouth.
She is indeed one of the last few crude carriers to call here (not with crude this time). Since big is more economical as refineries are concerned only a few remain in Eastern Canada, what an opportunity to cripple a nation if a nut, or foreign power so wished to attack these installations. What ever happened to the theory of many baskets for ones eggs!
Previous name(s): KAPITAN GOTSKY, Russia, C/S: UBCF2 ( 2009-12-13).
IMO: 9321720, MMSI: 240584000
The vessel carries a deadweight of 158,880 tons / 81,324 tons gross.
Year Built: 2007.
Building Yard: Sansung Heavy Ind.Co.Ltd.,S.Korea.
Length: 274 m, Beam: 48 m, Draught: 9 m
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 14.2 / 12.8 knots
Flag: Greece   Port:Pireaus.
Call Sign: SWHR

RIO DAUPHIN return visit to Halifax

Products tanker RIO DAUPHIN spotted anchored at Halifax on 9th December 2013.
File photo depicts RIO DAUPHIN alongside at the Imperial refinery on 18th October 2013.
IMO No : 9449417
Build:2009
Yard:STX OFFSHORE & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
, JINHAE, SOUTH KOREA.
Owner: RIO DAUPHIN SCHIFFFAHRTS c/o Mngr.
Manager: COLUMBIA SHIPMANAGEMENT (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH, GROSSE ELBSTRASSE 275, 22767 HAMBURG, GERMANY.
Gross Tonnage: 8,278,Net Tonnage:3,725,DWT:12,713 tons.
LOA 122m LPP 113m B 20.4m Depth 11.9m Draught 8.65m.
Service speed 13.6 knots.
Flag: Marshall Islands
Callsign: V7RQ9