Casualties – Maltese owned sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING grounded – 17.08.2024
On Saturday 17th August, 2024 the 2014 built Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439 sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING ran aground off Pembroke Firing Ranges at Madalena Shoals around 2100 hrs. Few minutes later the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) together with Civil Protection Department (CPD) starting the rescue operation of 10 souls including the skipper to […]
Malta Drydocks – Disabled bulker carrier KING WILLIAM at Malta – January 1992
One of the Spanish built ships calling at Malta was the 1973 built bulker KING WILLIAM which called Malta for repairs at Malta Drydocks (MDD). She was built at Astilleros Espanoles S.A, Sestao in Bilbao, Spain with hull number 189 for King Line Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine and Co Ltd – London managers) as KING WILLIAM […]
Tugboat – 1957 built HELP at Malta – March 2002
One of the Emden, Germany built tugs that called at Malta was the single screw tugboat HELP, homeported at Nuku Alofa, Tonga flag (TON). She was built by Werft Schulte & Bruns, at Emden, Germany as VOURI with yard number 193 and launched on 15th November 1956 for Union des Remorqueurs de Douala, Cameroon, homeported at […]
Different Ships Bearing Same Name – Tarros Line VENTO DI GRECALE at Malta
The Italian Shipping Line TARROS , founded in 1828 involved in transportation including logistics, containers and related services in the Mediterranean Sea is one of the shipping companies that when a vessel is chartered she’s given a predecessor name. The first known VENTO DI GRECALE at Malta was the Italian built 119 metres long ro/ro […]
BFT Season 2022 – Movements – 21 to 26.05.2022
May is here and Blue Fin Tuna (BFT) Season is here with interesting Turkish fishing vessels coming to tow tuna cages from various spots that belong to Licensed Tuna Farms – Saturday 21st May, 2022. 1453 hrs – 1993 built TUR flag purse seiner SUAYIP KETENCI with fishing matricola 34A 4901 entered Grand Harbour coming from […]
Former Military – Maltese Fishing Vessel MADONNA TA POMPEI F 14
One of the former British Forces vessels left in Malta and acquired for various services was the Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) ML 1271 built in 1943 by and used as the fishing vessel MADONNA TA POMPEI F 14. As HDML’s their numbers were from ML 1001 to ML 1600, designed by the Admiralty and […]
Local Shipping – Sea Malta’s – PINTO
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 […]
Broken Up – SEVE-SEAS I at Malta – Q 4 of 2021.
The 62 year old tanker SEVE-SEAS I was broken up at Malta after being shifted to MMH Facilities by the tug GOZZO on Thursday 16th September, 2021. Started her life as HSwMS FRYKEN A 217 with the Swedish Navy she was delivered on 24th November, 1959 supporting the navy with fresh water. She was built […]
Breaking Up – 1971 built fishing vessel MAR NOVA
One of the former local vessels that were broken up this year in 2021 , was the former stern trawler F 301 CARMELA named as MAR NOVA. Built in UK by W. R. Cunis Ltd., Woolwich as FARID with yard no 667 completed for Mohammed Javed Motoghri, Iran. After several ownerships she was brought to […]
Fishing Vessels – TOK TOK
A British built fishing vessel which ended her years in black events was the 1975 built TOK TOK. She was originally the Petershead Tynedraft 86 Class Fishing Vessel GOLDEN DAWN bearing fishing matricola PD 211 and later while she was delivered to Maltese owners she was flying Irish (IRL) Flag and with matricola as BS […]
