Containers – Linea Messina container ship JOLLY ROSA in full livery at Malta – 20.01.2024
The first Linea Messina containership to be at Malta wearing full livery was the 2010 built ship JOLLY ROSA which left Palumbo Malta Shipyard, last Saturday 20th January, 2024. She entered on Thursday 11th January passing breakwaters at 0837 hrs wearing black hull and straight into Dock 6 of which she was drydocked. She was […]
RoRo Vessels – CARMANIA EXPRESS
One of the Polish built vessels for the Soviet Union was the Skulptor Konenkov Class known as B-481 project . She was built by Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk, Poland as yard number B481/10 for Baltic Shipping Co, USSR. She was sold to Ignazio Messina, Italy in 1996 and renamed JOLLY GIALLO, sold again and renamed SCAN […]
RoRo Vessels – Linea Messina ship JOLLY INDACO
One of the Soviet Union (USSR) built vessels that used to call at Malta was the 1989 built ro/ro vessel JOLLY INDACO owned by Linea Messina, Italy. She was built at Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Yard at Saint Petersburg as yard number 843 as the Project 16071 ro/ro ship for Baltic Sea Shipping, USSR as S.KIROV […]
RoRo Vessels – JOLLY AMARANTO
One of the most interesting roro’s built in late 70’s was the Linea Messina vessel JOLLY AMARANTO. Entering Grand Harbour, Malta back to Monday 16th June 2008. Built at Kawasaki in Kobe, Japan in 1977 as the Swedish TAUBE for the Swedish Shipping Company SCANDINAVIA MOTORSHIP A/S as a Boro (from the English B ulk O il Ro Ro ) freighter that […]
