Anchor Weekly News – 1st to 9th March 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Saturday 1st March. First shipping movement at Valletta was the arrival of the 2017 built tug ST ANGELO that passed breakwaters at 0559 hrs wearing fresh MedTug livery from Augusta, Sicily after she was drydocked. More images here – St. […]
Special Purpose Vessels – Italian Crane Barge HERCULE
One of the Dutch built vessels trading in Europe is the 1960 launched HERCULE. She was built by Ijssel Werf NV, Netherlands as the HERCULES Owned by the Italian Salvage & Diving Co – Lucatelli Srl that was founded in Trieste, Italy, in 1987 by Giuseppe Lucatelli, who built around his 20 years of experience […]
Offshore – Utility Vessel ZWERVER III at Malta – January 2025
Nearly after 7 years that ZWERVER II was seen in Malta for the Dutch Operator HvS Dredging Support BV, owned by Hans van Stee and Arjan van Stee, that has served over 30 years many offshore and dredging contractors on their projects worldwide it was time to see ZWERVER III. More photos can be found […]
Maritime Incident – General Cargo Ship TRIO CAN BERAT dragging anchors – 17.01.2025
Strong Winds challenge maritime trade. High, swollen waves caused by these strong winds are a risk to large ships as they may result in cargo containers getting lost or damaged, leading to unwanted delays. On Friday 17th January , the Maltese Islands had strong SE Force 7 winds. Around 1320 hrs the Dutch Built general […]
Medserv – Tugs MIGHTY DELIVERER and RUBY DELIVERER calls in 2006
During Q 3 and Q 4 of the year 2006, two interesting offshore units called at Marsaxlokk Harbour berthing at Medserv. First one to call was the American Built tug MIGHTY DELIVERER which was built by Diamond Manufacturing Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia as hull no 478 as the BELCHER PORT EVERGLADES for the the Belcher Towing […]
Maiden Call – 2024 built general cargo ship ALMA at Malta – 30.11.2024
End of November completed with maiden calls and one of them was the 2024 built multi purpose vessel ALMA, that passed breakwaters at 1135 hrs last Saturday 30th November, 2024. Delivered last 13th February she was built at Waterhuizen by Gs Yard BV in the Netherlands as the 3,636 deadweight (dwt) multi purpose vessel with […]
Bunkering – Damen Combi Freighter HARINGVLIET at Malta – 14.11.2024
One of the Damen Combi Freighter 3850 design ships trading around is the HARINGVLIET that called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Thursday 14th November, 2024 to uplift bunkers passing breakwaters at 1715 hrs Built at Damen Shipyard Bergum as yard no 9413 she was launched during October 2011 and completed by May 2012 for the […]
Towage – Tug DUCHESS towing Barges GPS 631 and OSPREY FABRIQUE – 25.08.2023
On Friday 25th August 2023 the Damen 2021 built 27.05 metre anchor handling tug DUCHESS arrived at Malta towing 2 Flat Top Barges – a Damen Stan Pontoon 6316, the 63metre GPS 631 and the Tabmarine Barge 5019 50 metre OSPREY FABRIQUE. Local Tugs SEA SALVOR and WENZINA who was on duty started the operation […]
Malta Naval Visits – August 2024
Contrary to the month of July, August was an interesting month indeed, starting with an interesting Russian Navy Replenishment tanker RFS AKADEMIK PASHIN that passed in the Malta/Sicily Channel on Friday 2nd August. Tuesday 6th August. The Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) ocean ketch , a sail training yacht ITS ORSA MAGGIORE A 5323 anchored […]
Yachting – 2012 built superyacht HAMPSHIRE II once again at Malta – August 2024
The 78.5 metre superyacht HAMPSHIRE II was seen again in Malta, this time wearing Blue/White Hull colour. Launched in 2012 with yard number 806, she is a magnificent twin screw custom vessel, built by the prestigious Dutch shipyard, Feadship. First time she was spotted at Malta was in 2014 wearing white hull and 2 years […]
