Brief stopover

 A quick return visit from Quebec to Halifax on June 10  to 14 or so, allowed for some harbour watching. 

A brief stopover for me coincided in part with a brief stopover on June 10 to June 12 for the big crude oil tanker Landbridge Glory from Canaport, Saint John, NB. 

 The ship delivered a cargo of crude oil from Ingleside, TX for Irving Oil in Saint John, then came on to Halifax where it anchored in the lower harbour in anchorage number 1. The reason for its visit here was to complete a change of name (and presumably ownership.). By the time I saw the ship June 11, the crew had just completed painting the new name on the stern, as well as the new port of registry, a change from Hong Kong to Majuro, capital city of the Marshall Islands. It may also have changed crew. (It would be easier to fly in a new crew to Halifax.)

 The ship's namesake is Al Qurayyat, a city in northern Saudi Arabia, noted for its olives and salt.

The ship was built in 2019 by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co at the Dalian #2 shipyard. It is a scrubber equipped VLCC of 163,064 gt and 307,852 dwt and would certainly rate as one of the largest ships to call in Halifax. (I don't keep "biggest" records.)

The ship left Halifax June 12, giving no specific destination, obviously in ballast, awaiting orders.

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