Casualty – Danish built cargo ship LINDEN aground at Morocco – 28.01.2025

On Tuesday 28th January, the 1983 built cargo ship LINDEN sent a distress signal which had suffered engine failure and was drifting around 2.5 nautical miles off of the port of Mohammedia, Morocco. Two crew members aboard this vessel are reported to have been in a dire medical condition. LINDEN is a  multipurpose general cargo […]

ConRo News – Danish built GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI joins STENA – January 2025

Stena RoRo has welcomed a new chartered ship to her fleet which is  the CLdN owned GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI, which was renamed as STENA SHIPPER and will fly under the Danish Flag. The ship has been the subject of a sale and purchase operation, in fact it was purchased by Tirrenia CIN and immediately resold to […]

Renaming – EUROCARGO CATANIA to LISTA – January, 2025

One of the Danish built ro/ro ships trading around – EUROCARGO CATANIA was sold during January 2025 and renamed as LISTA. She was built at Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark as STRAIT OF MAGELLAN in 2011 with yard number 233 as one from Eight Sisters with 3,663 lane metres roll on/roll off (roro) Despite the fact […]

Passer By – Towage of Jack Up Oil Rig – 12.07.2024

On Friday 12th July, 2024 the towage of the 74 metre long (loa) jack up oil rig SHELF DRILLING RESOURCEFUL was spotted passing around 32 nautical miles offshore Malta. The 2008 built Jack Up Oil Rig SHELF DRILLING RESOURCEFUL  is of a LeTourneau Super 116-C design. She was refitted in 2017 and is capable of […]

Maltese Fishing Vessels – MFA 283 SAN NIKOLA

One of the Danish built vessels that used to trade around the Maltese Islands was the 1963 built 25.03 metre fishing vessel SAN NIKOLA. She was built in Denmark by Marstal Traeskibsverft at Marstal as the SLEIPNIR VE 62 for scampi fishing at Iceland. In 1996 she was bought to Maltese owners and brought to […]

Palumbo Superyachts – PEGASUS VIII – November 2022 to April 2023

One of the superyachts that uses various facilities at Malta , is the 2003 built 78.6 metres superyacht PEGASUS VIII. She was built by Royal Denship A/S, Denmark as the PRINCESS MARIANA and renamed to PEGASUS V in May 2011 as white hull of which she was seen entering Grand Harbour Marina (GHM) 2 months […]

Bunkering – Vehicle Carrier AL SALMY 5 at Malta – Nov 2021

On Thursday 18th November the 1984 built Vehicle carrier vessel AL SALMY 5 was spotted at Bunkering Area 1 uplifting bunkers with bunkering tanker BAWA-1. She’s the former NEPTUNE OLYMPIC which used to come at Grand Harbour, Malta owned by Neptune Lines, Greece. She was bought by Salam El Makrani Cargo Co (SAMC) based in […]

Local Shipping – Sea Malta’s – PINTO

Sea Malta Company Limited was the Maltese National Shipping Line. Established on 10th November 1973 during the tenure of the Labour Government led by Dominic Mintoff, which had the majority of the shares in the new company. The quest of this company was to provide maritime services company as well as to the need of the nation in general, and to […]

Bunkering – Standby Safety Vessel BLUE SHARK at Malta – 01.11.2021

On Monday 1st November, 2021 the 1979 built standby safety vessel BLUE SHARK entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 1608 hrs for uplifting bunkers since that she couldn’t receive bunkers within territorial waters (wtw) due to high swell cause of weather conditions. She left Esbjerg, Danmark last Saturday 9th October where she was laid up for […]

Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Vessel THOR I – September 2021

The 35 year old offshore tug/supply ship THOR I was broken up in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Tuesday 21st September 2021. She was built on 1st June 1986 by Orskov Yard at Frederikshavn in Denmark as CHALLENGER III trading for 3 months where she was renamed as OIL CHALLENGER by Ocean Inchcape trading for 5 years […]