Casualties – Tanker FILICUDI M disabled – 26.11.2021
On Thursday 25th November at 0625 hrs the 2005 built Italian flag and owned chemical/oil products tanker FILICUDI M left Sarroch, Sardegna, Italy bound to Augusta, Italy. On the night of Friday 26th November the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera) of Mazara Del Vallo was engaged in rescue operation after an Engine Room Fire which […]
Towage – MACISTONE escorting ALK to Malta – 18.10.2021
On Monday 18th October, 2021 the 1982 built tug MACISTONE was seen again for the second time this year escorting the 1965 built NLD flag diving support yacht ALK at 0720 hrs. At 0924 hrs ALK was handed over to tug GOZZO for further assistance and to moor at Manoel Island Marina. Of which was […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Heavy Lift HAPPY STAR from 25.10 to 20.11.2018
On Thursday 25th October, 2018 the 155.970 metres long Heavy Load Carrier HAPPY STAR entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 1109 hrs for the first time bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd. She was escorted towards Malta by the 1983 built ITA flag and owned tugboat GIANEMILIO C since the ship had steering problems and was […]
Palumbo Superyachts Refit – Superyacht TALISMAN C back again with engine failure – 04.08.2021

On Wednesday 4th August morning the 70 metres superyacht TALISMAN C was spotted approaching Grand Harbour, Malta escorted by tug ST. ANGELO coming from Brindisi, Italy. At 1145 hrs the tug GOZZO left her berth at Timber Wharf to assist the superyacht with 1 engine and no bow thruster propulsion and was on standby at […]
Casualties – EVER GIVEN aground in Suez Canal – 23.03.2021
On Tuesday 23rd March, 2021 the 2018 built 400 metre mother container ship EVER GIVEN grounded inside the Suez Canal affecting both way traffic and operation of the Suez Canal. As per the reports the ship was crossing the canal under the northbound convoy when the incident happened. No other ship was involved in any […]
Salvage – SPINOLA towing the gill netter AGRIAO – 16.01.2021

On Friday 15th January, 2021 the 2009 built Escort tug SPINOLA left Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta at 1940 hrs bound to offshore Sicily. On Saturday 16th January, 2021 at 0721 hrs she arrived to assist the disabled Portuguese Gill netter AGRIAO around 34 nautical miles north west of Valletta. AGRIAO was built in Spain by Gestinaval […]
Naval News – HMS MONTROSE escorting a BP Tanker in the Persian Gulf – 11.07.2019

Royal Navy frigate HMS MONTROSE F 236 has seen off five Iranian gunboats that reportedly tried to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The boats involved are believed to belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. They are said to have approached the BP tanker BRITISH HERITAGE on Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz […]
Piracy – Boskalis Vessel BLUE MARLIN freed after hijacked – May 2019

On Sunday 5th May ,the Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) semi-submersible heavy transport vessel BLUE MARLIN was hijacked approximately 80 nautical miles offshore Equatorial Guinea. Through the professional response of the crew and the coordinated support from the navy of Equatorial Guinea and Spain, the violent hijacking has been ended and the crew was safely […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – AFM Special Forces stormed ‘Hijacked’ tanker and enters Valletta, Malta – 28.03.2019

The bunkering tanker EL HIBLU 1 hijacked by migrants off the coast of Libya was forced to enter Valletta harbour after the Special Operations Unit stormed the vessel and detained the ringleaders in a dramatic rescue operation. The tanker was bound for Libya from Turkey when she diverted from her route to rescue 108 illegal […]
Malta Naval Visits – FS BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE A 758 – 28.01 to 01.02.2019

FS BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE A 758 is a ship of the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service named after the hydrographer Charles Francois Beautemps-Beaupre. She was launched on 26th April 2002 and entered service on 13th December 2003. She entered Valletta on Monday 28th January 2019 berthing port side alongside to Pinto 3 Wharf, Valletta Cruise Port. […]