Acadian and other movements

The Irving Oil tanker Acadian  sailed from anchorage.

An early report indicated that it would shift to anchor in the Basin, but it left for sea.

The bulker Nordic Visby sailed in very windy and rough conditions this morning, following repairs, its destination was Porto Cabello.

Garganey resumed loading after rain forced a halt yesterday.

Danish HDMS Niels Juel delayed its departure from noon until after dark, although wind conditions did not seem to improve over that time.

Oceanex Sanderling arrived and went to Autoport first, instead of going to Halterm. There two autoships due at Autoport this week, so it may be that they wanted to get in before the berth was taken up.

  November 13 photo

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A rash of bulker repairs

The laden bulker Nordic Visby arrived November 13 at pier 31. Workers have bulit staging around the deck cranes and appear to be repairing the bearings.[scroll down for previous post]

The well weathered Nordic Visby at pier 31.

Vitagrace arrived yesterday and anchored in Bedford Basin. By contrast it appears to be fresh from a shipyard, and is in ballast.

Freshly painted Vitagrace swings at anchor in the Basin. Note the pilot ladder and another accommodation ladder near the stern.

Built as Yomoshio in 2001 by Kanasashi in Toyohashi, Japan, it is a gearless bulker of 39,126 grt, 75,921 dwt. Grace Navigation acquired and renamed the ship in 2009, which is managed by Vita Management of Piraeus, Greece. Formerly registered in Panama, it is now flying the Maltese flag.

Later this evening the bulker Trabzon is due for under water inspection. It was built by Hyundai Mipo, Ulsan in 2011. Check back for a photo in case it is still here in daylight tomorrow.

Part of the 18 ship fleet of Ciner Ship Management of Istanbul, it measures 44,635 grt, 81,6660 dwt, and also flies the flag of Malta. 

Crude tanker and bulker for a change

Accustomed as we have become to product tankers, multi-purpose general cargo ships and container ships in Halifax, it was a bit of a break today to see a crude oil tanker and a bulk carrier arrive.

First in was the crude carrier Eagle Stealth (ex Nord Stealth-07), anchoring for bunkers. (It is hard to believe that a ship of this size could act with any stealth.)

 Eagle Stealth occupies most of number one anchorage, while Oceanex Sanderling works at Autoport.

Algoma Dartmouth, just back from Point Tupper yesterday, provides bunker fuel to the tanker.

Dating from 2001 the Aframax size Eagle Stealth was built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Oppama, Japan. It measures 56,346 grt and 105, 322 dwt (the owners claim only about 99,000 summer deadweight). It is operated by AET Tankers Pte. Ltd of Singapore and is registered in the Marshall Islands.
AET currently operates 12 VLCCs, 4 Suezmax, 2 DP Shuttle, 48 Aframax, 1 Panamax, and 1 CPP crude tankers. The company has an interesting 20 year history, see: http://www.aet-tankers.com/


The laden bulk carrier Nordic Visby arrived this afternoon and tied up at pier 30-31.

It was built by Nantong, Jinhua in Nantong, China in 2012 as SJN Nordic for Nordic Hamburg Ship Management. It was renamed in 2012 for the same owners, and flies the Isle of Man flag. At 22,409 grt, 35,022 dwt it is considered to be handy sized. It carries four 30 tonne cranes and frames for carrying deck loads, such as timber.Nordic Hamburg currently operates ten bulk carriers of similar size and ten container ships of various sizes for a variety of small owners: http://www.nordic-hamburg.de/index.php/en/nhs.html
As soon as it had completed fueling Eagle Stealth, the bunkering tanker Algoma Dartmouth moved over to Nordic Visby.

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