The large container ship CMA CGM Lapérouse arrived today on the Ocean Alliance service from Colombo via the Cape of Good Hope. This is not the ship's first visit to Halifax, but due to its size it was still a noteworthy visitor. [See also: July 20, 2022 and March 25, 2023.]
As usual for large ships, it took the deep water, western channel inbound and had three tugs - two as tethered stern escorts (Atlantic Beaver and Atlantic Bear) and one well forward (Atlantic Oak) . The tugs could be seen assisting the ship to make the dog leg turns in the channel and also to turn the ship off the berth.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co built the ship at Okpo in 2010. At 151,446 gt, 165,422 dwt, it has a capacity of 13,800 TEU.
CMA CGM is the name of the ship's owners and the initials form part of the ship's name.
On the other hand CCGS stands for the Canadian Coast Guard Ship and vessels of that fleet are given the "CCGS" title in recognition of government service, but it forms no part of the ships' actual names.
The largest ship of the CCG fleet is CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent which has been at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Halifax since June 19 following a refit at the Davie shipyard in Lévis, QC. It sailed today as the CMA CGM Lapérouse was arriving. It is likely preparing for arctic operations but may also be testing some scientific equipment as the ship usually carries out reseach while in the far north.
The tug Atlantic Bear works to swing the stern of the CMA CGM LaPérouse as the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent slips by outbound for sea.
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