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 […]

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 […]