Going, Going...

 When the NYK Constellation got underway from PSA Fairview Cove Monday afternoon, May 20, the sun was shining brightly in Bedford Basin.

NYK Constellation dates from 2007 when it was delivered by Hyundai Ulsan. It has a gt of 55,534 with a deadweight tonnage of 65,919 and a capacity of 4922 TEU including 330 reefers. 

 As the ship passed through the lower harbour it began to encounter some wisps of fog and by the time it passed the PSA Atlantic Gateway terminal, and Ives Knoll at the northern tip of McNab's Island, visibility was reduced and the ship began to use its fog signal.

And as it continued seaward it was gradually enveloped.

By the time it reached Mauger's Beach it was largely invisible from shore...

The ship operates on THE Alliance's AL5 service and is en route from Antwerp to Port Everglades, FL. That route will take the ship through the Panama Canal to the west coast. It will them retrace its path back through Cartagena, Boca Chica, Saint John, Halifax, Southampton, Le Havre, Rotterdam and Hamburg before starting westbound again from Antwerp. The ship was last in Halifax April 16-17 when it was eastbound.

With the annual fog season arriving, visibility will vary considerably depending on the on shore air temperature and the state of the tide, making photographs challenging until July or even August.

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