Renaming – EUROCARGO SALERNO to RAHAF 1 – May, 2025
One of the Italian built ro/ro ships trading around – EUROCARGO SALERNO was sold during May 2025 and renamed as RAHAF 1. She entered Grand Harbour on Monday 19th May at 0744 hrs and berthed at Parlatorio Wharf, Palumbo Malta Shipyards. More images can be found here – Eurocargo Salerno – 20.05.2025 – Malta Ship Photos […]
Anchor Weekly News – Week 17 of 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 21st April. From 0040 to 1636 hrs the general cargo ship NS ARLECCHINO was at Valletta berthed at Magazine Wharf. From 0602 to 1316 hrs the ro/ro ship CAROLINE RUSS was at Valletta berthed at Flagstone Wharf bound to anchorage […]
Renaming – EUROCARGO ISTANBUL to MERNA 2 – February, 2025
One of the Italian built ro/ro ships trading around – EUROCARGO ISTANBUL was sold during February 2025 and renamed as MERNA 2. She entered Grand Harbour on Thursday 13th February at 1516 hrs. She was built at Cantieri Navali Visentini, Italy as FRANZ in 1998 with yard number 184 for Levantina Trasporti Srl with sister […]
Offshore – Discharging of 2024 built Jack Up Oil Rig VALI at Malta – 27-28.12.2024
The latest KFELS Super B Class Jack Up Rig for Borr Drilling delivered from Seatrium’s Pioneer Shipyard in Singapore rig roughly a year ahead of schedule – VALI arrived at Malta as a piggyback aboard the semi submersible heavy load carrier SEAWAY EAGLE on Friday 27th December, 2024. VALI was loaded from Singapore and the […]
Gaza-Israel War – Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship NAVAREN at Malta – August 2024
One of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s Vessel – HANDALA calling all VTS worldwide as NAVAREN including on her AIS System called at Malta on Tuesday 13th August passing breakwaters at 1104 hrs. Built in 1968 at Hemnesberget, Norway as the 18 metre Norwegian fishing vessel NAVARN with radio call sign as LATQ she was […]
Gaza-Israel War – Controversial tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST – July to September 2024
Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October , 2 controversial Product Tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST are in the Breaking News Developments. OVERSEAS SANTORINI cargo is US 300,000 barrels of military grade JP-8 aviation fuel destined for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), enough for 12,000 […]
Opinion – Terms in Shipping at Malta – 25.11.2023
Looking at certain ship photos caption it’s either you laugh or you cry. Most of the funniest shipping terms comes from the Media but when you see certain photographers that are involved in shipping photography you will say – Are you Serious ?? 🙂 CHARTERING is the term used to name the renting of a […]
Yachting – ESPADARTE leaving Malta from Bezzina Ship Repair Yard – 01.07.2023
On Saturday 1st July, 2023 the Portuguese built 49.8 metres yacht ESPADARTE was seen leaving Grand Harbour, Malta at 1141 hrs. She was built by Arsenal do Alfeite in Portugal at their Alfeite shipyard in 1968 and this classic yacht is a repetitive client of Bezzina Ship Repair Yard […]
Heavy Lift – TOPAZ ZEYA at Malta – March 2022
The 2018 built 123 metres long RUS flag deck cargo ship TOPAZ ZEYA was seen at OPL Malta on Tuesday 15th March, 2022 loaded with windfarm equipment. She was built at Vard Vung Tau, Vietnam with keel laid on 20th December, 2016 and completed on 22nd May 2018. Design was known as VARD 9 21 […]
Casualties – CHEM P salvage update – 31.03.2022
The refloating of ships stranded or sunk in exposed waters is called offshore salvage. In this type of salvage, vessels are exposed to waves, currents and weather and are the most vulnerable and difficult to work on. They also tend to deteriorate more rapidly than such vessels in protected harbours. Offshore salvage may provide only a short window […]
