Anchor Weekly News – Week 13 of 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 24th March. From 0034 hrs to 0432 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf coming and going to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0506 to […]
Anchor Weekly News – 1st to 9th March 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Saturday 1st March. First shipping movement at Valletta was the arrival of the 2017 built tug ST ANGELO that passed breakwaters at 0559 hrs wearing fresh MedTug livery from Augusta, Sicily after she was drydocked. More images here – St. […]
AFM – Brand New Patrol Craft P51 donated by USA – November 2002
On Wednesday 13th November, 2002 the 87-foot Protector Class boat, bought out of a $13 million grant made available to Malta under the US Securities Assistance Act of 2000 P 51 was handed over to the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) at the Maritime Squadron Base. The grant had been given for the purchase of […]
Naval News – Final Voyage of USS JOHN F KENNEDY CV 67 – 16th January to 2nd February 2025
On Thursday 16th January, 2025 the hulk of the Navy’s last conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS JOHN F.KENNEDY CV 67 started her final voyage from the Navy’s Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility to Brownsville, Texas for dismantling. Shortly before 0900 hrs tugs assisted the hulk down the Delaware River and was attached via a tow […]
Passer By – Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel SAIPEM 3000 – 13.11.2024
On Wednesday 13th November night around 2330 hrs the 1984 Japanese built offshore DP Heavy Lift vessel SAIPEM 3000 passed 32.7 nautical miles from Malta underway to her assignment. She’s not a new face to us at Malta and always called at Medserv Base, Marsaxlokk Harbour who happens to appreciate our maritime related work. She […]
Medserv – Tugs MIGHTY DELIVERER and RUBY DELIVERER calls in 2006
During Q 3 and Q 4 of the year 2006, two interesting offshore units called at Marsaxlokk Harbour berthing at Medserv. First one to call was the American Built tug MIGHTY DELIVERER which was built by Diamond Manufacturing Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia as hull no 478 as the BELCHER PORT EVERGLADES for the the Belcher Towing […]
Passer By – Towage of Jack Up Oil Rig – 12.07.2024
On Friday 12th July, 2024 the towage of the 74 metre long (loa) jack up oil rig SHELF DRILLING RESOURCEFUL was spotted passing around 32 nautical miles offshore Malta. The 2008 built Jack Up Oil Rig SHELF DRILLING RESOURCEFUL is of a LeTourneau Super 116-C design. She was refitted in 2017 and is capable of […]
Breaking Up – USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon T-AK 3066 arrive for recycling – 07.06.2024
Last Friday 7th June the 250.24 m long (loa) Maritime Prepositioning Ship (PREPO) USNS PFC EUGENE A. OBREGON T-AK 3006 arrived at the recycling yard All Star Metals & All Star Shredding at Brownsville, Texas, United States of America (USA). She was built in 1982 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania as THOMAS HEYWARD for Waterman Steamship […]
Naval News – Royal Thai Navy Corvette CO criticised for actions to the loss of naval unit in bad weather – April 2024
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the commanding officer of a naval ship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew. An investigation revealed that Captain Phichitchai Thueannadee, commanding officer of the corvette HTMS SUKHOTHAI FS 442 […]
Casualties – USCGC SEA DOG WPB 87373 damaged – 25.03.2024
On Monday 25th March, 2024 the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Protector Class cutter USCGC SEA DOG WPB 87373 was damaged while returning from sea to the St. Marys River on the border between Florida and Georgia. She was able to safely moor at Fernandina Beach, Fla., with assistance from other Coast Guard vessels and […]
