Fishing Vessel – Spanish Gill Netter NUESTRA MADRE LORETO
One of the Spanish Fishing Vessels that from time to time she’s seen in our waters is the 1997 built gill netter NUESTRA MADRE LORETO. She was built in Spain by Astilleros Cardama in Vigo with yard number 403 as NUESTRA MADRE LORETO homeported at Santa Pola since July 1997 with fishing matricola as 3ª […]
MSPAP – Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos 32nd Anniversary – 01.08.2022
Last Monday 1st August , Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos (MSPAP) celebrated her 32nd anniversary. It is a great honor and a great joy for me that together with my team we embarked on a great adventure and we are navigating worldwide. For some of you, you think that this is our hobby….We started […]
Offshore News – 33 metre supply vessel DOT 1
A Japanese Built Crewboat that used to be homeported at Valletta and owned by a Maltese Shipping Group, was seen renamed as DOT 1 berthed and loading for Libya for the first time on Tuesday 13th July, 2021. She was built in 1980 by Yokohama Yacht at Yokohama, Japan being the second commercial vessel built […]
Offshore – OOC JAGUAR at Malta – 20.12.2020
One of the offshore units of Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) frequently using Malta is the 2011 built offshore supply ship OOC JAGUAR. She was spotted back to February 2015 using both Medserv Base at Marsaxlokk Harbour and MMH Facilities at Grand Harbour, Malta. She was built in Thailand by Italthai Marine at Samut Prakan in […]
Offshore – ASSO VENTIQUATTRO leaving Malta – 03.11.2020
One of the frequent offshore supply vessels around is the 2001 built ASSO VENTIQUATTRO. She was built in Danmark by Orskov Yard at Fredrikshavn and been in active these golden years, She was seen in Malta back in 2004 when during May she was spotted with the semi-submersible drilling rig (ssdr) BREDFORD DOLPHIN at the […]
Towage – HOROZ towing SCHIEDAM – 20.01.2020
A year after she was spotted the first time approaching Grand Harbour (Towing VON PERLE on 20.01.2019) the 1978 built tugboat HOROZ was seen towing the 72.96 m long floating sheerlegs SCHIEDAM on Monday 20th January, 2020. SCHIEDAM was built in 1971 in Germany by HDW Kiel originally Bugsier ROLAND. She’s 72.96 m long with 24.00 […]
Valletta (Grand Harbour) Commercial Shipping Movements – Week 8 of 2019.
Monday 18th February, 2019. Busy Monday as usual with Grimaldi Lines ropax’s EUROFERRY OLYMPIA calling from midnight to around 0430 hrs with the 200m ropax EUROCARGO MALTA calling from 0830 to 1900 hrs. Vessels were represented in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com Also 2 Tirrenia/Moby Cargo vessels with the 2003 built ITA flag […]
MMH MALTA – Week 44 of 2018
Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) is located within the inner of Valletta (Grand Harbour), and ideally positioned to serve the marine oil and gas servicing industries by providing drilling, sub-sea and marine operations, engineering, maintenance and storage and other services. The following are movements within Week 44 Monday 29th October, 2018. At 1737 hrs VOS PATIENCE left Valletta from […]
MMH MALTA – Week 42 of 2018
Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) is located within the inner of Valletta (Grand Harbour), and ideally positioned to serve the marine oil and gas servicing industries by providing drilling, sub-sea and marine operations, engineering, maintenance and storage and other services. The following are movements within Week 42 Tuesday 16th October, 2018. At 2028 hrs VOS PATIENCE left Valletta from […]
MMH MALTA – Week 38 of 2018
Mediterranean Maritime Hub (MMH) is located within the inner of Valletta (Grand Harbour), and ideally positioned to serve the marine oil and gas servicing industries by providing drilling, sub-sea and marine operations, engineering, maintenance and storage and other services. The following are movements within Week 38 Monday 17th September, 2018. At 1405 hrs the 2003 built NIS […]