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Post by plansea on Nov 24, 2010 12:45:12 GMT -8
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Dec 6, 2010 9:40:22 GMT -8
www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/12/06/ns-wild-weather-hits-maritimes.html
Storm closes Confederation Bridge, Maritime ferriesConfederation Bridge closed for 8th time since 1996 openingHigh winds, snow and rain are pounding the Maritimes, knocking out power, closing schools, stopping ferries and shutting down the Confederation Bridge. The bridge between P.E.I. and New Brunswick, which remained open during tropical storm Earl, was closed to all vehicles at 11:18 AT Monday. Bridge officials said forecasts suggest it will not open again before midnight. Environment Canada issued a storm surge warning for Prince County in P.E.I. and the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. Doug Mercer, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, urged people near the water to use caution as the tides will be higher than usual. "Tides are going to be peaking sometime this afternoon for most of that region. You guys are supposed to be getting about 60 or 70 centimetres of surge on top of the tides," he said. "The water levels are going to be high and we're really most worried about the waves on top of the surge." Marine Atlantic ferries Atlantic Vision and Leif Ericson were holding in North Sydney, N.S., while the Smallwood was holding in Port aux Basques, N.L. The ferry service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia has also been suspended. Both Halifax harbour ferries were stopped, but resumed service around 10:30 a.m. There are delays and cancellations at Charlottetown's airport. Winds gusting to 145 km/h forced officials to close the Confederation Bridge to all traffic. The last closure was January 2009. The longest closure was 12 hours, for the blizzard known as White Juan in the winter of 2004. Thousands without electricityNova Scotia Power reported more than 27,000 customers had lost electricity across the province. NB Power reported 2,433 outages across the province. P.E.I. was reporting 2,300 outages, scattered across two dozen communities. In Nova Scotia, there were reports of lawns being submerged and basements flooded around Musquodoboit Harbour. Large rocks and live wires have been blown onto roads in Lawrencetown and Cow Bay near Halifax. A wind warning was in effect in Cape Breton, with gusts up to 90 km/h across most of the island and 120 km/h from Margaree Harbour to Bay St. Lawrence. The forecast called for up to 20 millimetres of rain in Cape Breton on Monday. In New Brunswick, several school districts have been closed because of overnight snowfall and slippery road conditions. Environment Canada is forecasting snowfall amounts of 15 centimetres in many areas of the province, with up to 25 centimetres for areas between Woodstock and Sussex.
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Post by lmtengs on Dec 21, 2010 20:10:37 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Dec 22, 2010 11:57:06 GMT -8
That is interesting. That vessel was built in '63, back east, while the Garibaldi (later Albert J Savoie), Garibaldi II, and Quadra Queen (later Nicola) were built here between 1960 and 1964. Nimpkish is the newest, built in 1973. It certainly looks to be the same basic exterior design, although the vendor listing states that it was rebuilt, so it may not have started out looking like that. It is almost precisely the same length, and looks to have the same hull profile. It is ten feet narrower than our boats, though- I wouldn't want to drive anything wider than a smart car down those outside lanes. |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 22, 2010 12:28:33 GMT -8
Here is a webpage with more pictures of this 1963 ferry: www.yachtsales.com/text/n536.html- one of the images is the deck plans. (these are mainly the same pictures as in the first link posted in this thread, if you click on the 16 various picture links in the HarlowMarine page) The current name of the ship is MV Inch Arran. ============== Here's the Gov't of Nfld's notice of intention to sell www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2009/tw/0306n06.htm |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 16:33:27 GMT -8
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Post by Northern Exploration on Oct 14, 2012 16:14:33 GMT -8
Lake levels all over Ontario are lower than usual for a couple of reasons. Starting with the low snowfall from last winter, and compounded by low rainfall during the summer, lake levels are quite low and keep getting lower, matching a long term trend over many years. A certain level has to be maintained for the lock systems between the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway for shipping and for water needs for hydro electric generation. I know cottage owners on Georgian Bay, off of Lake Huron, who are in the difficult position of having their docks now on dry land, and who had previous lakefront property. These people now have a strip of "crown" and "unowned" land between their property lines and water. Also many of the smaller lakes that are on the Rideau Canal and other "managed" waterways, suffered both from the low water levels, and an unexpected early drop in water by the management authorities, stranding many boats. Straying off marked channels now is extra hazardous and many of the lakes are on granite bedrock with shoals and rock hazards all over. |
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Post by Nick on Mar 26, 2013 6:19:41 GMT -8
So, ummm I'm getting a wicked sense of deja vu here... Car plunges off Cape Breton ferry, at least 1 missingAn RCMP dive team is preparing to search St. Anns Bay after a car drove off the Englishtown, N.S., ferry at about 9 p.m. Monday. "It drove across the deck and up the ramp, which was in the upright
position," said Sgt. Al Leblanc. "For some unknown reason, the vehicle
continued on, sped up, and then it plunged into the water approximately
20 to 30 metres from shore." Leblanc said the car was carried along by the strong current for about 200 metres, then disappeared.
The RCMP dive team from Halifax arrived Tuesday morning. (Wendy Martin/CBC)
"Unfortunately, someone was inside the vehicle," he said. "But that's all I can tell
you. We don't have any details of how many occupants and so on." Searchers used a fishing boat Tuesday morning to scan the water. They
discovered an oil slick just after 10 a.m., said the CBC's Wendy Martin. Martin, who is at the scene, said the dive team from Halifax is ready to go in the water. "The current is so strong, they have scrapped the idea of going in in
their zodiac, and instead they're going to go in on the fishing vessel
itself," she said. Martin also spoke with the captain
of the ferry, who said it happened so fast, ferry staff didn't get a
chance to see if anyone else was in the vehicle. The RCMP said Emergency Health Services, the Baddeck and Englishtown
Fire Department and the North Shore District Fire Department are helping
with the search. They failed to find any sign of the vehicle Monday
night. Englishtown is located approximately 61 kilometres northwest of
Sydney. The ferry runs across St. Anns Harbour connected to an
underwater cable. It provides a shortcut to the Cabot Trail in northern
Cape Breton.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/03/26/ns-englishtown-ferry-accident.html
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Post by Neil on Apr 29, 2013 20:58:35 GMT -8
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Post by Nick on Oct 5, 2013 16:42:00 GMT -8
Oceanex is a RORO freight company transporting goods from Montreal and Halifax to St. John's, NL. They just took delivery of their newest addition to their fleet, the Oceanex Connaigra, courtesy of our friends over at Flensburg, Germany. A friend posted this pic on Facebook today...  |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Oct 6, 2013 8:55:06 GMT -8
Oceanex is a RORO freight company transporting goods from Montreal and Halifax to St. John's, NL. They just took delivery of their newest addition to their fleet, the Oceanex Connaigra, courtesy of our friends over at Flensburg, Germany. A friend posted this pic on Facebook today... That explains why I saw a St. John's notice on Herr Brinki's Facebook page but hadn't asked yet why.  |
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Post by Nick on Nov 7, 2013 13:04:54 GMT -8
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 9, 2014 13:21:15 GMT -8
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen (www.damen.com) is constructing two 80M ice-class ro-ro ferries for the Province of Newfoundland,
one is for the Fogo Island service, the other for the Bell Island service.
There is some local opposition to the off-shore contract just as there is here in B.C.
Damen was the successful bidder from 15 contenders. As an aside, Damen is also building it's sixth coastal patrol boat for
the Mexican Coast Guard. They are obviously very competitive. There are appropriate videos displayed for both the ferries and the patrol boats.
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Post by Mike C on Apr 9, 2014 16:29:52 GMT -8
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen (www.damen.com) is constructing two 80M ice-class ro-ro ferries for the Province of Newfoundland... They are obviously very competitive. There are appropriate videos displayed for both the ferries and the patrol boats. Damen is also constructing the Burrard Otter II SeaBus for the SCBCTA (TransLink). I will definitely start paying closer attention to this shipyard and their products. |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 9, 2014 21:54:07 GMT -8
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen (www.damen.com) is constructing two 80M ice-class ro-ro ferries for the Province of Newfoundland... They are obviously very competitive. There are appropriate videos displayed for both the ferries and the patrol boats. Damen is also constructing the Burrard Otter II SeaBus for the SCBCTA (TransLink). I will definitely start paying closer attention to this shipyard and their products. The new SeaBus is being built in a yard in Singapore that is Dutch-owned, I understand. Is that also the case for the NFLD newbuilds? |
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Post by Kahloke on Apr 10, 2014 6:12:41 GMT -8
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen (www.damen.com) is constructing two 80M ice-class ro-ro ferries for the Province of Newfoundland, one is for the Fogo Island service, the other for the Bell Island service. There is some local opposition to the off-shore contract just as there is here in B.C. Damen was the successful bidder from 15 contenders. As an aside, Damen is also building it's sixth coastal patrol boat for the Mexican Coast Guard. They are obviously very competitive. There are appropriate videos displayed for both the ferries and the patrol boats. Here is an article on these two vessels, so you can see what they look like: www.damen.com/en/news/2013/12/second-80-m-ice-class-ferry-to-newfoundland-and-labrador-province |
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Post by WettCoast on Apr 10, 2014 10:49:26 GMT -8
It looks as if clam-shell doors (at the bow) will be used on the vessels for Newfoundland & Labrador. This, & other recent information coming out on the WCFF makes me wonder why BCFS (and/or FSG) chose to install a visor on the Northern Expedition.
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Post by Northern Exploration on Apr 14, 2014 17:45:42 GMT -8
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen (www.damen.com) is constructing two 80M ice-class ro-ro ferries for the Province of Newfoundland, one is for the Fogo Island service, the other for the Bell Island service. There is some local opposition to the off-shore contract just as there is here in B.C. Damen was the successful bidder from 15 contenders. As an aside, Damen is also building it's sixth coastal patrol boat for the Mexican Coast Guard. They are obviously very competitive. There are appropriate videos displayed for both the ferries and the patrol boats. Here is an article on these two vessels, so you can see what they look like: www.damen.com/en/news/2013/12/second-80-m-ice-class-ferry-to-newfoundland-and-labrador-provinceI wonder if the new ferries will need much less intervention from the Coast Guard in winter to maintain service and be more regular in their schedule, particularly the Fogo Island Service. The ice breaking abilities must make the hull even more robust than is needed on the coast for logs and snags. If I remember correctly (IIRC for Flug) the NorEX is technically ice class for floaters. But I would guess these hulls might be overkill and a lighter but still strengthened hull appropriate. |
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Post by Neil on Jul 28, 2019 19:38:29 GMT -8
Okay... I'm not quite sure how to post this, because I don't want to trivialize a very traumatic Canadian crime story down to a ferry fan item, but... The two young men from Port Alberni who are the prime suspects in the murder of three people in northern British Columbia are now thought to have perhaps gotten themselves from their previously sighted position in Gillam, Manitoba, to York Landing. Looking that trip up, I saw that it involved a ferry crossing. Going to the Manitoba ferries site, I found that it involved a two hour crossing of Split Lake. There are two return trips a day this time of year. The thing that struck me about this route and the vessel on it, was that it perhaps represents the longest ferry voyage in Canada by such a humble, amenities free vessel, the MV Joe Keeper. The Canadian wilderness provides bizarre angles to horrific criminal incidents, which occasionally intersect with one's interests in ferries, in a decidedly macabre way. www.gov.mb.ca/mit/namo/schedule.htmlwww.winnipegfreepress.com/local/york-factory-first-nations-supplies-held-hostage-in-dispute-chief-says-484358063.html |
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