Casualties – Car Carrier MORNING MIDAS sank after fire – 23.06.2025
Another car carrier has become a major casualty following a fire involving electric vehicles (EV). The 2006 built 4,902 CEU car carrier MORNING MIDAS was underway from China to Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico carrying 3,159 vehicles, 70 of them fully electric and 681 hybrid electric. She was also carrying around 350 tonnes of gas fuel and […]
Maiden Call – 2024 built general cargo ship ALMA at Malta – 30.11.2024
End of November completed with maiden calls and one of them was the 2024 built multi purpose vessel ALMA, that passed breakwaters at 1135 hrs last Saturday 30th November, 2024. Delivered last 13th February she was built at Waterhuizen by Gs Yard BV in the Netherlands as the 3,636 deadweight (dwt) multi purpose vessel with […]
Advertising – Welcome Aboard to Moulky LTD – June 2024
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Tankers – Oil Product Tanker MERSEY SPIRIT
One of the Turkish built tankers trading around is the 1996 built 76.6 m long oil products tanker MERSEY SPIRIT. She’s a former Danish tanker from the Herning Shipping A/S of which in Malta we still have one from 2 operating with a local shipping company. She was built at Rota Shipyard at Tuzla, Turkey […]
Maiden Call – Yuan Yu 711; Yuan Yu 712 and Yuan Yu 716 – 06.11.2023
The second batch from the 10 Chinese Bottom Trawlers calling at Malta entered on Monday 6th November, 2023. First to pass breakwater (0741 hrs)was the 2021 built 28.61 metres Bottom Trawler YUAN YU 712 built at Huanghai Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Weihai, China completed on 11th August,2021. With Radio Callsign as BZV5D and homeported at Qin […]
Maiden Call – Yuan Yu 709, Yuan Yu 710 and Yuan Yu 717 – 05.11.2023
An interesting flotilla made up of 10 Chinese Bottom Trawlers made history in the Maltese Islands as being the first ever Chinese Fishing Vessels especially Bottom Trawlers to enter Grand Harbour, Malta. First one to pass breakwater (0741 hrs)was the 2021 built 28.61 metres Bottom Trawler YUAN YU 709 built at Huanghai Shipbuilding Co Ltd […]
Yachting – Chinese 2018 built superyacht ILLUSION PLUS at Malta – September 2023
The first Chinese built superyacht – ILLUSION PLUS called at Malta , of which entered Marsamxett Harbour on Saturday 9th September at 1632 hrs coming from Tarragona, Spain, berthing at Manoel Island Marina. She was built by Pride Mega Yachts that is the specialist megayacht brand of CIMC Raffles Yachts, based in China’s Yantai Peninsula […]
Tanker News – Action against tankers switching off their AIS – June 2023
The European Union (EU) has provided further details of its latest package of sanctions against Russia. Ships caught carrying out ship to ship (STS) transfers of price cap breaking Russian oil in European waters will be banned from EU ports. The bloc has also said it will prohibit access to EU ports for vessels if […]
Tugboat News – GIOVANNI BALISTRERI sold – March 2022
During March 2022 the Italian tugboat GIOVANNI BALISTRERI was sold to Nigerian interests. She was built in Italy in July 1980 by Cantiere Navali Giorgetti in Viareggio as MULETTO with yard number 29 for the Augusta company Augustea Imprese Marittime E Di Salvataggi SpA working as a harbour tug at Messina. With 27.62 metres length […]
Casualties – 1968 built steamship CHEM P salvage operation – 19.03.2022
In the early hours of Saturday 19th March, 2022 (Public Holiday in Malta) the 1968 built 209.86 metres tanker CHEM P reported to Valletta VTS that she’s not under command while she was underway from OPL Malta to Bunkering Area 6 for sheltering due to the strong Wind. 0631 hrs – Tugboat SPINOLA left Marsaxlokk […]
