Deutschland

It was a wild night and morning in Halifax with gales, lashing rain and high seas. Tugs were scurrying to re-anchor Swan and its deck load, which had started to wander. Both cruise ships required tugs today, Deutschland which arrived early, and Crystal Symphony which delayed arrival until 9 am. But it was all over by noon and a beautiful day broke out.

Deutschland sailed in near perfect conditions.

Lorelay in for repairs

The pipelaying vessel Lorelay arrived in Halifax Saturday October 23 for repairs. Bad weather on Friday October 16 forced the ship to abandon pipleay operations when she could not maintain position. There was some damage to the ship as a result, and she first went to Sheet Harbour. She has now moved to Halifax for completion of repairs.

She is accompanied by the support vessels Manta III and Calamity Jane.

By 3 pm the Swan's hull deck was just clearing the water. A large bracket on the ship's deck is securing the stern of Seajacks Kraken.

Rig on Board

By noon the Seajacks Kraken had been carefully positioned over the semi-submerged Swan, and the tugs returned to base.

It now remains for the Swan to pump itself up to normal freeboard. Once the Swan's deck is above water, the job of securing the rig to the deck begins. Special brackets are secured to the ship's deck, and rig is locked in place for the transatlantic trip.

Rig on the Move

The jack-up vessel Seajacks Kraken is on the move this morning. Following work off Sable Island on the Deep Panuke gas project, the vessel has returned to Halifax. It will now be loaded aboard the semi-submersible heavy lift ship Swan for a trip to the UK for its next assignment.

Under control of the tugs Atlantic Larch and Atlantic Spruce, with Atlantic Oak following along, the rig is shown moving down the harbour toward the Swan.

The Swan has been floated down ready to take the rig aboard.

Containers on the way

The K-Line container ship VERRAZANO BRIDGE sailed this afternoon for Singapore via the Suez Canal.

Big Tanker

The tanker MINDANAO, 147, 447 tonnes deadweight sailed for West Africa this afternoon after discharging crude oil at Imperial Oil. The ship arrived on Friday.

Although registered in Singapore, the ship is managed by Gemini Tankers of Stamford, CT, USA.