High Speed Craft – I SEE ONE loaded as deck cargo on ABB ELKE – 18.10.2022

A large variety of goods, because of their inherent properties (length, height, weight, etc.) may be carried on deck as Deck Cargo. Goods often carried on deck include: Dangerous Goods (e.g. compressed gases, flammable liquids, substances giving off inflammable vapours, corrosive substances) for which on deck stowage is prescribed in the IMDG Code; heavy logs, […]

High Speed Craft – HSC ARTEMIS sold and left Malta – June 2023

Ponte Ferries’ catamaran HSC ARTEMIS arrived yesterday Monday 19th June at Algeciras, Spain after she was sold to the Spanish company FRS Iberia after winning the bid from two interests. Other one was from Greek interests. HSC ARTEMIS was acquired from Fred Olsen, a leading ferry operator in Spain that specializes in inter-island routes aboard […]

High Speed Craft – SPEED JET

Last 17th May, 2023 we issued an article regarding the towage of SPEED JET by tug DUKE II in the Mediterranean Sea last October  – https://maltashipphotos.com/aerial-photography-duke-ii-towing-high-speed-craft-speed-jet-06-10-2022/ And today we have for you readers the history of this lovely Austal Built AUTO EXPRESS 82… Built in 1996 as FELIX I for the Danish Ferry Operator Scandlines […]

Delivery – High Speed Craft EXPRESS 5 – 08.04.2023

On Saturday 8th April, 2023 the 115 metre newbuilt high speed craft EXPRESS 5 entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her delivery voyage at 1825 hrs coming from her builders in Philippines via Suez Canal. She was built by Austal Philippines as yard number 423 with Austal Australia as designer. She’s a follow-up order to the […]

High Speed Craft – 2023 built catamaran KILIMANJARO VIII – April 2023

The 2023 newbuilt 53 metre catamaran based on Incat Crowther Design  IC20156 – KILIMANJARO VIII was handed over in Tanzania, East Africa during April, 2023 by her builders – Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) of Hobart, Australia. She is the eighth vessel built by RDM for the same customer – Azam Marine. Built as yard number […]

High Speed Craft – Hydrofoils Built in Malta

One of the well known Hydrofoil Builder based at Messina, Sicily (Italy) is no doubt – Rodriquez Cantieri Navali (RCN) The history of RCN  has far-off origins, and one has to go back to 1887 to date the beginning of this long and variegated entrepreneurial event. In fact, that year Leopoldo Rodriquez set up a […]

Evacuation – US Navy Ship In Sudan To Evacuate Americans – 30.04.2023

Armed drones escorted hundreds of Americans as they began their escape from war-torn Sudan on Saturday 29th April, 2023 amid fierce fighting between the military and a rival paramilitary group. The United States has sent  the sixth Spearhead Class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS BRUNSWICK T-EPF 6 to Sudan to help evacuate American citizens who have […]

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 […]