Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Tanker PROPONTIS from 15.02 to 05.03.2025
After ship to ship (sts) operation with sludge tanker ECOMATE at Bunkering Area 3 on Friday 14th February, the 2006 built crude oil tanker PROPONTIS entered Grand Harbour on Saturday 15th February at 0934 hrs bound for Dock 6 assisted by tugs. More images can be found here – Propontis – 16.02.2025 – Malta Ship Photos […]
Malta Naval Visits – February 2025
Monday 3rd February. The Royal Navy Batch 2 River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) HMS TRENT P 224 shifted from Hamilton Wharf North to South in front of Dock 3 with pilot onboard at 0830 hrs. More images can be found here – P224 HMS Trent – 12.02.2025 – Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos The […]
Local Shipping – Former Shell Tanker – STAR ONE
One of the former Shell ships operating at Malta was the 1966 built Oil Products Tanker STAR ONE. She was ordered as ESK BANK by Shell-Mex & BP Ltd. on 17th August 1965 from Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth, with yard number 537. She was launched a year later exactly on the 16th August 1966 […]
Ship Repair – Repetitive Yacht SEAGULL II at Bezzina Ship Repair Yard, Malta from 2024 to 2025 – 27.02.2025
Bezzina Ship Repair Yard (BSRY) is a complete Ship and Yacht repair facility for vessels of steel, aluminium, CRP and wood. It is a privately family owned and situated at Coal Wharf, Grand Harbour inner side. With 2 former Admiralty reinforced concrete floating docks (RCFD) of which lately they were refurbished, repetitive and new clients […]
Opinion – Maritime Flags RESPECT – ZERO…….
Maritime Law Enforcement can refer to the act of upholding maritime laws, as well as the agencies who run these assignments. This includes domestic maritime law enforcement and assisting with international maritime law enforcement. In Malta we have the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) that through her Maritime Squadron has the responsibility for the security of Maltese territorial […]
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 […]
Wrecks – Greek Monohull AEOLOS KENTERIS still idling at Augusta, Sicily – February, 2025
Scrapping of ships is not too common in Italy, and secondly ships idling especially here at Porto Di Augusta like this one were involved in some irregularities and subsequently detained, due to unpaid port dues or involvement in an illegal act (e.g. smuggling). Italian bureaucracy is extremely inflated and slow, and to get a ship […]
Casualty – ConRo vessel GRANDE BRASILE Fire Aboard – 18.02.2025
On Tuesday 18th February, 2025 around 0935 hrs local time the 2000 built ConRo vessel GRANDE BRASILE issued a distress call reporting a fire onboard while she was sailing from Antwerp, Belgium to Le Havre, France The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), UK dispatched lifeboats from the RNLI in Ramsgate and Dover. After using the […]
Maltese Islands – St. Paul’s Metropolitan Cathedral in Mdina
One of the 4 cathedrals in the Maltese Islands ( 3 Roman Catholic and 1 Anglican) is the 12th century founded St. Paul’s Metropolitan Cathedral commonly known as St Paul’s Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, that is a Catholic Cathedral located at Mdina, Malta, dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle. The cathedral was founded in the 12th century, and according to […]
Cars Transhipment – HOEGH TRAVELLER, SEA PATRIS and SEA CARYATIS – February 2025
During Week 7 of the year 2025, another Cars Transhipment was in force. First to enter was the 2016 Chinese built vehicle carrier HOEGH TRAVELLER with over 1,600 Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) discharging them at Valletta Gateway Terminal (VGT) Facilities that entered on Thursday 13th February at 0707 hrs and left on Friday 14th February at […]
