Anchor Weekly News – 1st to 9th March 2025.
Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Saturday 1st March. First shipping movement at Valletta was the arrival of the 2017 built tug ST ANGELO that passed breakwaters at 0559 hrs wearing fresh MedTug livery from Augusta, Sicily after she was drydocked. More images here – St. […]
Delivery – 2024 newbuilt Hybrid Double Ended Ferry PIETRO MONDELLO at Malta – 14.12.2024
The 2024 newbuilt Hybrid double ended ferry PIETRO MONDELLO entered Valletta, Malta on Sunday 14th December at 1638 hrs from her builders – Sefine Shipyard in Turkey (Left Turkey on Wednesday 11th December) bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd, berthing at Factory Wharf. Designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm LMG Marin, the vessel was named […]
High Speed Craft – MSC Group subsidiary SNAV to operate new fast ferry – 15.08.2024
Intermarine SpA has delivered the new High Speed Craft (HSC) SNAV SIRIUS to Società Navigazione Alta Velocità (SNAV), a Naples-based vessel operating company under the MSC Group. The SNAV SIRIUS is a latest-generation ferry for short sea crossings, which will operate in the Bay of Naples, according to the company’s release. The SNAV SIRIUS is […]
Cruise Liner News – Strong weather preventing cruise liners calling at Malta – 28/29.04.2024
With the current winds that is strong at times on exposed areas of the Maltese Islands Cruise Liner Scheduled port of calls were hampered and automatically they had to call to other ports in Sicily. On Sunday 28th April the 326 metre cruise liner NORWEGIAN ESCAPE had to cancel her scheduled call at Valletta and […]
Migrant Rescue Ship – THEBACKLASH leaving Malta fresh from refit/drydocking – January, 2024
With 26 hospital beds the 2000 built vessel, THEBACKLASH left Malta last Monday 29th January, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0931 hrs after 4 months refit including drydocking. She was originally built as the HAVILA STAR in Norway by Kleven Verft – Ulsteinvik, with yard number 288 for Atlantic Offshore Rescue – Aberdeen, UK. During 2007 […]
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY – DUKE II towing High Speed Craft SPEED JET – 06.10.2022
One of the towages around the world operated by Dutch Marine Contractors (DMC) was the towage of the Austal 82 catamaran SPEED JET towed by the 34 metre tug DUKE II was photographed from the air by Malta Ship Photos in the Mediterranean Sea . DUKE II was built by Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV, Zwijndrecht, […]
High Speed Craft – Hydrofoils Built in Malta
One of the well known Hydrofoil Builder based at Messina, Sicily (Italy) is no doubt – Rodriquez Cantieri Navali (RCN) The history of RCN has far-off origins, and one has to go back to 1887 to date the beginning of this long and variegated entrepreneurial event. In fact, that year Leopoldo Rodriquez set up a […]
Tugboat News – GIOVANNI BALISTRERI sold – March 2022
During March 2022 the Italian tugboat GIOVANNI BALISTRERI was sold to Nigerian interests. She was built in Italy in July 1980 by Cantiere Navali Giorgetti in Viareggio as MULETTO with yard number 29 for the Augusta company Augustea Imprese Marittime E Di Salvataggi SpA working as a harbour tug at Messina. With 27.62 metres length […]
Naval News – Maiden Deployment for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 – 2021
In the afternoon of Saturday 30th May, 2021 the Aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH R 08 left her home in Portsmouth ahead of her first operational deployment. She will lead the UK’s Carrier Strike Group, which is taking part in an exercise off Scotland before departing for a tour of the Indo-Pacific region. Image by […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Ropax MOBY CORSE – 07.06.2021 – 19.06.2021
One of the most interesting ferries still around and currently operated by Moby Lines is the 1978 built MOBY CORSE which entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Monday 7th June, 2021 at 1341 hrs coming from Messina, Sicily. She was bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyards for drydocking at Dock 6 assisted by 1 tug – SEA […]
