Casualties – Boat Fire at Delimara, Malta – 20.08.2024
Today Tuesday 20th August, 2024 the Civil Protection Department (CPD) responded to a boat fire at Delimara few metres down Delimara Power Station. Around 1134 hrs the fireboat MANUCCA was scrambled, advising Valletta VTS that she’s leaving her base from Grand Harbour towards Marsaxlokk Harbour. Fire Tenders were also spotted in the area with the […]
Road Transportation – Project Cargo to Delimara Power Station
As specialists in the transport sector, White Brothers (WB) has the ability to meet the varied requirements and expectations of its customers. This has been possible by the constant developing and broadening of its area of operations through the services offered, such as customs clearance, handling and delivery of cargo, including heavy lifts and machinery […]
Offshore – NORMAND PIONEER at Malta – 2016
One of the ships that drew the attention of the world when she was used to transport diving equipment to the Barents Sea to assist attempts to reach the Russian submarine KURSK , the UT742 design offshore support vessel NORMAND PIONEER was spotted was once again at Malta. The new UT742 design used for the […]
BFT Season 2022 – Movements – 21 to 26.05.2022
May is here and Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) Season is here with interesting Turkish fishing vessels coming to tow tuna cages from various spots that belong to Licensed Tuna Farms – Saturday 21st May, 2022. 1453 hrs – 1993 built TUR flag purse seiner SUAYIP KETENCI with fishing matricola 34A 4901 entered Grand Harbour coming from […]
Port Closure – Grand Harbour, Marsamxett & Marsaxlokk Harbour Closed due to fog and no visibility – 17.05.2022
On Tuesday 17th May, 2022 early morning from around 0500 hrs Valletta VTS decided to close Grand Harbour, Marsamxett & Marsaxlokk Harbour due to heavy fog with no visibility. This resulted with the grounding of the workboat RUSAND for few minutes with no injuries and very slight damage at Taqtiegha ta Delimara, few metres away […]
LNG News – K Line Gas Carrier ARCTIC DISCOVERER at Malta – 20.07.2019
On Saturday 20th July, 2019 the 289 m long Japanese gas carrier ARCTIC DISCOVERER entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. She was built in 2006 by Mitsui Ichihara Engineering & Shipbuilding at Ichihara, Japan and homeported at Nassau in Bahamas. She entered first thing in […]