Casualties – FUGRO MERCATOR salvage operation – 25 to 26.03.2025
On Tuesday 25th March, 2025 salvage operation was in effect to pull off the grounded 42m research vessel FUGRO MERCATOR that ran aground while sheltering from weather conditions last Saturday 22nd March – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualty-research-vessel-fugro-mercator-runs-aground-22-03-2025/ At 0823 hrs UTC the Fratelli Neri 16.76m Damen Stan Tug 1606 PACINI arrived in position from Darsena Calafati, Porto di […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Fishing vessel with 400 souls ran aground while entering Pozzallo Port – 09.11.2021
On Tuesday 9th November, 2021 after 2100 hrs with Easterly Wind blowing 20 knots a wooden stern fishing trawler packed with 400 souls ran aground whilst entering Pozzallo Port scrambling all Law Enforcements units including commercial tugboats. Weather conditions were hampering the situation with the strong wind and sea very rough of which at one […]
Heavy Lift – BBC ONYX entering Marsaxlokk Harbour to deliver Tugboat SENGLEA – 12.01.2021
On Tuesday 12th January, 2021 at 1013 hrs the 2011 built Multipurpose Heavy Lifter BBC ONYX entered Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta bound to Medserv Base for discharging a Damen RSD 2513 tug SENGLEA for Tug Malta. BBC ONYX was built in China by Sainty Jiangdu Shipbuilding at Jiangdu as RAN J for the German Ship Owner […]
Delivery – Tugboat ROMAN at Malta – 10.08.2020
During the morning of Monday 10 th August, 2020 the British tug ROMAN entered Grand Harbour during her delivery voyage, berthing at Laboratory Wharf South 2. ROMAN was built in 1999 by Cantieri Navali Baglietto La Spezia at La Spezia, Italy as ALFREDO NERI for Fratelli Neri S.P.A, Italy. On 21st December 2017 ALFREDO NERI […]
Casualties – Grimaldi’s EUROCARGO TRIESTE fire – 21.11.2019
The 1997 built ro/ro cargo ship EUROCARGO TRIESTE suffered fire in engine room shortly after she left Livorno, Italy around 0130 UTC on Thursday November 21st. According to reports the engine room was sealed and fire fighting flooding system was activated. At the time of the incident the ship was around 4 nautical miles off […]
