The auto carrier Don Pasquale completed offloading its large consignment of machinery at Pier 9C yesterday (see previous post) and remained alongside the pier until this afternoon (June 20) when it moved to Autoport to offload cars. (I suspect that the Autoport workers needed to clear space from yesterday's arrival of Siem Cicero before they could accommodate more cars. Recent arrivals are parked near the dock so as to offload ships quickly. They are later moved to long term storage or prep areas farther way. )
Ships calling at Autoport use a line boat to run headlines out to a mooring buoy. The long time line boat is the tug Roseway owned by Dominion Diving. It sets out from its base in Dartmouth Cove and proceeds to Autoport to await the arrival of every ship. It also attends departing ships by letting the headlines go from the buoy.
Although it is a small vessel, the Roseway has a distinctive "sound signature" and can be heard all around the harbour when it is underway. Due to its small size however, it is difficult to see from the Halifax side. Thus there ensues the "Where's Waldo" type of game: "Spot the Roseway".
Today was no exception as the Don Pasquale made its way, it did take me a few minutes to pick out the Roseway even though I could hear it very well.
Can you see it? The Roseway is southbound just passing the GPO Sapphire at the IEL dock, and shows up just between "GPO" and "Sapphire" lettering towards the ship's stern.
This is what it looks like closer up:
Built in 1960 by Steel and Engine Products Ltd in Liverpool, NS, the tug was owned by the federal Department of Public Works and attended a small dredge and dump scows working in small ports around the Atlantic coast. Dominion Diving has owned it since 1989.
It has been pictured many times in Shipfax and companion blog Tugfax over the years. Just enter the name "Roseway" in the search boxes of each blog for much, much more...
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