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. […]
Pipe Laying – CASTORONE at Sakarya Gas Field – July 2022
Sakarya gas field, which is operated by Turkish Petroleum, is claimed to be the largest discovery in the Black Sea. It is located within the 7,000km² block AR/TPO/KD/C26-C27-D26-D27 in the ultra-deep waters in the western Black Sea, approximately 175km offshore Eregli, Turkey. In November 2021 it was announced that the Italian oilfield services company Saipem […]
Ukraine Crisis – Crew Member Killed after Bangladeshi ship was hit by Russian Navy Missile – 02.03.2022
On Wednesday 2nd March, 2022 around 1730 hrs the anchored Bangladeshi bulker BANGLAR SAMRIDDHI was hit by a Russian navy missile with the cause of 1 crew member fatality. The 2018 built bulker was partly loaded and anchored at the Olvia Anchorage, Mykolaiv Port area, Ukraine, Black sea. She arrived from Eregli, Turkey on Tuesday […]
LNG Carrier BACHIR CHIHANI towed – AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
On Saturday 27th June 2015 the 1979 built LNG gas carrier BACHIR CHIHANI being towed was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 40 miles offshore Malta. On Tuesday 23rd June, 2015 the Algerian flag and owned gas carrier was reported adrift off Lesvos Island, Greece in the Aegean Sea after an engine […]
