Casualties – FUGRO MERCATOR salvage operation – 25 to 26.03.2025
On Tuesday 25th March, 2025 salvage operation was in effect to pull off the grounded 42m research vessel FUGRO MERCATOR that ran aground while sheltering from weather conditions last Saturday 22nd March – https://maltashipphotos.com/casualty-research-vessel-fugro-mercator-runs-aground-22-03-2025/ At 0823 hrs UTC the Fratelli Neri 16.76m Damen Stan Tug 1606 PACINI arrived in position from Darsena Calafati, Porto di […]
Casualties – Research Vessel FUGRO MERCATOR runs aground – 22.03.2025
In the evening of Saturday 22nd March, 2025 the 2003 built BHS flag 42 m research vessel FUGRO MERCATOR ran aground on Saturday evening, March 22, on the reef of the Enfola promontory, near Portoferraio on the island of Elba (Livorno). She was sheltering from the current bad weather happening in the Mediterranean Sea, and would have […]
Cars Transhipment – HOEGH TRAVELLER, SEA PATRIS and SEA CARYATIS – February 2025
During Week 7 of the year 2025, another Cars Transhipment was in force. First to enter was the 2016 Chinese built vehicle carrier HOEGH TRAVELLER with over 1,600 Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) discharging them at Valletta Gateway Terminal (VGT) Facilities that entered on Thursday 13th February at 0707 hrs and left on Friday 14th February at […]
Cars Transhipment – HOEGH TROTTER and SEA CARYATIS – January 2025.
The first Cars Transhipment for the year 2025 started on Week 4. First to enter was the 2016 Chinese built vehicle carrier HOEGH TROTTER with over 2, 000 Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) discharging them at Valletta Gateway Terminal (VGT) Facilities that entered on Monday 20th January at 1955 hrs and left nearly 24 hours later […]
ConRo News – Danish built GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI joins STENA – January 2025
Stena RoRo has welcomed a new chartered ship to her fleet which is the CLdN owned GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI, which was renamed as STENA SHIPPER and will fly under the Danish Flag. The ship has been the subject of a sale and purchase operation, in fact it was purchased by Tirrenia CIN and immediately resold to […]
Gaza-Israel War – Controversial tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST – July to September 2024
Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October , 2 controversial Product Tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST are in the Breaking News Developments. OVERSEAS SANTORINI cargo is US 300,000 barrels of military grade JP-8 aviation fuel destined for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), enough for 12,000 […]
CMA CGM News – Suspending Rio SB call on its SIRIUS service connecting East Coast South America with the Mediterranean from 14th March 2024
CMA CGM wish to advise you of changes to our Mediterranean to/from East Coast South America service, SIRIUS. This service will suspend its call in Rio de Janeiro SB (BRRIO) with effect from the 300 Metres container ship MAERSK LEON with Voyage no – 0NSH3S1MA, ETA Rio de Janeiro on Thursday 14th March until July […]
CMA CGM News – Reshuffling TYRREX 2, its service linking Turkey, Malta, Italy, France & Algeria from Week 3 of 2024
On Tuesday 16th January, 2024 this news release was out – As there are always BETTER WAYS to address a market, CMA CGM – Short Sea Lines Division is pleased to announce the reshuffling of our TYRREX 2 service as from WEEK 3 between Malta-Western Italy-Sicily-Malta-Algeria. This revised weekly service (starting ex Malta on 24/01/24) will enable to maintain a […]
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 […]
Yachting – 107 metre superyacht MAR maiden call at Malta – 01.07.2023
The 2020 built 107 metre superyacht MAR entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call on Saturday 1st July at 1621 hrs coming from Suez Canal. Built in Italy by Benetti Yachts at their Livorno shipyard, her interior is styled by Italian designer design house Benetti and she was delivered to her owner in June […]
