Passer By – Ropax BLUE STAR 1 – 04.06.2023
On Sunday 4th June, 2023 at 0009 hrs the 2000 built ropax BLUE STAR 1 was seen passing 28.8 nautical miles off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo while underway to home at Greece after she finished her charter with Irish Ferries and left Rosslare Harbour, Ireland 4 days ago last Wednesday 31st May. She was built by […]
Libyan Uprising – 151 evacuees from Libya by ferry IONIAN KING arrive at Malta – 29.03.2011
Known as the Nurse of the Mediterranean, Malta played an important role during both world wars and when something around the world is happening. During the Libyan Uprising that started on Thursday 17th February, 2011 Malta opened widely her transportation hubs both sea and air and evacuees from Libya started to embark on ships and […]
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY – DUKE II towing High Speed Craft SPEED JET – 06.10.2022
One of the towages around the world operated by Dutch Marine Contractors (DMC) was the towage of the Austal 82 catamaran SPEED JET towed by the 34 metre tug DUKE II was photographed from the air by Malta Ship Photos in the Mediterranean Sea . DUKE II was built by Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV, Zwijndrecht, […]
Delivery – Monohull SUPERRUNNER JET II – 12.04.2023
The second high speed craft calling at Malta within few days during her delivery voyage and maiden call was the 1999 built 112.5 metres monohull SUPERRUNNERJET II homeported at Limassol (CYP Flag). She was built in France by Alstom Leroux Naval with yard number 822 as GOTLAND for Gotland Rederi AB, Sweden trading until 2003 where […]
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY – Greek Bulker GEORGIA M
On Friday 30th May, 2014 the 2012 built MHL flag bulker GEORGIA M was photographed from the air by Malta Ship Photos in the Mediterranean Sea. She was built in China by Cosco Nantong Shipyard at Nantong with yard number NE122 with MHL flag homeported at Majuro . She was delivered on 24th February, 2012 […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Tanker ORPHEAS during September 2022
One of the South Korean built tankers, the Greek owned tanker ORPHEAS was drydocked at Dock 6 during September 2022. She was built at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) at Samho, South Korea as double hull crude oil tanker delivered on 15th May, 2007. On Saturday 24th September, 2022 she was seen leaving the yard […]
Bunkering – Tanker RITI – 25.03.2023
An interesting Croatian built Ship, the 2004 built 281 metre crude oil tanker RITI called at OPL Malta for uplifting bunkers on Saturday 25th March, 2023. She was built at Split Shipyard, Croatia for the Croatian Shipping Company – Tankerska Plovidba based in Zadar as ALAN VELIKI of which back in 2014 we as MALTA […]
Broken Up – Tug CHRISTOS XXII – 2021
The 1972 built single hull oceangoing salvage tug CHRISTOS XXII was broken up at Aliaga, Turkey during December 2021. She was built at H.H. Bodewes at Millingen in the Netherlands as yard number 702 named as SMIT ENTERPRISE for Smit International (Antilles) BV with 43.53 metres length overall (loa) and a beam of 10.62 metres […]
Towage – AGIOS DIMITRIOS towing SIRTE 2 – 19.05.2001
On Saturday 19th May, 2001 several units of the Libyan Dredging Company COMAFISH was seen arriving at Grand Harbour, Malta either as deck cargo or towed like the 1965 built cutter suction dredger SIRTE 2 that was seen being towed by the Greek Tug AGIOS DIMITRIOS. AGIOS DIMITRIOS was built in the Netherlands at YVC […]
330 metre VLCC HELLAS FOS at Malta – Aerial Photography – October 2022
The 2022 built GRC flag and owned very large crude carrier (VLCC) HELLAS FOS that was built in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as hull no 3270 was photographed from on the air on 2 occasions by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS in Central Mediterranean. Interesting to see the name as HELLAS FOS again on […]
