Ship Repair – Polish bulker KARPATY involved in collision repaired at Malta – 2023
On Saturday 17th June, 2023 the 2010 built 225 metre long bulk carrier ELENA VE struck berthed 2013 built bulk carrier KARPATY at Port of Tarragona in Spain around 1230 UTC while proceeding to berth with tugs assistance after a 14-day voyage carrying wheat from Chornomorsk port in Ukraine. Both ships have been seriously damaged, […]
High Speed Craft – HSC PONIENTE JET entering Gibdock Ltd for repairs – 11.06.2024
Early Afternoon of Tuesday 11th June, 2024 the 1999 Incat Built High Speed Craft PONIENTE JET was spotted entering Gibdock Ltd, at Gibraltar for repairs especially her port bow fin. The 640 Passenger with 180 vehicle capacity HSC collided with the wharf last May while she was manoeuvring in the port of Ceuta. She was […]
Red Sea Crisis – British bulker RUBYMAR sinks – 02.03.2024
The BLZ flag bulker RUBYMAR loaded with around 21, 000 tons of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertilizer attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. When […]
Red Sea Crisis – British bulker RUBYMAR has not sunk – 22.02.2024
Last Monday 19th February,2024 the Houthi fighters claimed to have sunk the bulk carrier RUBYMAR. It would have been the most significant incident since attacks on ships began in November. The Houthis had earlier said the vessel was in danger of sinking after claiming the attack that took place in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb […]
Maritime Accident – MSC Sinfonia faces challenges after damages in Syracuse, Italy – January 2024
Last 6th January, 2024 MSC Cruises liner MSC SINFONIA faced challenges during sudden whirlwind and finished ahead crashing into other boats moored at the Marina and one of the docks of the Foro Italico breaking free from her mooring lines. The incident happened while the ship was undergoing maintenance at Porto Grande, Syracuse, Sicily with […]
Accidents – Car Carrier DON QUIJOTE broke moorings knocking a Dock Crane in Germany – 09.07.2023
Around 2100 hrs of Sunday 9th July the stern mooring lines together with the bollard of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s 25-year-old car carrier DON QUIJOTE broke and ripped out, causing the vessel to drift in the Bremerhaven Harbour from the west bank to the east bank at the Lloyd Werft shipyard and damaged the floating and dry […]
High Speed Craft – HSC ARTEMIS sold and left Malta – June 2023
Ponte Ferries’ catamaran HSC ARTEMIS arrived yesterday Monday 19th June at Algeciras, Spain after she was sold to the Spanish company FRS Iberia after winning the bid from two interests. Other one was from Greek interests. HSC ARTEMIS was acquired from Fred Olsen, a leading ferry operator in Spain that specializes in inter-island routes aboard […]
Malta Drydocks – Nanuchka Class Missile Corvettes for repairs – 1985
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 […]
Casualties – CHEM P salvage update – 21.03.2022
With stormy weather including ESE gale force winds with very high swell the shifting of the tanker CHEM P from her current position to a designated area was hampered and cancelled for Sunday 20th March, 2022. With SITREP every hour or so to access the situation it was decided to leave it for today Monday […]
Casualties – Container Ship CMA DJAKARTA on fire – July 1999.
On the night of Monday 12th July, 1999 the 1998 built 2,102 TEU containership CMA DJAKARTA caught fire off Crete following an explosion. The vessel, owned by Gebr Winter of Hamburg, was on long-term charter to Compagnie Maritime d’Affretement (CMA), Marseilles from 9th April, 1999. She was deployed on CMA’s North Europe/Japan/China service, NCJ-TPX U.S. […]
