Casualty – Pusher tug SHOEI MARU capsized after collision – 23.11.2024

Last Saturday 23rd November around 1800 hrs local time the pusher tug SHOEI MARU and the 229 metre bulk carrier YIANNIS NG that had just departed the Port of Kobe collided with each other. None of the 21 crew members of the bulker were injured, but the pusher tug capsized due to the force of […]
Renaming – YULIA to NOELLE G – November 2023

One of the Chinese built Handysize Bulk Carrier (Bulker) trading around – YULIA was sold during November, 2023 and renamed as NOELLE G. She was built at Avic Weihai Shipyard, Weihai, China in 2011 as HARLEQUIN as a single deck, single hull but with double bottom with 9 watertight bulkheads. With 6 Holds she has […]
Dangerous Goods – Damaged Bulker RUBY entered Great Yarmouth, UK for repairs – 28.10.2024

Today Monday 28th October, 2024 the damaged South Korean built bulker RUBY entered Peel Ports at Great Yarmouth, UK at 0652 UTC time. She loaded a 20,000-tonne cargo of ammonium nitrate and departed the port of Kandalaksha, Russia in late August. She ran aground in a storm shortly after getting under way and sustained damage […]
Ship Repair – Polish bulker KARPATY involved in collision repaired at Malta – 2023

On Saturday 17th June, 2023 the 2010 built 225 metre long bulk carrier ELENA VE struck berthed 2013 built bulk carrier KARPATY at Port of Tarragona in Spain around 1230 UTC while proceeding to berth with tugs assistance after a 14-day voyage carrying wheat from Chornomorsk port in Ukraine. Both ships have been seriously damaged, […]
Yachting – 2012 built superyacht HAMPSHIRE II once again at Malta – August 2024

The 78.5 metre superyacht HAMPSHIRE II was seen again in Malta, this time wearing Blue/White Hull colour. Launched in 2012 with yard number 806, she is a magnificent twin screw custom vessel, built by the prestigious Dutch shipyard, Feadship. First time she was spotted at Malta was in 2014 wearing white hull and 2 years […]
Casualties – 1952 built self discharging bulk carrier MICHIPICOTEN arrived safely in port – 08.06.2024

After yesterday – Saturday 8th June , 2024 we reported that the bulker MICHIPICOTEN collided with something underwater on Lake Superior and had water ingress ( https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-1952-built-self-discharging-bulk-carrier-michipicoten-taking-water-08-06-2024/) has safely anchored in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She was loaded with taconite when she began to take on water after colliding with something underwater. Taconite is a low-grade […]
Casualties – 1952 built self discharging bulk carrier MICHIPICOTEN taking water – 08.06.2024

On Saturday 8th June, 2024, at 0653 hrs Canada Time the US Coast Guard (USCG) received a distress call from the 1952 built self discharging bulk carrier MICHIPICOTEN with 22 crew onboard that she collided with something underwater on Lake Superior and is taking on water. The bulker is approximately 35 miles southwest of Isle […]
Harbour Facilities – Ship Unloader (II) at Kordin Grain Terminal (KGT), Malta – Q4 of 2023.

The Kordin Grain Terminal (KGT) situated at Grand Harbour , Malta provides facilities for the handling, storage and transhipment of all types of free flowing grains at the Magazine Wharves. The steel works were made by the former employees of Malta Shipbuilding Co Ltd (MSCL) which was a Maltese state-owned ship building company. The first […]
General Shipping – 3 out of 4 ships seen for the first time in few hours at Malta – 17.04.2024

The predominant wind direction is the Northwest, for the reason that the Maltese Islands lie in the westerly trade wind zone. An analysis shows that the windiest months of the year are between early October and late February, when gale force winds are quite common. During Week 16 of this year – 2024 strong wind was […]
Maritime Accident – 300m container ship DALI rammed a Bridge at Baltimore, USA – 26.03.2024

The most severe US bridge allision since the Tampa Skyway Bridge disaster in 1980 happened around 0128 hrs of Tuesday 26th March, 2024 in the while the ship was under pilotage. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being rammed by the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) built 299.9m long (loa) container ship DALI causing […]