Computer issues have precluded posts on this blog for the last week. It may take some days to return to normal, so there will be fewer posts for a while.
In the meantime - in case you were wondering - the Croatian flag bulk carrier AP Revelin is anchored in Bedford Basin without a propellor. Bad news indeed.
The ship was towed in on September 21 by the US flag tug Ezra Sol from an outer anchorage.
The once familiar tug Point Chebucto also arrived on September 24, from Port Hawksbury and will stand by the ship as long as it is anchored and without its own means of propulsion. (Point Chebucto 4,000 bhp, was built by Halifax Shipyard in 1993 and operated in Halifax until 2010 when it was transferred to Point Tupper. Earlier this summer three new tugs were commissioned in Point Tupper, and the three previous tugs were laid up in Port Hawksbury. Svitzer Bedford has now been re-positioned in North Sydney.Svitzer Montreal was used briefly at Point Tupper when one of the new tugs was out of service [possibly drydocked in Shelburne] but has returned to layup in Port Hawksbury.
The US flag tug Ezra Sol has also been standing by the ship, but is due to sail tonight - presumably back to its home port of Norfolk.
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