Maiden Call – 2024 built general cargo ship ALMA at Malta – 30.11.2024
End of November completed with maiden calls and one of them was the 2024 built multi purpose vessel ALMA, that passed breakwaters at 1135 hrs last Saturday 30th November, 2024. Delivered last 13th February she was built at Waterhuizen by Gs Yard BV in the Netherlands as the 3,636 deadweight (dwt) multi purpose vessel with […]
Towage – EAST towing barge TMI 7 with 63.50 m sailing yacht Hull as deck cargo off Malta – 2010
During August, 2010 an interesting towage was seen within territorial waters (wtw) of Malta consisting of the Dutch owned tug EAST towing the flat top barge TMI 7 loaded with the 63.50 m sailing yacht MIKHAIL S. VORONTSOV hull. Tug EAST was built in Malaysia by Kian Juan Dockyard at Miri as yard number KJD […]
Broken Up – Semi Submersible Heavy Load Carrier TERN – 14th March 2017
One of the Norwegian built ships , was the semi-submersible heavy load carrier TERN who throughout her 35 year long career, she transported a large variety of heavy loads. She was built at Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted at Tonsberg in Norway as DYVI TERN trading until January 1988. In 1988 she was renamed to TERN H.I. […]
Cargo News – Norwegian Ship BRUFJELL loading grit from Palumbo Malta Shipyard – August 2024.
Grit blasting is a common surface preparation method used in various industries, such as shipbuilding and maintenance. It involves using compressed air to propel abrasive grit particles onto a surface, which creates a roughened surface profile necessary for proper adhesion of a new coating. Grit blasting is effective in removing mill scale, rust, and old […]
Research Vessel – OCEANXPLORER
One of the world’s most advanced research vessel is the Spanish built OCEANXPLORER of which a year ago she was spotted at Grand Harbour, Malta berthed after her maiden call was done during January, 2022. She was built at Yildirim Shipyard at Istanbul, Turkey as a hull and completed in Spain by Freire Shipyard in […]
Malta Naval Visits – August 2024
Contrary to the month of July, August was an interesting month indeed, starting with an interesting Russian Navy Replenishment tanker RFS AKADEMIK PASHIN that passed in the Malta/Sicily Channel on Friday 2nd August. Tuesday 6th August. The Italian Navy (Marina Militare Italiana) ocean ketch , a sail training yacht ITS ORSA MAGGIORE A 5323 anchored […]
Casualties – 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after fire blaze in Italy – 10.08.2024
The 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after a fire broke out aboard in the evening of Saturday 10th August while she was anchored in the Gulf of Olbia in Sardinia, Italy. Dramatic footage released by the Olbia Coast Guard showed the flames spread from the aft portion of the vessel until ATINA was entirely engulfed […]
Yachting – 2023 built 45.2 metre yacht MILELE at Malta – June 2023
One of the Dutch Built Yachts trading around is the 2023 built MILELE of which we saw her in Malta both berthed at Marina Di Valletta and local cruising within territorial waters (wtw). She was built by the Monnickendam based Royal Hakvoort Shipyard with Aluminium Hull and superstructure designed by the Naval Architects Van Oossanen […]
Maiden Call – Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) VOX AMALIA at Malta – 25.03.2024
On Monday 25th March, 2024 the Spanish built Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) VOX AMALIA entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call passing breakwaters at 0650 hrs coming from Rotterdam, Netherlands. With a length overall (loa) of 158 meters, a beam of 36 meters, limiting the maximum draft to 10.54 m with a load […]
Maiden Call – Euro Carrier 2611 Multicat VIKING ENERGY at Malta – 18.02.2024
Another Euro Carrier 2611 multicat , this time from a Scottish Company , the VIKING ENERGY entered Grand Harbour, Malta last Sunday 18th February passing breakwaters at 1251 hrs coming from Constanta, Romania via Bosphorus Straits, Turkey with her berth being Deep Water Quay (DWQ) 4 ahead of Virtu Gozo High Speed Craft (HSC). The […]
