Casualties – Ship XELO sank after running aground off Tunisia – 16.04.2022
On Friday 15th April, 2022 the 1977 built 59 metre ship XELO issued distress signal reporting water ingress, flooded engine room, after she ran aground at the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia . All 7 crew (2 Azerbaijanis, 4 Turkish and Georgian captain ) were reportedly rescued and hospitalised for checks and currently in a hotel. […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – MAERSK ETIENNE rescued 27 illegal immigrants on 04.08.2020 with group finally reach land on 12.09.2020
On Tuesday 4th August a boat with 27 illegal immigrants were rescued by the 2004 built chemical/oil products tanker MAERSK ETIENNE while she was underway to Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabes coming from Genoa, Italy. On Wednesday 5th August late afternoon she was denied entry to Maltese territorial waters especially when SAR was made […]
MISKAR FIELD – BIBBY POLARIS at Malta – 10.04.2018. The 1998 built British flagged (GBR) Multi Purpose Supply Vessel (MPSV) BIBBY POLARIS entered Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta for the first time on Tuesday 10th April, 2018 for mobilizing at the Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) before proceeding to Miskar Oil Field, offshore Tunisia. The MISKAR FIELD is a natural gas […]
