Halifax Seaport Developments - Page 2

q12 · #21 Posted **Sep 13, 2020, 3:00 PM**

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Yesterday the Port of Halifax received the largest container vessel EVER to call a Canadian Port, AND the North American East Coast! We're proud to be the first to board and last to depart in welcoming the
CMA CGM BRAZIL. 366m x 51m x 15072 TEU

https://twitter.com/HalifaxPilots/st...03265955115015

q12 · #22 Posted **May 18, 2021, 12:29 PM**

CMA CGM Marco Polo just arrived in Halifax. It is the largest container ship to ever call on North America’s east coast and any Canadian port.

Source: AeroVision Canada
https://twitter.com/AeroVisionUAV/st...92968846331904

Saul Goode · #23 Posted **May 18, 2021, 1:52 PM**

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CMA CGM Marco Polo just arrived in Halifax. It is the largest container ship to ever call on North America’s east coast and any Canadian port.

A very impressive vessel and a grand sight to see to be sure, and a record is a record, but I was surprised to hear all the excitement about her. You'd think nothing like it had ever been seen in Halifax before, while in fact ships of that size have been calling here for a few years now. The dimensional difference between CMA CGM Marco Polo and the others we've been seeing recently is trivial, even negligible - certainly not enough to be discernible visually.

She's also very far from the largest container ships, of which there are now dozens in the 24,000-TEU range (i.e., 50% more capacity!) in service. Unfortunately we don't have the terminal space, handling capacity or rail capacity to serve them in Halifax.

mleblanc · #24 Posted **May 18, 2021, 1:57 PM**

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A very impressive vessel and a grand sight to see to be sure, and a record is a record, but I was surprised to hear all the excitement about her. You'd think nothing like it had ever been seen in Halifax before, while in fact ships of that size have been calling here for a few years now. The dimensional difference between CMA CGM Marco Polo and the others we've ben seeing recently is trivial, even negligible - certainly not enough to be discernible visually.

She's also very far from the largest container ships, of which there are now dozens in the 24,000-TEU range i.e., 50% more capacity!) in service. Unfortunately we don't have the terminal space, handling capacity or rail capacity to serve them in Halifax.

I just think we've just been cooped up for a few weeks now, anything will get us excited.

Saul Goode · #25 Posted **May 18, 2021, 2:01 PM**

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I just think we've just been cooped up for a few weeks now, anything will get us excited.

Fair comment, and I certainly wasn't trying to rain on anyone's parade.

To be honest, I suppose it was actually a comment on local media ignorance more than anything. I thought Brett Ruskin was going to soil himself talking about big ships during his interview with Lane Farguson on CBC Radio this morning. It amazes me how reporters, who make a living ostensibly "informing" others, and who live here, can be so stunningly unaware of things going on around them in plain sight every day. It's as if they have no general knowledge base at all - and worse, no interest in developing one...as if everything's just brand-new to them.

This is Halifax. It only exists because it's a port, and for centuries there's been impressive floaty stuff to see here.

OldDartmouthMark · #26 Posted **May 18, 2021, 2:46 PM**

As someone who doesn't keep track of container ship traffic, the fact that ships of this stature (negligible dimensional differences aside) regularly visit Halifax, and bolster our container ports and rail traffic with their business is fantastic.

Both pics posted above by q12 are very impressive, with the water-level pic of the Brazil literally having me transfixed momentarily.

Very cool stuff!

Keith P. · #27 Posted **May 18, 2021, 3:20 PM**

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It amazes me how reporters, who make a living ostensibly "informing" others, and who live here, can be so stunningly unaware of things going on around them in plain sight every day. It's as if they have no general knowledge base at all - and worse, no interest in developing one...as if everything's just brand-new to them.

Having had a period of time in my work career where I had to deal with the news media, both local and to a lesser degree, national, this was my experience as well. I was rather mind-boggled to discover it. It was one thing to get a series of rather clueless questions from someone working for the Coast or wherever, but when you got similar questions from the CBC, CTV or CP you quickly realized that reporters really had zero knowledge of the subject in question. In retrospect that shouldn't be a surprise because why should they, since they are not reporting on it every day? But when you tried to fill them in on the subject before they started going thru their list of questions in order to make your answers more understandable to them, they usually were not interested and behaved like you were trying to misinform them just to make your answers sound better. Most of the time they had reached their conclusions on the story of the day long before they talked to you. I discovered that most reporters who were not calling in response to a news release we had issued were calling because someone they liked to use as a source had set them up with their version of the facts first, and everything they did subsequently was based upon that version being correct when in fact it was often far from it.

Good Baklava · #28 Posted **May 18, 2021, 6:25 PM**

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Saul Goode · #29 Posted **May 18, 2021, 7:48 PM**

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Having had a period of time in my work career where I had to deal with the news media, both local and to a lesser degree, national, this was my experience as well.

It's just always puzzled me when people professing to be in the information business don't seem to care or make any effort to be better informed themselves. I'd be embarrassed were I in that situation. It seems to me to speak to a bizarre lack of inquisitiveness - I mean, how and why do they even get into that line of work in the first place? Just a burning desire to hear and see themselves speak? Jeez, have some pride in your profession and stop making yourselves look like airheads and dorks.

I want to be careful to say that of course I'm not talking about all media people. I've been fortunate to know and to count as friends some very capable and accomplished journalists. What they have in common is that they're without fail well-educated (formally or otherwise), very well-informed, well-rounded and relentlessly curious. I don't see those qualities as often or as commonly in on-air personalities anymore. I can't count how many news stories lately have left me wondering, "Why didn't you ask this? Why didn't you ask that? Why did you leave out facts that are fundamental to understanding the story? How did you get this job with, apparently, no critical thinking skills at all?". And ditto for their editors and producers.

But I should probably stick to talking about buildings, or shipping...

q12 · #30 Posted **May 18, 2021, 11:48 PM**

A must watch for the skyline shots:

https://twitter.com/AeroVisionUAV/st...87788185288704

Saul Goode · #31 Posted **May 19, 2021, 12:07 AM**

If I can do so without appearing to be a total priggish pedant...oh, never mind. That will never work.

mleblanc · #32 Posted **May 19, 2021, 12:33 AM**

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If I can do so without appearing to be a total priggish pedant

Quite amazingly, you accomplished that before starting your actual argument

Saul Goode · #33 Posted **May 19, 2021, 12:45 AM**

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Quite amazingly, you accomplished that before starting your actual argument

Touché. Right you are. There's just no good way to go about something like that. Sorry.

kph06 · #34 Posted **Dec 30, 2021, 1:22 PM**

According to ZPMC’s (gantry crane manufacturer) Facebook page, PSA Halifax, former Halterm, has signed a deal (presumably for a new crane). When the latest one came in 2020 there was reportedly an option for a second.

kph06 · #35 Posted **Jan 7, 2023, 4:24 PM**

The final derelict ship to shore crane at Fairview Cove appears to be set for scrapping. A crawler crane is setup along side.

ns_kid · #36 Posted **May 26, 2023, 12:30 PM**

A CBC story reports that work is now underway to expand rail capacity between the PSA and Fairview Cove terminals.

My wife and I travelled to Moncton on Via a few weeks ago (to catch a Mooseheads-Wildcats playoff game: very convenient, considering the Avenir Centre and the new Hyatt are just a short walk from Moncton station). It was clear that work was underway, with stacks of new ties and rail in place in the rail cut.

Apparently the port is looking at newer low-emissions locomotives (hydrogen fuel-cell or battery-electric) to power the shuttles between terminals. A port authority spokesperson suggests that when complete, the new facilities and restored double track will mean a 75% reduction in truck traffic through the downtown. Welcome, and long overdue.

Haliguy · #37 Posted **May 26, 2023, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by ns_kid

A CBC story reports that work is now underway to expand rail capacity between the PSA and Fairview Cove terminals.

My wife and I travelled to Moncton on Via a few weeks ago (to catch a Mooseheads-Wildcats playoff game: very convenient, considering the Avenir Centre and the new Hyatt are just a short walk from Moncton station). It was clear that work was underway, with stacks of new ties and rail in place in the rail cut.

Apparently the port is looking at newer low-emissions locomotives (hydrogen fuel-cell or battery-electric) to power the shuttles between terminals. A port authority spokesperson suggests that when complete, the new facilities and restored double track will mean a 75% reduction in truck traffic through the downtown. Welcome, and long overdue.

Great to see it happening!

Saul Goode · #38 Posted **May 26, 2023, 4:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by kph06

According to ZPMC’s (gantry crane manufacturer) Facebook page, PSA Halifax, former Halterm, has signed a deal (presumably for a new crane). When the latest one came in 2020 there was reportedly an option for a second.

They've ordered two, both for delivery this summer - giants. They'll give PSA the ability to handle two ultra-size (i.e., 15,000-ish+ TEU) ships simultaneously.

beyeas · #39 Posted **May 26, 2023, 7:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by ns_kid

A CBC story reports that work is now underway to expand rail capacity between the PSA and Fairview Cove terminals.

My wife and I travelled to Moncton on Via a few weeks ago (to catch a Mooseheads-Wildcats playoff game: very convenient, considering the Avenir Centre and the new Hyatt are just a short walk from Moncton station). It was clear that work was underway, with stacks of new ties and rail in place in the rail cut.

Apparently the port is looking at newer low-emissions locomotives (hydrogen fuel-cell or battery-electric) to power the shuttles between terminals. A port authority spokesperson suggests that when complete, the new facilities and restored double track will mean a 75% reduction in truck traffic through the downtown. Welcome, and long overdue.

Oh THAT explains it! My son and I were biking along some of the MTB paths beside the track west of Beaufort Ave, and I had seen the rails/ties and was wondering why it looked like they were making another track. Got me excited for 2 seconds that it was linked to commuter rail and I just hadn't heard, but this makes much more sense. Thanks for the info.