Malta Drydocks – Libyan Navy Corvette TOBRUK 411 at Malta – 16.05.1979
Over a 47 year period Malta Drydocks (MDD) from 1963 to 2010 evolved into a conundrum that baffled successive governments, the Maltese and the Dockyard workers themselves. Few people know that after Malta became neutral (Freedom Day is celebrated annually – 31st March) and we still have Brainwashed People saying that no more warships since […]
Naval News – Italian Navy Water Tanker ITS TICINO A 5376 arrives in Licata due to water crisis – 26.07.2024
On Friday 26th July, 2024 the Italian’s Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) 69.84 metres long (loa) water tanker ITS TICINO A 5376 with female Commanding Officer Lieutenant Laura Zanon entered Licata around 1520 hrs assisted by tug TRAIANO SECONDO with 1,200 cubic meters of water and will help mitigate the water emergency in the Gela and […]
Naval News – Royal Thai Navy Corvette CO criticised for actions to the loss of naval unit in bad weather – April 2024
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the commanding officer of a naval ship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew. An investigation revealed that Captain Phichitchai Thueannadee, commanding officer of the corvette HTMS SUKHOTHAI FS 442 […]
Tanker News – Captain Joseph Hazelwood, Former Master of the Exxon Valdez, Passes Away – July 2022
Captain Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood, the Master of the crude oil tanker EXXON VALDEZ when she ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound near Valdez, Alaska on 24th March 1989, has passed away at the age of 75. The EXXON VALDEZ spill is the second largest in U.S. waters, after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in […]
Port Closure – Delays in Disembarking Passengers from High Speed Craft JEAN DE LA VALETTE – 30.04.2022
Over 700 passengers were left stranded out at sea for more than two hours last Saturday 30th April due to a delay in re opening the Grand Harbour following a fireworks show. The delay was caused by a setback in the clearing of barges and lighters used for the fireworks display, which marked the finale of […]
Naval News – USS PHILIPPINE SEA Commanding Officer relieved after bunker spill – 18.05.2020
Captain Erica Hoffman, a New York native and Naval Academy graduate of which she was the commanding officer of the US Navy guided missile cruiser USS PHILIPPINE SEA CG 58 since 26th April, 2019 was relieved of her posting by the commander of Carrier Strike Group Two on Monday 18th May due to a “loss […]
Naval News – U.S. Navy Relieves Commanding Officer of USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN 71 after Letter Leak – 02.04.2020
On Thursday 2nd April, 2020 the United States Navy relieved the commander of the aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CVN 71 who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking the Navy for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard the ship. Below is the Official Navy Press Release from the Office of the Navy Chief of […]
