Casualties – IOM flag Cargo ship VERITY sank after collision – 24.10.2023
Early Tuesday 24th October, 2023 morning around 0500 hrs the Isle of Man (IOM) flag general cargo ship VERITY sank after she was involved in a collision with the Polish owned BHS flag bulker POLESIE. She was underway to the Immingham ,UK, carrying steel from the northern German city of Bremen, when she collided […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Death toll rises to 500 souls offshore Greece – 17.06.2023
More than 500 illegal immigrants from Syria are presumed to have drowned after their fishing vessel involved in the clandestine journey sank in the Aegean Sea offshore Greece earlier this week. 104 survivors were rescued from the sea and 78 bodies were recovered, but have not located any more since late Wednesday, local time. The […]
Cable Layer – SEAWAY AIMERY
One of the Vard Design ships is the 2016 built 95.30 metres long cable layer SEAWAY AIMERY. She has been designed as a dedicated cable lay vessel with significant hold space for cable storage and has also been designed to enable the cable crew to work under cover during laying operations to minimise the impact […]
Yachting – 2005 built 62 m superyacht PREDICTION in Malta for the first time – 11.09.2021
The 2005 built 62 metre long (loa) superyacht PREDICTION was seen in Malta during August/September 2021 for the first time since she was renamed to her current name (November 2020). She was built by De Vries Scheepsbouw BV at Aalsmeer, Netherlands with yard no 670 launched on 23rd April 2005 after she was ordered in […]
Yachting – 1999 built BOADICEA at Malta – 2021
One of the Dutch shipyard Amels built superyachts BOADICEA was seen in Malta from March to July, 2021. She’s definitely not new to our Maltese Islands. Built in 1999 as the 76.60 metre with 14 metres beam and maximum draft of 4.2 metres as BOADICEA she was renamed as REBORN homeported at Douglas ( IOM […]
Libya Uprising – Ferry AZZURRA.
The 1964 built ferry AZZURRA was a familiar sight in Libya of which more than 64,000 people fleeing from the conflict were evacuated with 18 voyages made from Libya from as early in the crisis as 8th March 2011. She entered all the major ports such as Tripoli, Misurata, Sirte, Benghazi and supporting Syrian, Tunisian, […]
Chemical/Oil Products Tanker LILY PG – Aerial Photography
On Wednesday 10th October 2018, the 2018 built IOM flag chemical/oil products tanker LILY PG was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta heading to Gibraltar during her delivery voyage from the building yard at Turkey She was built at RMK Marine in Istanbul, Turkey with a length overall of 110 metres; 17.5 […]
MAERSK INVENTOR at Malta – 18.05.2018. The 2018 built Isle of Man flagged (IOM) Subsea Support Vessel (SSV) MAERSK INVENTOR entered Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta for the first time on Friday 18th May, 2018 at 0715 hrs.She’s the third out of four Stingray Class Subsea Support Vessel. Maersk ordered a series of four Stingray vessels in 2014. Designed together […]
