The South End Container Terminal (SECT), operated by PSA as PSA Halifax Atlantic Gateway, contains berths 41 and 42 (termed "piers"). These berths are sections of Pier C, which is a long seawall, roughly parallel to the shore. It has seven ship container cranes mounted on tracks, that can move along the pier face as needed.
Today, June 16, there were ships at both berths and early this evening five of the cranes were working.
At pier 41 it was the ONE Grus another of the 14,052 TEU "bird" class ships [Grus is the genus of cranes] from Ocean Network Express operating on THE Alliance's EC5 service.
Behind the white containers stacked on shore is the ONE Grus with its bridge structure just visible midway between the two groups of cranes.
Built in 2019 by Japan Marine United in Kure, the 146,694 gt, 138,611 dwt ship departed Colombo May 18 and sailed via the Cape of Good Hope non-stop to Halifax.
At Pier 42 it was the MSC Polaris sailing on the Mediterranean Shipping Company's CANEX1 route from the Mediterranean. Its last port was Sines, Portugal and it is bound for Montreal, so is here to off load. That operation will reduce the ship's draft to meet St.Lawrence River / fresh water conditions.
The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, Nagasaki Shipyard in 1995. It was originally named NYK Vega but became Sandra Blanca in 2001, MSC Messina in 2007 and took its current name in 2022. A 60,862 gt, 63,014 dwt ship it has a capacity of 4741 TEU. MSC has long been known for running older ships and with the current high demand this one may well operate beyond the customary 30 year mark.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment