Cargo News – First Cargo Sail Ship at Malta – Oct/Nov 2023
On Tuesday 15th February, 2022 the French shipping company Grain de Sail ordered a second cargo sailboat for Transatlantic Shipments and on Tuesday 31st October, 2023 the newly built vessel GRAIN DE SAIL II passed Grand Harbour, Malta breakwaters at 0927 hrs coming from Piriou’s shipyard at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam via Suez Canal […]
Maiden Call – Norwegian Tug TRONDS LAX at Malta – 17.07.2023
On Monday 17th July, the 15 year old tug TRONDS LAX arrived at Valletta Roads, Malta to take Harbour Pilot to enter Valletta of which she passed breakwaters at 1029 hrs. Her last port of call was Cadiz, Spain but her track was that she came from Aliaga Roads, Turkey. She made fast at DWQ […]
Fishing Vessel – Cypriot LOUCAS
One of the Cypriot fishing vessels that used to be seen at Malta was the 2002 bult trawler LOUCAS with fishing matricola as CYP 232. She was built in Egypt in 2002 with metal hull and entered service in 2004. In November 2006 she was forced to enter Valletta for Board & Search by the […]
BFT Season 2023 – Morrocan Purse Seiner SAAD ALLAH – 31.05.2023
The eastern bluefin migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and in […]
Libyan Uprising – 397 evacuees from Libya by ferry SVETI STEFAN II arrive at Malta – 02.03.2011
Known as the Nurse of the Mediterranean, Malta played an important role during both world wars and when something around the world is happening. During the Libyan Uprising that started on Thursday 17th February, 2011 Malta opened widely her transportation hubs both sea and air and evacuees from Libya started to embark on ships and […]
BFT Season 2023 – Cypriot Fishing Vessel MY HENDRIKA
The eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna was long a symbol of overfishing and fisheries mismanagement. Over the past decade, the stock has recovered, following the rebuilding measures introduced by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a highly migratory pelagic fish of impressive size (up […]
Delivery – LADY CHANELLE arrive at Malta – 27.04.2023
The first acquisition for CSKC Co Ltd, Malta – LADY CHANELLE passed breakwaters on Thursday 27th April, 2023 at 1543 hrs during her delivery voyage from Mallaig, Scotland to Malta with GBR flag homeported at Stornoway covering 2,690 nautical miles. She was built in 2009 in Vigo, Spain as SANGRE AZUL for Spanish Interests with […]
Delivery – ASD Tugboat VB MAGNUM – 26.04.2023
On Wednesday 26th April, 2023 the Turkish built 28.40 metre ASD 2885 Tug (Robert Allan Design) RAstar 2800 tugboat VB MAGNUM entered Valletta for few hours for uplifting bunkers during her delivery voyage. She entered Valletta at 1146 hrs coming from Eregli, Turkey. She was launched as MED XLIII at the Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine. […]
Maiden Call – NS ELI at Valletta, Malta – 10.04.2023
The Dutch built general cargo ship NS ELI entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Monday 10th April, 2023 coming from Marsaxlokk Harbour at 1634 hrs bound for DWQ 2 Wharf. She was built by the famous Ferus Smit Scheepswerf at Hoogezand, Netherlands in 1989 as AMY trading until 2006. She was renamed as ASPEN trading until […]
Malta Naval Visits – February 2023
Naval Visits for the year 2023 started from February – Saturday 4th to Tuesday 7th February The First Naval Ship was the Italian Navy Gaeta Class Minehunter ITS VIAREGGIO M 5559 that entered at 0924 hrs. She was seen for the first time in Malta back to 2001 when she was only 5 years old. […]
