Towage – RELIANCE towing BOABARGE 9 – Feb/March 2006

On Friday 10th March 2006 the 1979 built USA flag and owned tugboat RELIANCE was seen leaving Valletta, Malta towing the 1976 built CYM flag deck cargo pontoon BOABARGE 9 with 2 topsides on her deck. RELIANCE was built in the USA by Main Iron Works at Houma, Los Angeles in 1979 with her homeport […]

Repairs – Yacht SAMAX at Malta – May 2019

One of the most yachts that frequent Malta is the 55 m Cayman Islands Flag motor yacht SAMAX. She was built in 1996 by Feadship, Netherlands with steel hull and Alumunium Superstructure. Her homeport is George Town so flag is Cayman Islands (CYM). She has a 881 GRT; powered by 2 x Caterpillar 3516 Diesel […]

Yachting – LADY E + LADY S maiden call at Malta – May 2019.

The Feadship 2019 built 93 metre superyacht LADY S entered Valletta, Malta last Sunday 5th May for a 48 hour maiden call leaving Tuesday 7th May in the afternoon bound to Genoa, Italy. Her mooring was at the Grand Harbour Marina arriving from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Homeported at George Town, flying a Cayman Islands (CYM) […]

Yachting – 92m yacht TATOOSH

TATOOSH is a 303-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by the late Paul G. Allen , who also owned the 416-foot (127 m) OCTOPUS. She is now the world’s 56th largest superyacht. She was built at Nobiskrug, Germany for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw. Her design and construction was done by Kusch Yachts and she was purchased […]

Yachting – 125 metre Superyacht MARYAH at Malta

Lately at Palumbo Malta Superyachts the 125 metre Superyacht MARYAH was seen berthed at Somerset Wharf, the same time TOPAZ was floated at Dock 2. MARYAH started as a Russian  research vessel, built in Poland in the 1990’s. She was acquired by Sheikh Tahnoon ben Zayed Al Nahyan who is a son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al […]

Yachting – 147 metre Megayacht TOPAZ at Malta

Lately at Palumbo Malta Superyachts the 147 metre Megayacht TOPAZ was seen floated at Dock 2. Taking to the water for the first time back in 2012 the stunning Euros 400 million megayacht is one of the largest and most expensive ever to be built. She was constructed by Lurssen in Bremen, Germany and currently […]

Yachting – 74 metre Support Yacht SHERPA

On Friday 17th August, 2018 at 0758 hrs the 73.6 metre motor yacht SHERPA, previously known as Project 815 entered Valletta bound to Grand Harbour Marina to moor at St. Angelo Wharf next to yacht INDIAN EMPRESS. She has a steel hull with aluminium superstructure and was launched by the Dutch yard Feadship and  she […]

Yachting – 82 metre Superyacht SARAFSA at Malta

The 269.03ft/82 metre Superyacht SARAFSA  was seen berthed at the Grand Harbour Marina (GHM) back in 2009 taking bunkers and stores.  She was built by Devonport in the United Kingdom  and delivered to her owner in 2008. Her home port is George Town while flag nationality is Cayman Islands (CYM). Powered by 2 MTU 2,697hp diesel […]

PASSER BY – Super Yacht SUNRAYS – 14.03.2018. The 2010 built CYM flag super yacht crane SUNRAYS was spotted at 0932 hrs (0832 UTC)  passing by 44.5 nautical miles North East off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo bound to  Cartagena, Spain from Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday 14th March 2018. She was built in the Netherlands by Oceanco as Yard Number […]