Offshore – Seafarer found dead aboard SAIPEM FDS at Rotterdam – 10.04.2020

A seafarer from the pipelay vessel SAIPEM FDS was found dead in Port of Rotterdam. According to the police, his death occured from natural causes and no symptoms attributable to Covid-19 and died unexpectedly during the night. The vessel homeported at Nassau in Bahamas with 77 crew members on board is currently berthed at Waalhaven […]
LNG News – K Line Gas Carrier ARCTIC DISCOVERER at Malta – 20.07.2019

On Saturday 20th July, 2019 the 289 m long Japanese gas carrier ARCTIC DISCOVERER entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. She was built in 2006 by Mitsui Ichihara Engineering & Shipbuilding at Ichihara, Japan and homeported at Nassau in Bahamas. She entered first thing in […]
Breaking Up – 2003 built Drilling Rig EIRIK RAUDE – June 2019

During middle June 2019 the 2003 Chinese built Bingo 9000 type semi submersible drilling rig EIRIK RAUDE was towed from Astakos, Greece bound to Aliaga, Turkey for breakers. In fact ALP CENTRE arrived at Astakos on Tuesday 18th June. EIRIK RAUDE was built by Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry at Dalian in China as a […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Cruise Liner SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA – 12.11.2018

On Monday 12th November 2018 at 0816 hrs the 1995 built cruise ship SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA entered Valletta with her last port reported was from Salalah, Oman after she left Colombo, Sri Lanka on 28th October, 2018 bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard berthing at Parlatorio Wharf. SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA was the lead ship of the Century class of […]
Passer By – OCEANIC INSTALLER – 04.11.2018

The 1984 Norwegian built Offshore Diving Support Vessel OCEANIC INSTALLER was spotted at 0830 hrs (0730 UTC) passing by 27.5 nautical miles off Valletta, Malta on Sunday 4th November, 2018 while on passage from Jebel Ali, UAE ( leaving 15.10.2018 ) to Arzew at Algeria. Below images are of her back to January 1999 when she […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 42 of 2018

Valletta Cruise Port plc (formerly VISET Malta plc) is a limited liability company which took over the cruise and ferry terminal operations following an international tender issued by the Government of Malta in 1996. Valletta Cruise Port was awarded the project and the formal agreement was signed on the 23rd of November 2001. PORTE DES […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 35 of 2018

Valletta Cruise Port plc (formerly VISET Malta plc) is a limited liability company which took over the cruise and ferry terminal operations following an international tender issued by the Government of Malta in 1996. Valletta Cruise Port was awarded the project and the formal agreement was signed on the 23rd of November 2001. Image of […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 30 of 2018

Interesting Week seeing different types of ships with cruise liners Aerial Image of BAHRIJA Village back to 21st December,2008 Sunday 22nd July, 2018. At 0036 hrs the 2009 built cruise liner with BHS flag SEABOURN ODYSSEY left Valletta from Pinto 1 wharf to cruise slowly to anchor off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo. Vessel was represented in Malta by […]
MMH MALTA – Week 29 of 2018

Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) is located within the inner of Valletta (Grand Harbour), and ideally positioned to serve the marine oil and gas servicing industries by providing drilling, sub-sea and marine operations, engineering, maintenance and storage and other services. The following are movements within Week 29 Monday 16th July, 2018. At 0858 hrs the 2003 built Platform […]
PASSER BY – MPOV SKANDI CARLA – 22.02.2018. The 2001 built BHS flag multi purpose offshore vessel SKANDI CARLA was spotted at 2230 hrs (2130 UTC) passing by 30 nautical miles North off Valletta, Malta bound to Istanbul, Turkey from Gibraltar on Thursday 22nd February 2018. She was built in Norway by VARD Aukra at Aukra with 84 […]