Anchor Weekly News – Week 14 of 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 31st March. (D) 0358 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf coming and going to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0441 to 1937 hrs the ro/ro […]
Anchor Weekly News – Week 11 of 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 10th March. At 0344 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA passed breakwaters outbound to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0509 to 1725 hrs the 1999 built ro/ro ship ELISABETH RUSS was […]
Local Shipping – Former Shell Tanker – STAR ONE
One of the former Shell ships operating at Malta was the 1966 built Oil Products Tanker STAR ONE. She was ordered as ESK BANK by Shell-Mex & BP Ltd. on 17th August 1965 from Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth, with yard number 537. She was launched a year later exactly on the 16th August 1966 […]
Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Ship BRODOSPAS SUN – 20.12.2017
Brodospas was set up after the Second World War to clear Croatian port of the debris left from the conflict. It became a tug and salvage company and as the offshore oil industry started drilling holes in the seabed started to support the activity. One of the offshore boats was the 1986 built BRODOSPAS SUN. […]
Offshore – Crane Vessel SAIPEM 3000
The self-propelled dynamically positioned crane vessel SAIPEM 3000 is operated by the largest Italian offshore service provider Saipem , a former subsidiary of the energy company Eni . Built in 1984 by the Japanese shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as SNIMOS KING , she’s homeported at Nassau with a Bahamas flag. (BHS Flag). SAIPEM S.p.A. (Società Anonima Italiana Perforazioni E […]
Offshore – Discharging of 2024 built Jack Up Oil Rig VALI at Malta – 27-28.12.2024
The latest KFELS Super B Class Jack Up Rig for Borr Drilling delivered from Seatrium’s Pioneer Shipyard in Singapore rig roughly a year ahead of schedule – VALI arrived at Malta as a piggyback aboard the semi submersible heavy load carrier SEAWAY EAGLE on Friday 27th December, 2024. VALI was loaded from Singapore and the […]
Passer By – Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel SAIPEM 3000 – 13.11.2024
On Wednesday 13th November night around 2330 hrs the 1984 Japanese built offshore DP Heavy Lift vessel SAIPEM 3000 passed 32.7 nautical miles from Malta underway to her assignment. She’s not a new face to us at Malta and always called at Medserv Base, Marsaxlokk Harbour who happens to appreciate our maritime related work. She […]
Medserv – Tugs MIGHTY DELIVERER and RUBY DELIVERER calls in 2006
During Q 3 and Q 4 of the year 2006, two interesting offshore units called at Marsaxlokk Harbour berthing at Medserv. First one to call was the American Built tug MIGHTY DELIVERER which was built by Diamond Manufacturing Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia as hull no 478 as the BELCHER PORT EVERGLADES for the the Belcher Towing […]
Local Shipping – Tugboat MED ALDEBARAN christened at Malta – 04.12.2024
Today Wednesday 4th December Tug Malta held a naming ceremony for her latest tugboat MED ALDEBARAN , a Damen RSD Tug 2513 at Pinto 3 Wharf, part of Valletta Cruise Port (VCP). Damen and Tug Malta signed the contract for the vessel in March this year. Following completion of construction at Damen Song Cam Shipyard […]
Medserv – Diving Support Vessel VOLSTAD SURVEYOR Call during 2015
With Head office at Marsaxlokk Harbour and founded in 1974, originally at Manoel Island at Marsamxett Harbour (Until 2003) MEDSERV has become a trusted partner and provider of integrated oilfield support and services operating in and around the Mediterranean. Medserv provides integrated logistics support and services, including engineering services for plant and equipment used for the […]
