Welcome to 2025
Overall 2024 was a good year……..it was a year of adjustments, changes, adaptation, completed the large process of never ending digitalising from slides/negatives with filing in our archives and officially opened another office with great team in Sicily. Apart from adding more Logos to our site both locally and worldwide including Non Shipping stuff such […]
Bunkering – 2023 built MPP ship JSP TORNO at Malta – 22.12.2024
One of the Chinese built ships trading around the world is the 2023 built ship JSP TORNO who called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Sunday 22nd December, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0930 hrs and berthed at Magazine Wharf. She was built at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd with Hull no as DJHC 6057 and […]
Bunkering – Chinese Heavy Load Carrier ZHEN HUA 36 – November, 2024
During the last days of November, 2024 the 2003 built heavy load carrier (converted) ZHEN HUA 36 called OPL Malta for Uplifting Bunkers. She was built in Japan by Tsuneishi Tshipbuilding Co Ltd in Tadotsu as yard no 1246 (from January 2001 to August 2003) as the crude oil tanker PETROZAVODSK for Russian Owners SCF […]
Medserv – Tugs MIGHTY DELIVERER and RUBY DELIVERER calls in 2006
During Q 3 and Q 4 of the year 2006, two interesting offshore units called at Marsaxlokk Harbour berthing at Medserv. First one to call was the American Built tug MIGHTY DELIVERER which was built by Diamond Manufacturing Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia as hull no 478 as the BELCHER PORT EVERGLADES for the the Belcher Towing […]
Maiden Call – 2024 built general cargo ship ALMA at Malta – 30.11.2024
End of November completed with maiden calls and one of them was the 2024 built multi purpose vessel ALMA, that passed breakwaters at 1135 hrs last Saturday 30th November, 2024. Delivered last 13th February she was built at Waterhuizen by Gs Yard BV in the Netherlands as the 3,636 deadweight (dwt) multi purpose vessel with […]
Maiden Call – Tugboat IRAKLIS Z at Malta – 28.11.2024
On Thursday 28th November, 2024 the Turkish built and Greek owned ASD tugboat IRAKLIS Z passed breakwaters at 1508 hrs with a harbour pilot aboard during her maiden call. Built by Sanmar Shipyards, Turkey with technical cooperation with the Canadian naval architects, Robert Allan Limited, she was built and delivered in 2015 as CIVITAVECCHIA of […]
Bunkering – Damen Combi Freighter HARINGVLIET at Malta – 14.11.2024
One of the Damen Combi Freighter 3850 design ships trading around is the HARINGVLIET that called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Thursday 14th November, 2024 to uplift bunkers passing breakwaters at 1715 hrs Built at Damen Shipyard Bergum as yard no 9413 she was launched during October 2011 and completed by May 2012 for the […]
Towage – EAST towing barge TMI 7 with 63.50 m sailing yacht Hull as deck cargo off Malta – 2010
During August, 2010 an interesting towage was seen within territorial waters (wtw) of Malta consisting of the Dutch owned tug EAST towing the flat top barge TMI 7 loaded with the 63.50 m sailing yacht MIKHAIL S. VORONTSOV hull. Tug EAST was built in Malaysia by Kian Juan Dockyard at Miri as yard number KJD […]
Former Military – Small Hospital Ship ISLAND REACH at Malta – 22.10.2024
One of the former naval vessels that was given a second life, converted as a small hospital ship ISLAND REACH is the former Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) Clovelly Class Fleet Tender RMAS MELTON A 83. She passed breakwaters on Tuesday 22nd October at 1129 hrs coming from Malaga, Spain and while approaching Malta she […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Busy Thursday with 5 Passenger Ships – 10.10.2024
Like I call it Never Ending Thursday, last Thursday 10th October 5 passenger ships entered Grand Harbour with of them overnight/s scheduled calls on a foggy day with Southwest wind. The first lady to enter which calls weekly was the 2010 built cruise liner 288 metre long AZURA passing breakwaters at 0503 hrs. Berthing at […]
