AFM – 8 Rescued souls in rough seas during Week 37 of 2024 – 14.09.2024
After the disembarking of immigrants at Delimara Power Station in the evening of Sunday 8th September (Public Holiday at Malta) it was the door for a busy week for Rescue Operations by irresponsible souls. On Tuesday 10th September, five divers were rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) and the Civil Protection Department (CPD) […]
Casualties – Maltese owned sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING grounded – 17.08.2024
On Saturday 17th August, 2024 the 2014 built Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439 sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING ran aground off Pembroke Firing Ranges at Madalena Shoals around 2100 hrs. Few minutes later the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) together with Civil Protection Department (CPD) starting the rescue operation of 10 souls including the skipper to […]
Naval News – Royal Navy divers searching for vessel’s jackstaff – December 2023
During Week 50 of this year a Royal Navy navigation warning was issued after one of her vessels inadvertently lost the jackstaff and tripod overboard. The notification has been sent out to all all vessels operating just off North Corner Jetty (East) in HM Naval Base Portsmouth. They were being warned to “navigate with particular […]
Drug Bust – 97 kilos of cocaine found hidden on containership MSC SHREYA B – 06.08.2023 at Malta Freeport –
97 kilos of cocaine with a street value of over €11 million were found hidden in the 2017 built , 330 metre mother container ship MSC SHREYA B that entered Marsaxlokk Harbour on Saturday 5th August at 2314 hrs. A random inspection on Sunday 6th August morning by divers of a security company engaged by […]
Scuttling Operation – COMINOLAND and KARWELA – 12.08.2006
On Saturday 12th August 2006, 2 short sea ferryboats COMINOLAND and KARWELA were towed from Cassar Ship Repair Yard, Marsa to Ras il-Hobz, Gozo that is a submerged pinnacle also known as the Middle Finger, to be scuttled by the Gozo Tourism Association. The Pinnacle is one of the most breathtaking dives in Gozo. The top of this pinnacle […]
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 – MFA 384 PEPPINA at Marsalforn Bay, Gozo – 13.11.2021
On Saturday 13th November, 2021 thanks to Alldive Ltd Personnel together with TugMalta Personnel saved the 12.65 metre fishing vessel MFA 384 PEPPINA from sinking though her stern was already underwater at Marsalforn Bay, Gozo. Normally MFA 384 PEPPINA is moored at the Menqa in Marsalforn Bay of which last June she was spotted there […]
Local Shipping – Submersible Exploration Ship U BOAT NAVIGATOR.
One of the converted fishing vessels around is the 2008 built U BOAT NAVIGATOR. She was built at Cinar Tersanecilik Ltd, Gemlik in Turkey as the fishing vessel ESAT KOCALI and in 2012 she was converted after being acquired by the submarine pilots and expert diving instructors father-and-son duo Eugene and Dmitry Tomashov. In fact […]
Maltese Islands – Mgarr Ix-Xini at Gozo
MGARR IX-XINI, is a very picturesque bay set within a creek and a steep sided natural valley. It is close to Għajnsielem, Xewkija and Sannat on the island of Gozo. During the Order of Saint John it was apparently an occasional hiding place for the Knights galleys and was also used by the invading Turks to load captive Gozitans onto their ships […]
Tugboat – Singapore Built THOR SERVER
One of the Faroe Islands operated vessel that was a regular visitor in Malta was the tug THOR SERVER that was used as a guard/chase boat with seismic operations. She was built in 1978 by Marine Builders Pte Ltd at Singapore as yard number 1016 named as AL JUBAIL VIII trading until 1985 where she […]
