High Speed Craft – HSC ARTEMIS sold and left Malta – June 2023
Ponte Ferries’ catamaran HSC ARTEMIS arrived yesterday Monday 19th June at Algeciras, Spain after she was sold to the Spanish company FRS Iberia after winning the bid from two interests. Other one was from Greek interests. HSC ARTEMIS was acquired from Fred Olsen, a leading ferry operator in Spain that specializes in inter-island routes aboard […]
Cruise Liner – CORINTHIAN
One of the famous (Batch 1) Renaissance cruise liners still around the world in the cruise line industry is the 1990 built MLT flag CORINTHIAN. She was launched in 1990, built by Cantiere Navale Ferrari-Signani in La Spezia, Italy and was operated by Renaissance Cruises as the RENAISSANCE IV. Above image is of RENAISSANCE FOUR […]
Anti Piracy Vessels – DE 421
One of the fishing vessels that was converted into an anti piracy vessel is the Maltese (MLT) Flag vessel DE 421. She was built at Muggia, Trieste in Italy in 1994 as PUCCIO SECONDO with fishing matricola as CT 2850 homeported a Catania, Italy. During 2015 she use to operate for a Maltese company and […]
Maltese Fishing Vessels – MFA 283 SAN NIKOLA
One of the Danish built vessels that used to trade around the Maltese Islands was the 1963 built 25.03 metre fishing vessel SAN NIKOLA. She was built in Denmark by Marstal Traeskibsverft at Marstal as the SLEIPNIR VE 62 for scampi fishing at Iceland. In 1996 she was bought to Maltese owners and brought to […]
Local Shipping – 29 towing Bezz IV – 02.05.2015
One of the 6 former US Army tugs that was donated by the US Government to Malta and currently owned by Bezzina Maritime Services is no doubt the famous workhorse tug 29. She was built by American Electric Welding Co, Savannah, Georgia, USA as ST 2029 for the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1952. […]
Local Shipping – Sea Malta’s – GUDJA
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 […]
CMA CGM News – Scanning Fee in Congo – 11.05.2023
CMA CGM informs its customers that for cargo bound for Congo, in accordance with Decree 7666 of April 2021, CMA CGM Shipping Lines will collect the Scanning fee from its customers as follows: Effective June 10th, 2023 (BL date): Port: Pointe Noire, Congo & final destinations on the Congolese territory Perimeter: Import Cargo: all cargo Amounts: EUR […]
Local Shipping – Dredger LEONE
The smallest dredger in the Maltese Islands is the Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) LEONE. CSD are designed to dredge rock, clay, silt, and sand and use where the ground is too hard for trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD). Cutter Suction Dredgers dredge mechanically by a rotating cutter head and suitable for land reclamation, deepening harbors […]
Maltese Fishing Vessels – MFA 7053 CRYSTAL STARLIGHT
One of the Belgian built vessels trading around the Maltese Islands is the 1986 built 23.85 fishing vessel CRYSTAL STARLIGHT. Built by Fulton Marine NV at Ruisbroek, Belgium as the Belgian (BEL) vessel MANTA with call sign OPBL. She was seen in Malta back to May 2010 berthed at the Old Fishmarket. Then during August […]
Maiden Call – Cruise Liner MSC WORLD EUROPA – 19.04.2023
On Wednesday 19th April, 2023 at 0638 hrs the 2022 built World Class ship MSC WORLD EUROPA entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call starting the Malta to Malta 7 Nights Cruise till October 2023. She was […]
