Bunkering – Standby Safety Vessel BLUE SHARK at Malta – 01.11.2021
On Monday 1st November, 2021 the 1979 built standby safety vessel BLUE SHARK entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 1608 hrs for uplifting bunkers since that she couldn’t receive bunkers within territorial waters (wtw) due to high swell cause of weather conditions. She left Esbjerg, Danmark last Saturday 9th October where she was laid up for […]
Naval News – Danish Royal Yacht HDMY DANNEBROG A 540 towed – 10.07.2021
On Saturday 10th July, 2021 the Royal Danish Yacht HDMY DANNEBROG A 540 called for assistance while sailing in the Skagerrak on her way to the Faroe Islands (of which the Queen Margrethe II will visit next week) after an engine failure. Back at Grand Harbour, Malta in 2006. The Iver Huitfeldt Class Frigate HDMS […]
Bookships – GBA Ships 50 Years of Service at Sea – 2021
GBA Ships is celebrating 50 years of Service at Sea this year, 2021. Serving others with ocean-going ships began in 1970 with the purchase of the original LOGOS. Since then the ships (LOGOS, DOULOS, LOGOS II and LOGOS HOPE) have visited over 500 different ports in more than 150 countries and territories and welcomed over […]
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 […]
BFT Season – THOR BEAMER during 2019.
One of the interesting marine assets involved in BFT (BlueFin Tuna) Season 2019 is for sure the former beam trawler THOR BEAMER. We used to see her here at Valletta since she was owned by the Faroese Offshore Company – Thor Offshore bearing the same name used for seismic guard vessel. She was built in […]
Ship of the Week – THOR ASSISTER
Thor Offshore situated at Hosvik, Faroe Islands operates ships within the offshore oil industry, specialising in support to the marine seismic acquisition sector. One of the vessels that operate is the 2006 built offshore supply ship THOR ASSISTER. She was built by Yuexin Ship Industry at Guangzhou in China as JAYA PUFFIN 5 until she was […]
DRUG BUST – 10 tons of Cannabis – June 2018. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GDF) finance police boarded and searched a Dutch Flag fishing vessel QUEST around 130 nautical miles southeast of Sicily after tracking the vessel from the air for two days, seizing over 10 tonnes of cannabis resin worth up to 20 million euros in a […]
