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Tidal Pioneer for sale
A notice in the Halifax Chronicle Herald newspaper on September 12 announced that the mult-purpose workboat Tidal Pioneer is offered for sale by tender. Its owners, Sustainable Marine Energy (Canada)...
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Dominion Warrior at Work
Dominion Diving's Dominion Warrior put to sea on a towing job September 21. Dominion Warrior at its base in Dartmouth Cove. Eurocarrier type vessels are commonly used for towing in Europe as they are...
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Tug Exchange
Atlantic Towing Ltd, the providers of harbour tug services in Halifax and Saint John, NB, periodically moves tugs between the two ports depending on the need. They have three tugs of 70 tonne bollard...
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Welcome back Mister Joe
There was another visit from a McNally Construction tug today. This time it was the Mister Joe, a 1964 vintage tug, often seen in Halifax over the years. Built as the Churchill River by Russel...
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Calusa Coast
The United States flag tug Calusa Coast arrived today, October 15, from Boston and tied up at Pier 25. It arrived light tug.Built in 1978 by Bollinger Machine Shop in Lockport LA, it carried the name...
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Pups in the harbour
His Majesty's Canadian Dockyard in Halifax operates six tugs through the King's Harbour Master. All are crewed by civilians and are not commissioned Royal Canadian Navy naval vessels, but are...
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Duga - no news
Since September 28, 2023 when its Canadian registry was closed I have been waiting for news on the disposition of the tug Duga. So far there has been no information forthcoming except that it has...
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D.D. Kaufman - new tug in town
Although it has been in Halifax since August 16, today, December 21, was the first time I was able to get a close up look at the tug D.D. Kaufman. As I reported here on August 24, the tug arrived in...
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Working the Backlog
When pilotage operations resumed early this morning (Friday, December 22) after the latest storm had passed and sea conditions moderated, there was a major backlog of shipping to accommodate. Most of...
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New Life for the Tidal Pioneer
The Neptune Eurocarrier workboat Tidal Pioneer has found new work after its original owners declared banktuptcy last year. The "Swiss Army knife"of workboats is bristling with winches, thrusters and...
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Big Tow
A big tug arrived in Halifax March 26 in preparation for a big tow.The tug is the ALP Sweeper, classed as an anchor handling tug, it is equipped for long distance tows of very large vessels such as...
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Big Tow 2
The fire damaged container ship MSC Sao Paulo V arrived in Halifax 2 as a dead ship in tow from Quebec City.The Groupe Océan tugs tasked with the tow may not be familiar to Halifax, but are worth...
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New Tugs - on the way
The first of a pair of new tugs for Atlantic Towing's Halifax operation departed Turkey on June 9. The Atlantic Maple is a RAStar 3200-W class tug of 499 gross tons measuring 32m overall x 13,2m...
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McNally tug operations
McNally Construction Inc has two projects underway in Halifax harbour at the moment and brought in some more "plant" today, June 22.The longest running project is the extension to the pier at the...
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Tug Saint-Georges - another trip
A tug that arrived in Halifax on a barge from the Netherlands has embarked on another long trip as cargo on a heavy lift ship.The Saint-Georges was one of three tugs built by Damen Shipyard, Gorinchem...
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Atlantic Maple arrives
As reported here June 10, 2024 the latest addtion to the Atlantic Towing Ltd fleet, is the Atlantic Maple, a RAStar 3200W class tug built by Uzmar in Turkey. It arrived in Halifax today, July 3 and...
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As reported in companion blog Shipfax on July 22, the US flag tug Stephen Dann made a short visit to Halifax on July 16. It arrived with the barge J.G.Burke and sailed later the same day, light tug,...
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Partial Eclipse of Shipfax
This is to report that I was away from Halifax from July 27 until today - September 12. I was expecting to have internet access while at my summer place in Quebec, but due to unforeseen circumstances...
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Lightering
There were four cruise ship in port today, Septmber 13. Due to the limited nunber of acceptable berths for cruise ships the Emerald Princess once again anchored in number one anchorage in the lower...
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Some Quebec tugs
Although I was in Quebec this summer I was some distance away from any major ports, and as a result did not see much large tug activity. However I did see numerous small tugs,Groupe Océan operates...
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Three Green Tugs for the Strait
Canada's Federal Government announced on October 26 a $22.5 million funding package for the Everwind Fuels green hydrogen project in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. Included along with terminal upgrades,...
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Change Out in Halifax
With the delivery of two new tugs earlier this year and several large operations in the port of Halifax and as far away as Newfoundland, Atlantic Towing Ltd has been moving its tugs around. Now,...
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Veteran tows Veteran
On Febrary 19, 2025 most eyes in Philadelphia were focused on the veteran ocean liner SS United States as it was towed from layup en route to Florida where it will be reefed. I have no pictures of my...
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Damens for Strait of Canso
There is more information now on the three new tugs to be based in Point Tupper, NS on the Strait of Canso. An announcement was made last November that there would be new tugs,...
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Villes at 50
The Canadian Navy's three Ville class tugs based in Halifax, Granville, Listerville and Merrickville have now put in 50 years of service and are still going strong. Built in 1974 by Georgetown...
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