Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Ship MAERSK BATTLER – 2016
One of the Norwegian built offshore vessel was the Danish owned offshore tug/supply ship MAERSK BATTLER which was launched on Sunday 16th February, 1997. She was built by SIMEK at Flekkefjord, Norway as yard number 92 with her keel laid on Monday 5th August 1996, launched on Sunday 16th February, 1997 and completed on Tuesday […]
Renaming’s – MAERSK DISPATCHER to AQUAMAN II – August 2023
One of the Chilean built vessels trading around – MAERSK DISPATCHER was sold last year by Maersk Supply Service (MSS) to Star Matrix Ltd based at Hong Kong and renamed as AQUAMAN II. Her last Paris MOU inspection was made at Fredericia, Denmark last 21st January, 2024 with 2 found deficiencies She was built by […]
Maiden Call – Cable Layer CS RECORDER at Malta – 04.01.2024
Within a space of 3 hours, the second maiden call at Grand Harbour, Malta happened with the 2000 built cable layer CS RECORDER that passed breakwaters at 1014 hrs coming from Civitavecchia, Italy. She was built at the German Shipyard – Ps Werften Stralsund as MAERSK RECORDER with yard number 430, one of the famous […]
Piracy – US forces sink ‘Houthi’ boats in Red Sea after attack on container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU – 31.12.2023
The 353 m container ship MAERSK HANGZHOU issued a distress call after she was fired at by the Houthi boats, which came as close as 20m (65 feet) and also tried to board it, CENTCOM said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. As the US helicopters responded, they were also shot at […]
Naval News – Pentagon To Launch OPERATION PROSPERITY GUARDIAN (OPG) to Reopen Red Sea Passage – December 2023
There is still a lot of speculation but progress seems likely on reopening the Red Sea to shipping. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in his next trip to the Middle East, is expected to reveal a ship protection initiative to protect ships from Houthi attacks, as disclosed by a U.S. military spokesperson to The War […]
Drug Bust – 8 tons of cocaine found in Maersk container at Rotterdam – August 2023
Dutch customs have recently made the largest ever drug bust in the Port of Rotterdam by seizing 8 tons of cocaine from a container aboard a Maersk containership in a container reefer of bananas. According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, the drugs represent an “enormous” street value of €600m ($653m). The container with more […]
Offshore News – Maersk Supply Service (MSS) sells three laid-up vessels for scrap – May 2022
During May 2022 Maersk Supply Service (MSS) has taken the decision to recycle three of her older vessels that have been laid up in Fredericia, Denmark. These were MAERSK ATTENDER, MAERSK HELPER and MAERSK WINNER with all of them towed to Fornæs yard in Grenaa for recycling. Commenting on the sale, Mark Handin, Maersk Supply Service […]
Offshore News – Swire Pacific Offshore Fleet sold to Tidewater – 22.04.2022
On Friday 22nd April Tidewater Inc. announced the completion of its purchase of Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of Swire Pacific Ltd., for approximately $190 million after the sale was announced last 9th March. The deal will allow Tidewater to add SPO’s fleet of 50 OSVs to its own, creating one of the world’s largest OSV fleets. Part of […]
Haifa Port – February 2022 Movements.
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Haifa Port – January 2022 Movements.
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
