Yachting – LADY SARYA owner dies – 23.02.2021
One of the Italian built legendary superyachts around is the 1972 built LADY SARYA. She was built by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania in Marina di Carrara, Italy, for New York property developer William Levitt as LA BELLE SIMONE She use to host the most glamorous celebrities of the era, including Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine, […]
Malta Shipyards – Oil Rig ATWOOD HUNTER – 04.01 – 22.01.2008
On Friday 4th January, 2008 at 1022 hrs the semi-submersible drilling rig (ssdr) ATWOOD HUNTER towed by the Chinese built offshore supply vessel ALDEN J LABORDE and assisted by 4 Tug Malta tugs entered Grand Harbour. The Deepwater Floater drilling rig was built in USA by Alabama Shipyard in 1981 as DIAMOND M HUNTER for […]
Tanker News – Maersk Tankers Sells 14 Product Tankers for $422 Million – December 2020
Maersk Product Tankers has announced an agreement for the sale of 14 product tankers, a portion of which will be bareboat chartered back to the company. The agreement on the sale was reached with China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., which will purchase the vessels at a total cost of $422 million. Nine of the […]
Offshore – Arrival of Jack Up Oil Rig TOPAZ DRILLER in Malta – 07.10.2020
On Wednesday 7th October, 2020 the 2012 built Chinese semi-submersible heavy lift vessel HUA HAI LONG loaded with the 2009 built jack up oil rig TOPAZ DRILLER arrived at Malta for discharging operation from Port Gentil, Gabon. HUA HAI LONG was built in China at China Merchants Heavy Industries at Shenzhen. It’s the third time […]
Offshore – 3 Vroon Offshore Services Platform Supply Vessels for recycling – 16.09.2020
On Wednesday 16th September, 2020 it was announced that Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has decided to dispose of three platform supply vessels (PSV), with the aim of “right-sizing” her PSV fleet. All 3 vessels joined the Vroon fleet on delivery from the shipyard and over the years, they have engaged in platform supply operations for a […]
Offshore News – Stena Drilling awarded contract in Bahamas – 26.05.2020
Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) has signed an offshore drilling rig contract with Stena Drilling. BPC will use the drilling rig to drill its Perseverance #1 prospect offshore The Bahamas. As previously reported, BPC has postponed the Perseverance #1 drilling operation from H1 2020 to Q4 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic disease outbreak, and to […]
Tugboat – MELILLI
The 1980 built Italian tug MELILLI is still going strong currently operating at Pozzallo Port, Sicily. She was built by Cantiere Navale Giorgetti at Viareggio, Italy as yard no 28 for Augustea Imprese Marittime e di Salvataggi Spa. Her dimensions are 27.61 metres long with 7.32 metres beam and 3.37 metres as maximum draught powered […]
Noble Homer Ferrington towage – Aerial Photography – 11.06.2009
On Thursday 11th June 2009, the 2006 built CAN flag anchor handling supply vessel MAERSK DETECTOR towing the 1984 built semi-submersible oil rig NOBLE HOMER FERRINGTON was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta heading to the rig area off Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta. MAERSK DETECTOR was built in 2006 by Astilleros y […]
Local Shipping – SANTA TEREZA
One of the former bunkering tankers operating in the Maltese Waters/Outside Territorial Waters was the 1974 built chemical/oil products tanker SANTA TEREZA. She was built in Norway at Vaagen Verft Engineering at Kyrkesaeterora as BRAGD trading until 1987 and SARA THERESA until April 2004 where she was sold to Falzon Service Station Ltd (FSSL) and […]
Offshore – MAERSK PROMOTER sold and renamed AMAZON CHIEFTAIN Z – Sept 2015
One of the offshore supply vessels that was sold by Maersk Supply Service (MSS) was the 15,600 BHP supply vessel MAERSK PROMOTER that was sold to Greece and renamed AMAZON CHIEFTAIN Z. She was built in 1992 by Vard Soviknes at Sovik in Norway as 76 m long with 17.2m beam and maximum draft of […]
