Casualties – FUGRO MERCATOR salvage operation – 25 to 26.03.2025
On Tuesday 25th March, 2025 salvage operation was in effect to pull off the grounded 42m research vessel FUGRO MERCATOR that ran aground while sheltering from weather conditions last Saturday 22nd March – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualty-research-vessel-fugro-mercator-runs-aground-22-03-2025/ At 0823 hrs UTC the Fratelli Neri 16.76m Damen Stan Tug 1606 PACINI arrived in position from Darsena Calafati, Porto di […]
Casualties – Research Vessel FUGRO MERCATOR runs aground – 22.03.2025
In the evening of Saturday 22nd March, 2025 the 2003 built BHS flag 42 m research vessel FUGRO MERCATOR ran aground on Saturday evening, March 22, on the reef of the Enfola promontory, near Portoferraio on the island of Elba (Livorno). She was sheltering from the current bad weather happening in the Mediterranean Sea, and would have […]
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 […]
Casualties – Update 3 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 23.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ Update 2 published on Thursday 22nd August with 1 unaccounted soul – Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing […]
Casualties – Update 2 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 22.08.2024
Articles regarding the super sailing yacht BAYESIAN sinking awful accident published on Tuesday 20th August after our Italian Team Members arrived on site – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinks-after-storm-with-fatalities-19-08-2024/ Update 1 published on Wednesday 21st August with 5 Bodies found – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualties-update-1-of-super-sailing-yacht-bayesian-sinking-21-08-2024/ With 5 bodies found of which the 5th one (Male) was retrieved in the morning the search […]
Casualties – Update 1 of Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinking – 21.08.2024
With the search for the missing persons continuing at night rescue divers are facing a really dangerous operation getting inside the sunken sailing yacht BAYESIAN and according to local news reports, rescue teams have managed to enter the yacht by smashing through a glass window after a local blacksmith has crafted jacks that were used […]
Casualties – Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinks after storm with fatalities – 19.08.2024
The 58 metre super sailing yacht BAYESIAN homeported in London (GBR Flag) sank off Porticello, Sicily, Italy, following a violent waterspout that struck around 0430 hrs local time on Monday 19th August. The 2008 built sailing yacht was carrying 22 souls of which 15 were rescued by the 1958 built sailing ship SIR ROBERT BADEN […]
Casualties – 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after fire blaze in Italy – 10.08.2024
The 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after a fire broke out aboard in the evening of Saturday 10th August while she was anchored in the Gulf of Olbia in Sardinia, Italy. Dramatic footage released by the Olbia Coast Guard showed the flames spread from the aft portion of the vessel until ATINA was entirely engulfed […]
Naval News – Italian Navy Water Tanker ITS TICINO A 5376 arrives in Licata due to water crisis – 26.07.2024
On Friday 26th July, 2024 the Italian’s Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) 69.84 metres long (loa) water tanker ITS TICINO A 5376 with female Commanding Officer Lieutenant Laura Zanon entered Licata around 1520 hrs assisted by tug TRAIANO SECONDO with 1,200 cubic meters of water and will help mitigate the water emergency in the Gela and […]
Casualties – Cruise Liner MSC ARMONIA fire aboard – 10.06.2024
On Monday 10th June, 2024, a fire broke out aboard the cruise liner MSC ARMONIA while she was manoeuvring to berth at the Venice Intermodal Terminal for a scheduled port of call visit. Around 0630 hrs flames and smoke were coming out from the laundry room of which at no time guests were in danger, […]
