Delivery – 2024 newbuilt Hybrid Double Ended Ferry PIETRO MONDELLO at Malta – 14.12.2024
The 2024 newbuilt Hybrid double ended ferry PIETRO MONDELLO entered Valletta, Malta on Sunday 14th December at 1638 hrs from her builders – Sefine Shipyard in Turkey (Left Turkey on Wednesday 11th December) bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd, berthing at Factory Wharf. Designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm LMG Marin, the vessel was named […]
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 […]
Casualties – New Zealand Navy Ship ran aground, catches fire and sink – 05.10.2024
On Saturday 5th October, 2024 the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Hydrographic Survey & Diving Support Vessel HMNZS MANAWANUI A 09 sank after she grounded on a reef, caught fire and sank with all compliment as 75 souls including crew and scientists were rescued safely in lifeboats off Samoa. Samoa fire commissioner Tanuvasa Petone said […]
Advertising – Welcome Aboard to NIC Company Limited – July 2024
Creative advertisement graphics, billboards, commercials and social media ads are all around us. They compete with each other for our attention using techniques proven to inspire an emotional reaction. Help your brand rise above average with creative advertising ideas and the right tools to achieve your goals. Another Logo was added lately to NIC Company […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Voyager of the Seas & Europa at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves in one day – 21.05.2024
The cruise industry is a major player in the global tourism industry, and it continues to grow year after year of which Valletta Cruise Port (VCP) looks forward to an excellent 2024. Valletta Cruise Port has announced an exceptional 2023, recording close to 900,000 passenger movements, an impressive increase of more than 65 percent over […]
Aqua Cultural Zone – Bulker GOLDEN ARSENAL entered Mare Blu Tuna Farm – 16.05.2024
On Thursday 16th May, 2024 around 1530 hrs the 2011 built bulker GOLDEN ARSENAL disobeyed Valletta VTS instructions to keep at least 1 mile away from the fish farm after completed conveyance operation and was on her way to Benghazi, Libya. 1535 hrs – Valletta VTS called the vessel to declare that no damage was […]
Delivery – 2024 newbuilt Hybrid Crew Transfer Vessel HST PADSTOW at Malta – 13.04.2024
A Damen 2710 Hybrid designed Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) – HST PADSTOW entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 13th April, 2024 at 1332 hrs bound for Deep Water Quay (DWQ) 2 Wharf for uplifting bunkers coming from Souda Bay, Crete. At 1354 hrs she was secured at her berth and 20 minutes later she started […]
Maiden Call – Cable Layer CS RECORDER at Malta – 04.01.2024
Within a space of 3 hours, the second maiden call at Grand Harbour, Malta happened with the 2000 built cable layer CS RECORDER that passed breakwaters at 1014 hrs coming from Civitavecchia, Italy. She was built at the German Shipyard – Ps Werften Stralsund as MAERSK RECORDER with yard number 430, one of the famous […]
Delivery – Service Operation Vessel (SOV) GRAMPIAN TEES at Malta – December, 2023
Last Thursday 21st December, 2023 the North Star Group Hybrid Electric Service Operation Vessel (SOV), GRAMPIAN TEES called at Grand Harbour, Malta at 1730 hrs (1630 UTC) berthing at Pinto 3 Wharf for crew change, uplifting bunkers and stores/provisions. She’s the third vessel in a series of four destined for decade-long minimum charters to […]
Piracy – 9 Migrants Arrested after rescued by Offshore Vessel – 03.10.2023
Spanish authorities have arrested 9 migrants on allegations of piracy for threatening the crew of the ship that rescued them off the coast of Morocco. On the night of Monday 2nd October, the (PSV) VOS PACE encountered two migrant boats at a position around 50 nautical miles northeast of Lanzarote, the easternmost isle of the […]
