Fishing Vessels – TOK TOK
A British built fishing vessel which ended her years in black events was the 1975 built TOK TOK. She was originally the Petershead Tynedraft 86 Class Fishing Vessel GOLDEN DAWN bearing fishing matricola PD 211 and later while she was delivered to Maltese owners she was flying Irish (IRL) Flag and with matricola as BS […]
Former Military – BASTION 2 and BASTION 3 – 30.10.2020
One of the fast patrol craft class in service with the Guardia Di Finanza (Italian Customs) was the Corrubia Class of which 26 units were launched. 11 units were built by the original project Cantieri Navali del Golfo di Gaeta in two lots with the rest 15 units, were built by the Intermarine shipyard in Sarzana , Italy. Lately at MMH Malta Facilities […]
Law Enforcement – Guardia Di Finanza fire 400 shots after Tunisian Fishing Trawler ram the patrol craft – 29.09.2020
400 shots were fired by a Guardia Di Finanza V 2000 Class patrol boat based at Vibo Valentia after another GdiF patrol craft was rammed by a Tunisian fishing boat. V 2023 and V 2014 (V 2000 Class) moored at Mazara Del Vallo back to 10th April, 2014. On Tuesday 29th September a small boat […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – OCEAN VIKING Saga – 06.07.2020
On Friday 3rd July, 2020 the NGO SOS Mediterranee ship OCEAN VIKING with rescued illegal immigrants in Central Mediterranean has issued a state of emergency after 6 souls embarked attempted suicide in 24 hours, 2 of them that went on a hunger strike. “This is an unprecedented step in the history of SOS Mediterranée, triggered […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – More illegal immigrants arrive at Lampedusa – 20.05.2020.
137 illegal immigrants rescued in Italian Territorial Waters by Guardia Costiera and Guardia Di Finanza Bigliani Class G126 SALVATORE DE ROSA entered Lampedusa on Wednesday 20th May. Disembarkation was done at Favarolo di Lampedusa quay with total – 77 men; 57 women and 6 minors from Totale 138 – 54 donne, 78 uomini, 6 minori […]
Casualties – Missing Sicilian Fishing Boat with 1 corpse found adrift off Ustica, Italy – 14.05.2020
What was the first fishing catch for the crew of the wooden fishing vessel NUOVA ISIDE earlier this week after the COVID-19 emergency, it finished into a disaster with the fishing vessel missing and a lifeless body was found by Guardia Costiera CP 300 Class. 3 were aboard – Capt Matteo Lo Iacono of 53 […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – 78 rescued immigrants by vessel MARINA on 03.05.2020 disembarked at Porto Empedocle on 09.05.2020
On Sunday 3rd May 2020 NGO Alarm Phone said that they had alerted the Maltese and Italian authorities to launch a rescue immediately without delay as around 90 people were in distress on a wooden boat in Malta’s search and rescue area. Alarm Phone raised alarm about the migrants’ wooden boat early in the morning, […]
Shipyards – Fincantieri offices raided – 06.11.2019
A host of companies linked to Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri have been accused of corruption, fraud and worker exploitation. Italian finance police (Guardia Di Finanza) raided offices of several companies working for Fincantieri on Wednesday 6th November 2019. 34 people are under investigation for alleged “systematic exploitation” of foreign workers, mainly from Bangladesh and Albania in […]
Illegal Immigration – FRONTEX caught fishing vessel smuggling people – June 2019.
Last week, a FRONTEX aircraft detected a suspicious fishing trawler towing a smaller boat. The boat was empty, but something caught the attention of the agency’s experts. Frontex kept observing the boat for several hours, and all of a sudden people started to emerge from below the deck. At one time a smuggler jumped on […]
Naval News – Italian Navy Ship ITS CAPRERA involved in smuggling cigarettes
An Italian naval vessel was used to smuggle crates of cigarettes while returning from a mission to stop migrants from travelling from Libya to Europe, the navy confirmed on Wednesday September 19th 2018 after revelations in the press. The Gorgona Class Transport Ship (named as Moto Trasporto Costiero – MTC) ITS CAPRERA A 5349 had aboard […]
