Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Container Ship MSC TORONTO from 22.10 to 25.10.2021

Another MSC container ship to use Palumbo Malta Shipyard was the 2006 built 324 metres long MSC TORONTO. She entered Grand Harbour on Friday 22nd October, 2021 passing breakwaters at 0712 hrs coming from Gioia Tauro, Italy. She was due to enter the previous day around 1530 but works were postponed due to daylight restrictions […]

Palumbo Malta Shipyard – MSC LORENA 29.07.2021 to 07.09.2021

The second MSC container ship to enter Palumbo Malta Shipyards was the 2006 built 275 metre container ship MSC LORENA. She entered Grand Harbour on Thursday 29th July, 2021 at 1036 hrs and berthed at Parlatorio Wharf assisted by tugs. On Monday 9th August at 1600 hrs she ordered 2 pilots and 3 tugs to […]

Haifa Port – August, 2021 movements

The Port of Haifa  is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]

Breaking Up – 1995 built container ship BUNGA PELANGI DUA – 2012

On Monday 16th July, 2012 the 1995 South Korean built container ship BUNGA PELANGI DUA was broken up at Alang, India. She was built at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI) at Seoul in South Korea as Yard No 919. She was 275.1m long with 37.19 m beam. Homeported at Port Kelang, Malaysia (MYS Flag) with […]

Haifa Port – July 2021 Movements

The Port of Haifa  is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]

Containers – 223 m ship MAERSK BINTAN.

One of the South Korean built vessels for Maersk is the 2008 built 35,835 GRT container ship MAERSK BINTAN. She was built in South Korea by Hanjin Heavy Industries Co Ltd at Busan and her carrying capacity is 3,194 TEU. She’s 223.5 meters long with 32.2 meters beam. From 2008 to 2015 she was homeported […]

Haifa Port – June 2021 Movements

The Port of Haifa  is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]

CMA CGM News – Situation in News Canal – 02.04.2021

Following the aground incident in the Suez Canal, CMA CGM Group is thoroughly monitoring the situation in close contact with its local teams and the Suez Canal’s authorities. According to the information, no injury, damage to cargo or pollution was reported. However, many vessels are currently waiting for passage through Suez Canal. On Friday 26th […]