Shipfax: Summer Layup
Some ships go into winter layup to avoid the harsh conditions of the season. It also gives time for necessary repairs and maintenance and perhaps some time off for the crew.
Last year Shipfax went into an unexpected "summer layup" when it found itself without an internet connection in August. Regretably this caused dismay amongst readers.
Now that summer is (officially) here again, Shipfax wishes to allay fears by announcing an extended summer layup again this year - largely for the same reason. No internet connection for most of July and August will mean that regular publication will not be possible.
Shipfax is normally published from "Ship Central Eastern" in Halifax, but Ship Central Eastern will be shifting its locus operandi to "Ship Central St-Laurent" in Quebec for July and August. (Note Shipfax's subtitle includes the phrase "and beyond".)
For the record, the first "issue" of Shipfax covered the Port of Halifax for January 1986. It was a one page hard copy version sent by mail or fax to a select readership. It eventually expanded to eight pages, and aside from the odd hiatus, was published continuously until 2008. The online version took flight for the first time in 2009.
