General Shipping – 4 dead in shooting at shipping company at Greece – 12.02.2024
A 70 year old Egyptian national man, described as a former employee, has shot dead three people at a shipping company’s office in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the Greek capital, Athens An alleged unidentified company employee entered the building armed with a shotgun and handgun, according to several witnesses. The suspect was found dead […]
Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard Ships at Malta in 2006/7.
The Hellenic Coast Guard is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but resides under separate civilian control in times of peace. It was founded in 1919 by an Act of Parliament (Law No. 1753–1919) and the legal framework for its function was reformed in 1927. […]
LNG Carrier BACHIR CHIHANI towed – AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
On Saturday 27th June 2015 the 1979 built LNG gas carrier BACHIR CHIHANI being towed was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 40 miles offshore Malta. On Tuesday 23rd June, 2015 the Algerian flag and owned gas carrier was reported adrift off Lesvos Island, Greece in the Aegean Sea after an engine […]
Malta Naval Visits – HDMS PETER TORDENSKIOLD F 356 – 19-22.05.2006
The Royal Danish Navy Niels Juel Class corvette HDMS PETER TORDENSKIOLD F 356 paid a diplomatic visit at Valletta, Malta on Friday 19th May, 2006 entering at 0835 hrs berthing at DWQ 1 for few hours. Later afternoon she shifted with 2 local tugs PAWLINA and FELICA to Pinto 5 Wharf. Launched on 30th April […]
