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Heading South
The tug Boa Odin sailed from Halifax on October 8, towing the Boa Barge 33 loaded with one section of the former Novadock floating drydock.The destination is Tampa, FL.As morning fog burns off on...
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Keewatin at pier 27
The Northern Transportation Co Ltd tug Keewatin arrived in Halifax October 8 towing the barge NT 1509 and tied up at pier 27. The tug has been an off an on visitor to Halifax since 2002 when Northern...
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Gas and Oil problems
Looking at Pier 9C one would be excused for thinking that all those suppliers mean a lot of activity in the oil and gas sector.The Shell Oil offshore drilling program, expected to start up in...
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Big Lift, Small Tugs
The project to replace the roadway of the Angus L. Macdonald bridge in Halifax harbour got underway in earnest today as the first old deck section was removed. The year long project to replace the deck...
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And they're off
Almost like the beginning of a horse race or perhaps the old time LeMans start for a car race, a small fleet of suppliers began to leave over the weekend for the start of Shell's drilling program in...
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Halifax Tugger update
I have now received conformation on the ancestry of the small tug Halifax Tugger. It was indeed previously known as Cercle Polaire, built in 2011 and carrying registration number C19246QC. Craft...
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Headed south
Activities in Canada's north are winding down for the year, which means that several tugs are returning to the south.Svitzer Canada's two tugs Svitzer Nerthus and Svitzer Njal were reported arriving in...
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Boa Odin - back again
The tug Boa Odin returned to Halifax with the barge Boa Barge 33. On its first visit a month ago, it loaded the first section of the Novadock floating drydock and towed it out to Tampa, FL.Tomorrow the...
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Tides Coming In
With the Shell drilling program well underway off Nova Scotia, the suppliers are making a steady progression in and out of port. On Saturday November 7 Jones Tide arrived and on Sunday November 8...
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kALIUTIk sneaks in under the radar
I was startled to see the small tug kALIUTIk with its scow (believed to be kALIGAk) at pier 36 this afternoon. The pair arrived unbeknownst to me, and since they did not require a pilot, there was no...
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Maersk Cutter
Maersk Supply Service Canada Ltd's newest vessel arrived in Halifax this morning for the first time. Delivered by Asenav in Santiago, Chile August 5, the ship arrived in St.John's on its delivery trip...
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Updates
Maersk Cutter got underway this afternoon on a cable work mission. International Telecom chartered the ship from Maersk, but the cable work will be in Placentia Bay, NL for Eastlink, a cable TV,...
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Beverly M 1
The McKeil tug Beverly M1 tied up at the Svitzer Canada dock December 7. I missed the arrival, butthere is a great shot on Halifax Shipping News.The former Eastern Canada Towing [ECTUG] and before that...
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Breaux Tide working, not so Jones Tide
Support vessels for Shell's offshore drilling program come and go on a regular basis - that is until recently. Today Breaux Tide was backing in to pier 9B where Skandi Flora had been tied up, however...
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Nostalgia time: Christmas Season 1979
Halifax was a busy port for tugs over the Christmas season of 1979.As previously reported here and in a recent Shipfax post, the French tug Abeille 30 was in port from December 21 to January 1, 1980....
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Siem Hanne
The Norwegian platform supply vessel Siem Hanne artrived at pier 9C this afternoon.Built in 2007 to the Aker VS 470 Mk II design, the vessel is DP2 equipped and with a gross tonnage of 2615, it has a...
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Navy tug plan - again
The Royal Canadian Navy has been looking at the idea of replacing its current fleet of tugs for several years. They are taking a long time to decide what to do, likely exacerbated by the recent federal...
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Svitzer Nerthus and Svitzer Njal - home again
A pair of Svitzer tugs have arrived back in Halifax after many months away.Svitzer Nerthus and Svitzer Njal , acquired by Svitzer Canada last year from their parent company, were contracted to work at...
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Maersk Cutter - finds work
Although Maersk Canada would prefer to have the mammoth tug/supplier Maersk Cutter fully employed, it's ready ability certainly came in handy this week. When the tanker British Merlin experienced a...
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