Ukraine Crisis – Ships Shelled in Black Sea – Feb 2022

The Black Sea is a critical region for agricultural traders and oil traders alike. Ukraine and Russia together account for more than a quarter of the global trade in wheat and about a fifth of corn. That trade was thrown into chaos after Ukraine’s ports closed in the wake of Russia’s invasion. With Russia invasion […]

Tankers – Chemical/Oil Product Tanker TROODOS

One of the Japanese built tankers in the world seen offshore Malta was the 1979 built GEO flag and Cypriot owned tanker TROODOS. She was built in Japan by Shin Kochi Jyuko K.K. in 1979 as HAKKO MINERVA with yard no 1306 for Hakko Shoun KK & Daiichi Shoun KK trading until 1985 with Japanese […]

Cargo Ships at Valletta, Malta –  Week 22 of 2018. The following are movements within Week 22 – Sunday 27th May, 2018. Afternoon we had the departure of the 1975 built TGO flag Lebanese owned cargo ship NOUR F from Magazine Wharf. Monday 28th May, 2018. Around 0700 hrs the 1992 built PAN flag vessel […]