Casualty – Disabled Bitumen Tanker ASPHALT TERANGA towed for safety at Malta – 08.02.2025
On Friday 7th February, 2025 the Croatian built (2005) 108.5 m long Asphalt/Bitumen Tanker ASPHALT TERANGA called for uplifting bunkers and anchored at Bunkering Area 3 East. Early afternoon she was ready and few hours later she reported an engine failure. Immediately both Valletta VTS and Authorities were alerted and few hours later she was […]
Vehicle Carriers – HOEGH BANGKOK sale and HOEGH JACKSONVILLE purchase – October 2023
Norwegian roll-on/roll-off shipping company Höegh Autoliners ASA has recently reached an agreement for the sale of the 2007 built car carrier HOEGH BANGKOK. She was built in Croatia by Uljanik Shipyard at Pula with 6,500 CEU as cargo capacity and 100 metric tons of ramp capacity. The vessel will be sold for a price of […]
Casualties – 2 Dead firefighters in Grimaldi’s ship blaze at USA – 05.07.2023
2 firefighters were confirmed dead after the Grimaldi conro ship GRANDE COSTA D’AVORIO caught fire at the Port of Newark in New Jersey late Wednesday, 5th July, 2023. Firefighters were dispatched around 2130 hrs local time for a report of multiple vehicles on fire on board the 2011 Croatian built ship that arrived from Baltimore […]
Bunkering – Tanker RITI – 25.03.2023
An interesting Croatian built Ship, the 2004 built 281 metre crude oil tanker RITI called at OPL Malta for uplifting bunkers on Saturday 25th March, 2023. She was built at Split Shipyard, Croatia for the Croatian Shipping Company – Tankerska Plovidba based in Zadar as ALAN VELIKI of which back in 2014 we as MALTA […]
Reefers – 1983 built DALMACIJA FRIGO at Malta – 2003
One of the Yugoslavian built vessels was the 1983 built refrigerated cargo ship DALMACIJA FRIGO. She was built by Split Shipyard ( now Brodosplit) at Split, Yugoslavia for Mediteranska Plovidba DD, Croatia, chartered to various companies including with the Arctic Reefers Pool, set up by Cool Carriers in January 1999. On Thursday 8th May 2003 […]
Tanker News – P-Max tanker STENA PERROS sold – January 2022
Concordia Maritime announced it has entered into a contract for the sale of the P-MAX panamax tanker STENA PERROS. The buyer is an oil company with operations in Africa and delivery is scheduled for the end of January. Concordia says the sale will have a positive liquidity effect of about $1.4m, although the sale price […]
Malta Shipyards – Newbuilding Tanker NOVOGRADNJA 317 as SITEAM VOYAGER from 17.03 – 29.03.2008.
One of the newbuilding tankers that used to call at Malta Shipyards for completing works etc was the 2008 built SITEAM VOYAGER which called at Grand Harbour, Malta bound to Dock 6 named with her yard number – NOVOGRADNJA 317. She was assisted by local tugs FELICA and PAWLINA and wearing Eitzen Chemical Funnel Colours. […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Tanker STENA PENGUIN from 08.09 to 15.09.2021
One of the Croatian built tankers from Stena Tankers seen in Malta was the 2010 built oil product tanker STENA PENGUIN which entered Malta on Wednesday 8th September coming from Algeciras, Spain passing breakwaters at 1435 hrs bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Dock 6. She was built at Brodosplit in Sprit, Croatia as yard no […]
Heavy Load Carrier JUMBO KINETIC – Aerial Photography
One of the most interesting Heavy Load Carriers in the world, the 2014 built ship JUMBO KINETIC was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 40 nautical miles from Gozo last Tuesday 30th March, 2021. Her interesting cargo was 3 HHMC Dockyard Cranes for Fincantieri Trieste, Sestri & La Spezia Shipyards built in […]
Casualties – Aland Islands Ferry AMORELLA ran aground – 20.09.2020
The 1988 built ferry AMORELLA operated by the ferry company Viking Line between the Finnish western port city of Turku and Swedish capital Stockholm is currently aground south of the port of Långnäs in the Åland Islands. In a tweet, the local coastguard division stated that AMORELLA went aground south of Långnäs. The ship pushed […]
