Former Military – Yacht ALESUND
One of the former naval vessels that was given a second life, converted as a yacht ALESUND is the former Norwegian Coast Guard (Kystvakt) ship KV ALESUND W 312. During November 1995, the Norwegian Coast Guard ordered two purpose built chartered Fishery Protection Vessels with one of them chartered from Remoy Shipping – Alesund which […]
Offshore – Drillship NORSKALD
One of the ships that were built in UK and converted into another role was the general cargo ship ELIZABETH BOWATER built by the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd in Dundee, Scotland in June 1958. She was the first of the motor ships on the Bowater Steamship Co Ltd, London fleet and was was […]
Wrecks – 1958 built ship still idling at Augusta, Sicily – September 2024
Scrapping of ships is not too common in Italy, and secondly ships idling especially here at Porto Di Augusta like this one were involved in some irregularities and subsequently detained, due to unpaid port dues or involvement in an illegal act (e.g. smuggling). Various ships are idling at the inner part of the harbour further […]
Wrecks – 1967 built ship still idling at Augusta, Sicily – July 2024
Scrapping of ships is not too common in Italy, and secondly ships idling especially here at Porto Di Augusta like this one were involved in some irregularities and subsequently detained, due to unpaid port dues or involvement in an illegal act (e.g. smuggling). Italian bureaucracy is extremely inflated and slow, and to get a ship […]
Local Shipping – Bezzina’s former Scottish Ferries ABERCRAIG and SCOTSCRAIG at Malta
Salvatore Bezzina, the founder of BEZZINA GROUP, began offering commercial services to the British Admiralty in the early 1940s. His company, Salv. Bezzina & Sons Ltd, was established in May 1966 and provided various services in the heavy engineering industry, including civil marine engineering, heavy haulage, dredging, steel fabrication, and erection of steel structures. Over the […]
Casualties – Former Naval Ship A 963 STERN on fire at Malta – 21.06.2024
With summer officially starting on Friday 21st June, 2024, the former Swedish Coastguard Vessel KBV 171, Belgian Navy Support Ship A 963 STERN and since 2016 as an anti piracy control vessel with local interests caught fire and in few seconds she became as an inferno while on her Hull Hard (NOT as reported by […]
Deck Cargo – Gala with Hydrofoil aboard – 23.11.2022
A rare Kometa type hydrofoil built in Georgia was spotted in Malta during Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23 rd November, 2023 on the interesting Japanese built ship GALA. The general cargo ship GALA was built in Japan by Kyokuyo Zosen K.K. at Chofu with Hull No 455 as the Swiss Container Lines Vessel SCL BERN […]
Cruise Liner – CORINTHIAN
One of the famous (Batch 1) Renaissance cruise liners still around the world in the cruise line industry is the 1990 built MLT flag CORINTHIAN. She was launched in 1990, built by Cantiere Navale Ferrari-Signani in La Spezia, Italy and was operated by Renaissance Cruises as the RENAISSANCE IV. Above image is of RENAISSANCE FOUR […]
Local Shipping – Sea Malta’s – GUDJA
Sea Malta Company Limited was the Maltese National Shipping Line. Established on 10th November 1973 during the tenure of the Labour Government led by Dominic Mintoff, which had the majority of the shares in the new company. The quest of this company was to provide maritime services company as well as to the need of the nation in general, and to […]
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 […]
