MSPAP – Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos 34th Anniversary – 01.08.2024
And Today Thursday 1st August , Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos (MSPAP) celebrate her 34th anniversary. It is a great honor and a great joy for me that together with my team we embarked on a great adventure and we are navigating worldwide. For some of you, you think that this is our hobby….We […]
Russia-Ukraine War – Sweden’s support to Ukraine – 2024
Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, SWEDEN has provided military, humanitarian and civil support to support Ukraine. Since February 2022, Sweden contributed approximately SEK 52 billion (approx. EUR 4,5 billion*) to various initiatives that support Ukraine (29 May 2024). Together with the EU, Sweden has also adopted macroeconomic support and several sanctions packages […]
Passer By – Tug VB HISPANIA towing RFA DILIGENCE for scrap – 02.04.2024
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Forward Repair Ship RFA DILIGENCE A 132 towed by the 2011 built Spanish anchor handling tug (aht) VB HISPANIA passed by Malta today Tuesday 2nd April, 2024. Built in Landskrona, Sweden, as the offshore support vessel STENA INSPECTOR, she was chartered by the British government during the critical months of […]
Gaza-Israel War – Maritime Aid Corridor – OPEN ARMS left Cyprus – 12.03.2024
Most of Gaza’s people are now internally displaced, and there are severe bottlenecks in aid deliveries at land border checkpoints with Gaza has been under an Israeli navy blockade since 2007, when Hamas took control of the enclave. There have been few direct sea arrivals since then. The daily number of aid trucks entering Gaza […]
Gaza-Israel War – US Army aid ship leave USA bound to Gaza after Biden promises to build pier – 10.03.2024
The US Army dispatched a logistics support vessel to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) stated yesterday Sunday 10th February, 2024, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary pier to supply the besieged enclave. USAV GENERAL FRANK S. BESSON LSV 1 left Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia “less than 36 […]
Malta Naval Visits – February 2024
Friday 2nd February. Year 2024 was started with an interesting naval movement and the maiden call of the French Navy Mistral Class Amphibious Assault & Command Ship (Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement / BPC) FS DIXMUDE L 9015. She passed breakwaters at 0817 hrs coming from Egypt after she was being used as a […]
Naval News – RFA LYME BAY L 3007 delivers humanitarian aid to Gaza – 02.01.2024
A Significant Milestone done by the Bay Class Landing Ship RFA LYME BAY L 3007 was done after she delivered 87 tonnes of humanitarian aid supplies including thermal blankets, shelter packs and medical supplies, that were provided by the UK and Cyprus in Egypt. The Egyptian Red Crescent is receiving the shipment from Port Said, […]
Gaza-Israel War – UK sending RFA ARGUS A 135 and RFA LYME BAY L 3007 to East Med – 12.10.2023
On Thursday 12th October, 2023 the UK Ministry of Defense announced that the Primary Casualty Receiving Ship RFA ARGUS A 135 and the Bay Class Landing Ship RFA LYME BAY L 3007 both being from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been ordered to the Eastern Mediterranean and will most likely Support any kind of Evacuation […]
High Speed Craft – World’s Largest Catamaran involved in Humanitarian Aid – 2023
The largest catamaran in the world, the TUR flag and owned KARADENIZ LIFESHIP RAUF BEY owned since October 2015 by Karadeniz Holding, has been converted into an accommodation center with capacity for a minimum of 1,500 people and since April of this year, she has been docked in Iskenderun,Turkey temporarily housing some two thousand victims […]
MSPAP – Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos 33rd Anniversary – 01.08.2023
Today Tuesday 1st August , Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos (MSPAP) celebrate her 33rd anniversary. It is a great honor and a great joy for me that together with my team we embarked on a great adventure and we are navigating worldwide. For some of you, you think that this is our hobby….We started […]