Shorter Days: Cruises and Tanker Updates

 With autumn comes shorter days, but more intensive cruise ship activity. It is therefore a challenge to get photos before the sun sets. Fortunately today, September 24, both cruise ships sailed on time so there was still ample light.

Norwegian Jade was first to leave and from its berth at Pier 22, bow south, it headed directly for sea, with a bright low sun on its starboard side.

There was some wind from the south, so there were wavelets on the rocky shore at Point Pleant Park. 

Built in 2006 by Meyerweft, Papenburg, the Norwegian Jade is a 93,558 gt ship of the Jewel class with a capacity of 2,402 passengers and 1,037 crew.  The ship is on a seven day cruise from Boston to CornerBrook, Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Saint John, and return to Boston.

Today's other ship was the Jewel of the Sea coincidentally also built by Meyerwerft, Papenburg but in 2004. One of the Radiance class it is also of a similar size at 90,090 gt with a passenger capacity of 2,501 but with a much smaller crew of 842.

With both ships tied up along the seawall (Piers 20 to 22) and measuring 294 m (965 ft) for the Jade and 293m (962 ft) for the Jewel the latter ship at Pier 20 sent headlines out to the north bollard on the Tall Ships Quay using a line boat. On departure it used the tug Atlantic Willow to get away from the dock. It then headed northward and east around George's Island for sea.

 

The Jewel of the Seas is also on a seven day trip out of Boston to Halifax, Saint John, Portland, ME and back to Boston. 

Tanker Updates

1. It is still a question as to why the tanker CB Pacific went alongside the Irving Oil terminal in Woodside  [see yesterday's post]. The ship had no cargo for Halifax and its draft on sailing last night was still listed at 7.4 meters. It is due in Saint John, NB tomorrow morning.

2. The CL Xunjang sailed from Imperial Oil this afternoon for Point Tupper, NS, in ballast.

In 2022 NuStar Energy LP sold the Point Tupper terminal to EverWind Fuels. EverWind planned to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia there. The facility has 7.8million bbl of storage capacity, and can accommodate the largest ships of any port in eastern North America. 

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