The first Butterfly of spring

The Greek owned, Bahamas flag tanker Butterfly is anchored in Bedford Basin. Built in 2005 it is a 26,913 gross tons, 47,326 deadweight tonnes product tanker built by the Onomichi Zosen KK yard in Japan. As with all modern tankers it is double hulled. It also carries heating coils for its cargo.
There seems to be some delay at the refinery. The ship arrived March 23, and went to anchor March 25. A crude oil tanker has been expected for some days, but it is waiting off Halifax at anchor.

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Storm moves

After Monday's violent storm, there is another on the way for this Monday. Several ships re-positioned in advance of the storm (see previous post on Pearl River.)

The bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth went to Bedford Basin to an anchorage and the tanker Aegean Spirit at Imperial went out to sea.

Georgia S left her anchorage in Bedford Basin on Friday and moved in to the National Gypsum dock, even though she is not scheduled to load until Monday at the earliest.

The anchored tanker Butterfly went back out to sea, and the tanker Mattea, in for maintenance, will move to Bedford Basin this evening.