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No More Offshore
Offshore petroleum activity off Nova Scotia has ceased now that the last of the Deep Panuke structures have been removed and most of the material has gone to the UK for scrap. There is no more...
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Veterans soldier on
A couple of veteran tugs are hard at work in Halifax these days despite their great age and hard use. Both are small boats used for dredging and marine construction, and are forever shoving and towing...
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Safe Arrival
Most transatlantic tows from Canada involve large barges or ships eastbound en route to the scrap yard in Turkey. Last night (December 5) marked the arrival in Halifax of a somewhat smaller vessel....
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Big Tow, Little Tow
The last two days in Halifax have seen the extremes of towing operations - big and little.First the big tow:BOA Barge 34 carrying the topsides structure from the decommissioned Deep Panuke gas field,...
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Tugs in Transit
For a variety of reasons, several tugs are visiting Halifax for short stays.Atlantic Towing Ltd leads the way with two tugs plus two tugs from their sister company.Atlantic Elm, built in 1980 as...
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Tugs in Transit - Part 2
With Christmas and New Year holidays over, it was time to get back to work for some temporary visitors. Atlantic Elm sailed light tug on January 7 giving Liverpool, NS as destination. It only took a...
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Tugs in Transit - Part 3
The latest arrival in Halifax is the former Venture Sea. Now sold by Secunda Canada to Virgo Ships and registered in Vanuatu, the tug/supplier is sailing under the name Jarvis, although this has not...
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More Towing for the Elm
Atlantic Towing's Atlantic Elm returned to Halifax this morning towing the barge Scotia Tide from Liverpool, NS. After entering the harbour it was met by Atlantic Oak and made its way toward Eastern...
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Jarvis sails south
The former Venture Sea (see previous post) sailed late this afternoon, now with its new name Jarvis stenciled on the bows.AIS is not showing a destination, but the boat is heading generally south if...
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Atlantic Hawk - sold and renamed Sayan Jarl
Offshore tug and supply operators have experienced a dramatic slowdown in activity over the past year. The reasons are related directly and indirectly to the pandemic, which resulted in a drop in...
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New Gig for the Atlantic Condor
The Atlantic Condor has been mobilized from layup in Stephenville, NL to carry out an interesting contract.After drydocking at Newdock in St.John's for renewal of classification and certificates, I...
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All aboard
After drydocking in St.John's Atlantic Condor returned to Halifax February 8 and tied up at the IEL pier. Yesterday, February 12, the operation began to lift on the two lifeboats Cadboro Bay and...
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Siem Hanne underway
After a lengthy layup the supplier Siem Hanne got underway today for the short move from the COVE dock in Dartmouth to Pier 9C in Halifax.Built in 2007 by Aker, the vessel came to Canada in 2016 under...
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Atlantic Beaver in Halifax
It was a busy day for tugs in Halifax with all four tugs working at one point late this afternoon. As usual one of Atlantic Towing's three large 70 tonne bollard pull tugs has been assigned to Halifax...
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Siem Hanne becomes PSV Hakan
The AIS signal for the supplier Siem Hanne is now showing as PSV Hakan. No new name has yet appeared on the vessel itself (it remains too cold for painting). After many months of layup, it was...
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Theodore Too - sold
One of Nova Scotia's marine icons (see also today's Shipfax) has been sold. Theodore Too, the beloved full size replica of the star of the animated childrens' television program of the same name, will...
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Atlantic Willow
A regular Halifax based tug for several years is the Atlantic Willow. One of the large series of ASD tugs built by Irving Shipbuilding's Eastisle Shipyard , it was based on the original Robert Allen...
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Atlantic Oak(s) and Irving Oak
The oak tree is noted for its strength and durability, which may explain why it has been a favourite name for J.D.Irving / Atlantic Towing Ltd tugs.The first to use the name was built in 1942 as...
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Atlantic Tern sold
Atlantic Towing Ltd has sold another of its laid up offshore support vessels. Atlantic Tern is the oldest and smallest vessel in the offshore fleet, but has found new owners reported to be in Croatia....
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Lois M - return engagement
The well traveled McKeil tug Lois M arrived back in Halifax April 28 with the barge Glovertown Spirit. This visit is similar to its call last autumn which for some reason was not mentioned in this...
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