Bonus Round

 Today, October 14. the sun was just right for afternoon arrivals and departures. Aside from the Zuiderdam (see previous post) there were several other ships to see:

1. The regular visitor Atlantic Star arrived from Norfolk on the eastbound leg of its current voyage. 

 As usual with several recent ACL eastbounds it appeared to be very lightly loaded. Many of its deck cells were empty and is was riding relatively high. Whether this is a result of recent labour issues in US ports or the sign of a sluggish economy is any body's guess.

 The fourth generation (G4) ACL ships are the world's largest multi-purpose Container RoRos at 100,430 gt, 55,649 dwt with a capacity of 3800 TEU and 1300 CEU. The five ships were designed specifically for ACL to service its regular ports such as Halifax (limited air draft) and Liverpool (tidal docks). Atlantic Star was built in 2015 by Hudong Zhonghua in Shanghai.

2. The unusual tanker Easterly AS Omaria sailed from Imperial Oil for Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago. 

 

The ship is unusual, not just in name, but also in size. Most foreign flag tankers calling at Imperial Oil are 50,000 tonners with product from Antwerp. It was built in 2007 by Usuki Zosensho, in Uzuki, Japan and is a relatively small chemical / product tanker of 11,570 gt and 19,974 dwt. Initially called Bow Omaria it was renamed AS Omaria in 2011 then took its present name in 2021. "Omaria" is a female name in the Islamic tradition. There is also an Algerian town called "El Omaria".

The ship arrived off Halifax October 8 from Gloucester, MA and anchored until October 15. It then seems to have discharged all of its cargo at Imperial Oil, as it sailed in obvious ballast condition. As soon as it was clear of the berth the Canadian flag tanker Algoscotia moved in from Pier 9C where it has been waiting its turn. (While there it took bunkers, delivered by RST truck, so presumably was Irving Oil). Oddly the ship docked bows south.

3. Although I missed its arrival - and it will sail during the night - I did manage to see a good portion of the MSC Silvia at Pier 41-42.

 

The ship arrived from Colombo, via the Cape of Good Hope on MSC's Indus Express service. It is a large ship of 95,514 gt, 131,034 dwt with a container capacity of 9400 TEU (7,100 at 14 tonnes) and has 1000 reefer points. It was built in 2015 by Shanghai Jiangnan in Changxing and as usual with large ships has an "island" superstructure forward of midships and engines well aft.

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