Tugboats – Anchor Handling Tug NEPTUN 11 at Malta again – January 2024
The 36m anchor handling tug NEPTUN 11 was spotted again at Malta sheltering from weather conditions after an absence of 9 years. She was here during March 2013, where she was towing the 50m flat top barge STEMAT 76 inside Grand Harbour. She was built by Neptune Shipyards BV at Aalst, Netherlands with yard number […]
Maiden Call – 2023 built multicat SEA EIDUM at Malta – July 2023
On Sunday 2nd July , 2023 at 1118 hrs the 2023 newbuilt EuroCarrier 2611 SEA EIDUM passed Grand Harbour, Malta breakwaters coming from Vlissingen, Netherlands on her maiden call. She is 26 meters long (loa) with 11 meters beam and is equipped with two powerful HEILA deck cranes and has a bollard pull of 33.9 […]
Smit International – Tugboat ZEELEEUW
Smit Internationale N.V. (or Smit International) was a Dutch company operating in the maritime industry. It was founded in 1842 by Fop Smit as a towage company with onl 1 paddle steamer tug KINDERDIJK. Fop’s sons, Jan and Leendert, continued the company under the name L. Smit & Co and expanded the fleet. In 1870, they began using tugs with […]
Tugboat – GPS AVENGER at Malta – 01.03.2020
The 2709 Shoalbuster GPS AVENGER entered Valletta, Malta for few hours on Sunday 1st March for the first time she was built in the Netherlands by Damen at Hardinxveld in 2013. She has two Caterpillar engines delivering 3.000 BHP which results in 38.8 tons bollard pull. In combination with minimal draft, the 200 BHP bow […]
