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 […]
Cable Layer – ANTONIO MEUCCI in Malta for Submarine Cable Repairs – September 2023
On Friday 15th September, 2023 the Ports & Yachting Directorate of Transport Malta (Maritime Authority) issued a Local Notice to Mariners 171 of 2023 regarding repairs on Submarine Cable GO1 at St. Paul’s Bay. Being a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, Malta is located 80km south to Sicily, […]
Fishing Vessels – Italian purse seiner S. RAFFAELE
One of the Italian purse seiner that used to be seen during the Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) Season was the 1974 built S.RAFFAELE which on radio vhf she was called as SAN RAFFAELE. She was built at Cantieri Navali Codecasa at Viareggio with yard number F23 as S.RAFFAELE for Cooperativa S. Michele based at Cetara, […]
Casualties – 16 metre pleasure yacht caught fire with 9 rescued off Gorgona Island – 10.08.2023
On Thursday 10th August an Italian 16 metre Raffaelli Maestrale ’52 pleasure yacht homeported at Pesaro that left the port of Marina di Pisa with nine people on board including three children – all from Tuscany, and was headed for Capraia to spend the day at the beach, caught fire around 1230 hrs one mile […]
Naval News – 2021 commissioned ITS VULCANO at Sicily – 31.07.2023
The Italian Navy replacement for the Stromboli Class replenishment oiler (AOR) along with her current being build sistership, the ITS VULCANO A 5335 was spotted anchored at Augusta, Sicily. ITS VULCANO was built by Fincantieri with yard number 6259. The stern section was built at the Riva Trigoso Naval Shipyard while her bow section was […]
Malta Naval Visits – March 2023
Thursday 2nd March The Russian Navy Project 160 Altay Class Medium seagoing oil products tanker RFS KOLA passed 25.9 nautical miles off Valletta proceeding to East Mediterranean at 2103 hrs. This wasn’t her first passer by move but the first one for 2023. Friday 3rd March The operated Military Sealift Command of the US Navy […]
Anti Piracy Vessels – DE 421
One of the fishing vessels that was converted into an anti piracy vessel is the Maltese (MLT) Flag vessel DE 421. She was built at Muggia, Trieste in Italy in 1994 as PUCCIO SECONDO with fishing matricola as CT 2850 homeported a Catania, Italy. During 2015 she use to operate for a Maltese company and […]
Yacht Transport – SYMPHONY SPIRIT – 19.10.2021
The famous Rolex Middle Sea Race in Malta (RMSR) starting from Valletta has risen continuously since it was first held in 1968. After leaving the Grand Harbour , Malta, boats head to the Gulf of Messina (Sicily), then the Aeolian Islands (together with the active volcano Stromboli), then passing through the Aegadian Islands, Islands of […]
Maiden Call – Frijsenborg – 05.10.2022
One of the famous Visentini built ro/ro’s around, FRIJSENBORG, entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Wednesday 5th October while she was on charter with Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV). She was built in 2016 at Cantiere Navale Visentini Srl at Porto Viro, Italy with yard number 231 as FRIJSENBORG ordered from Levantina Trasporti Srl. In April 2016 […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Tanker VALTAMED from 26.09 to 09.10.2022
One of the Italian crude oil double hull tankers owned by Navigazione Montanari SpA, the 2004 built VALTAMED called at Palumbo Malta Shipyards for drydocking on Monday 26th September, 2022. She was built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine […]
