Tanker Activity at Imperoyal

Irving's refined products tanker ACADIAN alongside at the Imperial refinery,Halifax on 7th July 2011. Built 2005. GRT 23,356 tons.Registered in Canada. Call Sign:CFH8964.

SICHEM MUMBAI chemical/refined products tanker at Imperial Oil refinery oil dock on 7th July 2011. Built 2006. GRT 8,562 tons. Registered in Panama. Call Sign: 3EHA7.

Crudeoil tanker DA MING HU alongside at the Imperial refinery on July 7th 2011.

Built 2003.Yard: Bohai Shipgldg & H.Ind.,Jinxi,China. GRT 84,855 tons. Flag: CHINA Call Sign: BOGG

TALISMAN

HEAVY lift vessel TALISMAN alongside at Ocean Terminals,Halifax on July 1st 2011. Built in 1993 as tanker COMAR,renamed 1999 FRONT COMAR and re-built in 2008 to its present form as TALISMAN.

IMO No:8918942

LOA 217m Beam 45m Dr 10.9m

GRT: 42,515 tons DWT 53,000 tons.

O/M: Dockwise

Flag:Netherlands Antilles

Call Sign:PJYK

OOCL OAKLAND

OOCL OAKLAND appears on AIS alongside the Fairview Cove terminal today 29 June 2011. Since the fog prevails it seemed appropriate to post this shot of her just after clearing harbour at Pleasant Shoal bouy and leaving YVT scrambling for the camera as she was enveloped again by the fog bank I was groping my way inbound through on 2nd August 2009.

BASIN ACTIVITIES ON 26th JUNE 2011

Containership ITALY EXPRESS inbound for the Fairview Cove terminal late afternoon on 26th June 2011.Former OOCL VANCOUVER (2010).Built 2006 by Koyo Dkyd.,Jpn. GRT 66,462.Capacity: 5,888 teu.LOA 280 B 40 Dr 10.6(m). Reg: Panama C/S:3EBG2

ACL's big Ro-Ro/Container vessel ATLANTIC CONVEYOR outbound at the Narrows bridge on afternoon of 26th June 2011.Built in 1985 by Swan Hunter,Wallsend,G.B. and lengthened in 1987. LOA 292 B 32.3 GRT 58,438. Capacity; 3,100teu. Ramp: 420 M tons. Flag:Sweeden

C/S: SCKM.

Containership HOECHST EXPRESS outbound from Fairview Cove terminal ,PM 26th June 2011.Built 1991 by Samsung Heavy Industries,S.Korea. GRT 53,833 tons.LOA 294 B 32.2 Dr 13.5 (M). Capacity:4,639 teu with 452 reefers.O/M: Hapag-Lloyd AG,Hamburg,Germany.Flag:Germany C/S:DHER

AFL NEW ENGLAND

Anchors aweigh,as AFL NEW ENGLAND gets away from Anchorage No 9 in the Bedford Basin,Halifax on June 24th 2011.

Outbound from the Bedford Basin,but not going far. AFL NEW ENGLAND underway for Pier 25 Halifax,on June 24th 2011. She has been languishing for a spell in the Basin since arrival (See earlier post.) awaiting her first orders for cargo for the Boston States on the newly established feeder service between Halifax and New England (Boston and Portland).

HMCS SACKVILLE K181

The "Last Corvette: HMCS SACKVILLE moved to her Summer berth at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic this past week. One of the most popular attractions on the Halifax waterfront,Sackville is the last WW2 Flower Class Corvette extant. Photographed by my English friend Richard on a wet dreary June morning last week.

Bedford Basin Activity June 17th 2011

Evening of 17th June sees Hapag-Lloyd's PAX Service containership KOBE EXPRESS inbound for the Fairview Cove terminal with the OOCL KAOHSIUNG in the West berth at the Ceres terminal. Both vessels are regular callers at Halifax. The OOCL vessel serves on the Far East/North American service via Suez.