Strait Area Shipping By: Jack Ronalds , Jarrod David and Philip Burden: Its been awhile...

Time has a way of flying by and now is the time to write about some activities happening in our little part of the world.
The tanker Indian Point was boarded today at 1400h by APA pilot Mike Langdon and proceeded in to the Nustar Inside Berth at Point Tupper. Assisting were the tugs the tugs Point Chebucto and Svitzer Bedford.

The Martin Marietta Materials Quarry dock is busy handling some big bulkers lately like the Baldock which is taking on about 61,000 tones of gravel for a delivery to Port Manatee Fla.

The Rt.Hon.Paul E. Martin

was also in around the 9th of October and loaded cargo .
A couple of the TK line of tankers paid a visit to our area. The Helga Spirit arrived on the 2nd of October

and departed on October the 3rd

Shortly thereafter the crude oil tanker Americas Spirit paid a visit to Nustar for business and departed on the morning of October 4th.

Providing escort after undocking the Americas Spirit was the tugs Point Chebucto and Svitzer Bedford .I managed to get a photo of the Svitzer Bedford doing some powered indirect moves for the pilot.

Relocated to the area is the tug Point Sept Isle which was formerly based in Quebec and is in our area for a short time when the Point Valiant goes on refit.

In this attached photo its shown on the inside of the Point Valiant but leaves tonight under the command of Capt. Mario Noel to assist in the docking of a bulker in Belledune N.B.
In the line of expensive pleasure craft two nice looking yachts transitted our area heading to warmer climes and who could blame them.

On September the 29th the Hooterpatrol IV departed Port Hawkesbury with just its delivery crew bound for Fort Lauderdale Fla.

Also transitting thru was the yacht Perseverence II which was outbound and passed port to port with the crude tanker Helga Spirit just abeam of Eddy Point.

Another regular visitor to the area has been the small cruise vessel Yorktown which docks at Port Hawkesbury for 6 to 7 hours while some of the passengers enjoy our ambiance and then usually depart for another destination as the sun is about to set.

Other recent visitors were the tanker Sloman Ariadne which docked at Nustar Inside berth on September the 10th

.The asphalt tanker Thalassa Desgagnes transitted thru the Strait on the afternoon of September 25th bound for the U.S.

On September 26th the oil products tanker Pacific Quartz was berthed at Nustar Berth 2

and the NS Stella also was docked at Nustar 2 on the 28th of September.

October the 10th at about 0630h APA pilot Capt. Evan Macdonald boarded the Radcliffe R. Latimer at the north pilot station to take the vessel thru Canso Lock to Mulgrave where a large quantity of slag was deposited on the dock for use in a local industry.