Casualty – Semi Submersible Drilling Rig OCEAN VALIANT agrounds off Tunisia – 12.01.2025
On the night of 11th January, the 1988 HHI built semi submersible drilling rig (ssdr) OCEAN VALIANT ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea at Dherwa beach 20 kilometers west of Bizerte, Tunisia. She was being towed by the offshore supply vessel SPM NEEL PRATAP 180 , former MAERSK TRACER from Scotland bound to Aliaga, Turkey […]
Local Shipping – Asso Zejt 1
One of the few locally owned anchor handling vessel ASSO ZEJT 1 home ported at Valletta, Malta with RINA Class is always in order. She was built in Norway by Salthammer Baatbyggeri at Vestnes in 1975 as GRUNNO ANNE until 1977 when she was sold to Viking Ships and renamed ANNE VIKING. During January 1992 […]
Towage – MEGARA spotted off Malta – 17.02.2018. The 1993 built ITA flag tugboat MEGARA was spotted 11 nautical miles North West off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo on Saturday 17th February during a passage from Zarzis, Tunisia to Augusta, Sicily at 0515 hrs ( 0415 UTC).She was built in Germany by Hitzler Werft, Lauenberg with gross of 304 […]
RIG MOVE – DELTA QUEEN by BRODOSPAS MOON at Malta – 07.06.2008. The 1986 built 67 metres offshore supply ship BRODOSPAS MOON owned by Brodospas, Croatia towed the 1981 built Jack Up Oil Rig DELTA QUEEN formerly WEST TITANIA from Medserv Base at Marsaxlokk Harbour to offshore Tunisia escorted by Greek tug MED FOS. Photos by […]
