BERLIN EXPRESS FIRST CALL AT HALIFAX

Hapag-Lloyd's containership BERLIN EXPRESS made her first call at Fairview Cove terminal today July 16th 2013. The humble blogger believes she is the largest vessel to call at the terminal todate. At over 100,000 dead weight tons she was an impressive sight transiting the narrows.

Built 2003 by Hyundai Heavy Industries,UlsanSouth Korea. IMO No 9229855.
LOA 321m  Beam 42m Depth 24.5 m  Draught 14.5m.
Gross Tonnage: 88,493 tons. DWT 100,019 tons.
Capacity: 7,179 teu.
Machinery: Single shaft,diesel Model MAN B&W 12K98MC @ 69,619 KWs = Service Speed 25.0 knots.
Owner/Manager: Hapag-Lloyd AG,Hamburg,Germany.
Flag: Germany
Port: Hamburg
Call Sign: DGHX

NORDIC MISTRAL at IMPEROYAL

Crudeoil tanker NORDIC MISTRAL alongside the Oil Dock at IMPEROYAL  on 6th July,soon to be a rare site in Halifax with the reported closure of the Imperial refinery. The question is what strategic importance is this facility today respecting the great importance placed on its existance here in the past century. Is Halifax now just another way station on the march of History? What of our naval requirements? It seems too few questions are being answered by Local,Provinvial and Federal politicians. I for one believe some requirement for marine fuels must be maintained here,both from a commercial and a strategic necessity. What say the usually vocal political heads?

BOSTON EXPRESS at Fairview Cove

Hapag-Lloyd's containership BOSTON EXPRESS (ex ESSEN EXPRESS) alongside at Fairview Cove,Bedford Basin,Halifax on 21 June 2013. A newbuild ESSEN EXPRESS is in the pipeline and due to arrive in Rotterdam on 29th June. The new ship at 141,700 tons gross will not call at Halifax as it is scheduled for the Far East-North Europe route via Suez.
IMO No 9036909.
Built by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industies,S.Korea in 1993.
L 294 B 32.3 Draught 13.5
GRT 53,815 tons
Capacity: 4,639teu
Service speed 23 knots
Flag:Germany
Call Sign: DHEE

APL CYPRINE

First time call at the Port of Halifax,APL CYPRINE alongside at the Fairview Cove terminal early on 25th June 2013.
Build 1997
Yard:Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries
Goeje, South Korea
IMO no 9139725
Gross Tonnage 65,475 tons.
DWT 63,693 tons.
LOA 275m Beam 40m Dr 11.3m
Class society: American Bureau Of Shipping
Owner: Wilmington Trust,Wilmington De, U.S.A.
Manager: Apl Maritime,Bethesda Md, U.S.A.
Flag: USA
Home port: Oakland California
Call Sign: WDE8293

ALSTERSTERN

Products tanker ALSTERSTERN anchored in the Bedford Basin,Halifax on 13th June 2013.
IMO 9053220
Build:1994
Yard:MTW Shiffswerft GMBH,Wismar.Grmny.
Owner/Mngr.:Coastal Shipping Ltd,St.Johns,Newfoundland.
GRT 11,426 t, NT 5,612 t, DWT 17,080 tons.
LOA 161m.LPP 154m ,Beam 23m Depth 11.7m Draught 8.6m.
Machinery: Single shaft diesel,mod. MAN7L48/60 @ 6,600 KWs= 14.0 knots.
Flag: Canada
Call Sign: XJAZ

SICHEM MELBOURNE

Sichem Melbourne spotted at Imperoyal on 30 May 2013. File photo shows her at anchor in the Bedford Basin,Halifax,Nova Scotia evening of May 28th 2008.
Built in 2007. IMO No 9376921.GT 8,455 tons with a Deadweight of 12,936 tons. Length overall 127m Beam 20m Draught 5.9m. The ship is flagged in Singapore with Call Sign 9VDR8. Typical of a large fleet of chemical tankers run by the Singapore based firm Eitzen Chemicals.

DALAIN EXPRESS First Call at Halifax

The second new arrival at Halifax in as many days  is Hapag -Lloyd's DALIAN EXPRESS,the most recent addition to the new service to the North American East Coast via Suez. Formerly named HAMBURG EXPRESS the vessel was built in 2001 by Hyundai Heavy Industries,Ulsan,S.Korea.
Dimensions: LOA 320m Beam 42.8m Draught (max) 14.5m.
Tonnage: GT 88,493 tons.  DWT 100,006 tons.
Machinery: Single shaft diesel model B&W 12K98MC @ 68,640KWs = 25.3 knots.
Container capacity 7,506 teu.

These vessels moor Port side too suggesting more efficient use of the cranage at Fairview Cove.