Semi-Submersible Pipe Layer CASTORO SEI – Aerial Photography – 15.08.2014
On Friday 15th August 2014, the 1978 built semi-submersible Pipe Layer CASTORO SEI was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 40 miles offshore Malta heading to Burgas, Bulgaria from Rotterdam, Netherlands. She was built in Trieste, Italy by Fincantieri and homeported in Nassau (BHS Flag). She’s 152 metres long with 70.5 metres […]
SS Talabot Anniversary – 76 Years – 26.03.2019
The SS TALABOT was launched in 1935 by the Swedish shipyard A/B Götaverken of Gothenburg as Yard no 492. She was capable of carrying 12 passengers, 37 crew members and her maximum speed was 16.25 knots with 2 engines of 9,650 ihp and 7 cylinder. TALABOT sailed under the Norwegian flag and on Tuesday 24th […]
Passer By – Towage of H 591 loaded – 21.01.2019
On Monday 21st January 2019 a towage convoy consisting of tugs FAIRMOUNT GLACIER and KOLGA towing Cargo/Launch Barge H-591 loaded with jacket passed 45 nm offshore Malta bound to offshore Israel at Leviathan Oil Field. FAIRMOUNT GLACIER was built in 2006 by Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair , Japan with a Bollard Pull of 200 tons. […]
75th anniversary of Operation Pedestal – the Santa Marija Convoy. Today 15th August 2017 marks the 75th Anniversary of the award of the George Cross on April 15, 1942, and the arrival of the convoy codenamed Operation Pedestal, commonly known as the Santa Marija Convoy, on August 15 of that year. These are probably the two […]
