The port of Halifax has another connection to Cuba and the Caribbean.
NIRINT has started a direct conventional/breakbulk/container service from Halifax to Cuba and other Caribbean ports on inducement. The Cuban ports include Moa, Havana and Matanzas.
Elias Hage said NIRINT has deployed the N. Commander for the service. It sails from Halifax once every two weeks. The vessel, which has capacity of 277 TEUs and crane capacity of 67 tonnes, can handle both breakbulk and containers.
Holland-based NIRINT, which has head offices in Rotterdam, has been calling Halifax occasionally for the past several years and on a regular basis, every 14 days, since 2003.
NIRINT vessels Nirint Pride, Nirint Atlas and Nirint Champion are multipurpose heavy-lift vessels. Built between 1999 and 2000, they have cranes capable of lifting up to 300 tonnes.
These three ships provide service from Halifax to Moredijk, Holland, and Bilbao, Spain.
NIRINT offers Canadians a regular conventional/breakbulk/container service to Europe and will soon have connections to the Mediterranean and Middle East region.