ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Migrant Rescue Ship ELEONORE
On Saturday 24th August, 2019 the 1961 built former fishing vessel ELEONORE started her first rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Two days later on Monday 26th August rescued 104 distressed migrants off the Libyan coast from a sinking rubber boat. Most of them were transferred on board by the ship’s RHIB, some had to be […]
High Speed Craft News – Catamaran SAN GIORGIO trials at Marina Di Ragusa – 08.10.2024
Last Tuesday 8th October, 2024 the 2001 Norwegian built High Speed Craft (HSC) SAN GIORGIO ordered Harbour Pilot and Mooring Services for 0745 hrs to leave her berth at Gun Wharf, part of Valletta Cruise Port (VCP) bound to Marina Di Ragusa. Built by Kvaerner Fjellstrand AS at Omastrand, Norway in 2001, a Flying Cat […]
Aerial Photography – UNISTREAM loaded with Wind Turbine Blades – 05.08.2023
On Saturday 5th August, 2023 the Chinese built MPP UNISTREAM loaded with wind turbines, the giants of renewable energy was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS (MSPAP) underway to her next port after she uplifted bunkers. UNISTREAM was built in China by Heshun Shipyard at Qingdao in 2010 as the DUTCH KATJA trading until […]
Casualties – RoRo ship CAROLINE RUSS disabled for few minutes – 05.04.2024
On Friday 5th April, 2024 the German built and owned Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) ship CAROLINE RUSS reported to Valletta VTS at 1432 hrs that while she was underway to Valletta from Palermo with her scheduled port of call she had a main engine failure , approximately 4 miles off Fish Farm Area (AJD Tuna Ranch). […]
