Anchor Weekly News – Week 14 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 31st March. (D) 0358 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf coming and going to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0441 to 1937 hrs the ro/ro […]
Anchor Weekly News – Week 12 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 17th March. (D) – 0053 hrs the 1988 built BLZ flag general cargo ship NS PRIDE entered Valletta for Magazine Wharf. More images can be found here – https://maltashipphotos.com/photo/ns-pride-13-07-2021/ (D) – 0252 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA passed breakwaters outbound […]
Renaming – EUROCARGO ISTANBUL to MERNA 2 – February, 2025

One of the Italian built ro/ro ships trading around – EUROCARGO ISTANBUL was sold during February 2025 and renamed as MERNA 2. She entered Grand Harbour on Thursday 13th February at 1516 hrs. She was built at Cantieri Navali Visentini, Italy as FRANZ in 1998 with yard number 184 for Levantina Trasporti Srl with sister […]
Advertising – Welcome Aboard to Salvo Grima Group – February 2025

Creative advertisement graphics, billboards, commercials and social media ads are all around us. They compete with each other for our attention using techniques proven to inspire an emotional reaction. Help your brand rise above average with creative advertising ideas and the right tools to achieve your goals. Another Logo was added today to SALVO GRIMA […]
Iran Tensions – American roro ship chased by Iranian Navy – 24.01.2025

UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) which coordinates and monitors security in the region issued two warnings on Friday, January 24, while reporting the authorities were investigating. One of them was from the 2011 built roro ship LIBERTY POWER which the master reported that the ship was approached by a small military craft around 0630 hrs […]
Advertising – Welcome Aboard to Alldive Ltd – January 2025

Creative advertisement graphics, billboards, commercials and social media ads are all around us. They compete with each other for our attention using techniques proven to inspire an emotional reaction. Help your brand rise above average with creative advertising ideas and the right tools to achieve your goals. Another Logo was added today to ALLDIVE LTD […]
Maritime Incident – General Cargo Ship TRIO CAN BERAT dragging anchors – 17.01.2025

Strong Winds challenge maritime trade. High, swollen waves caused by these strong winds are a risk to large ships as they may result in cargo containers getting lost or damaged, leading to unwanted delays. On Friday 17th January , the Maltese Islands had strong SE Force 7 winds. Around 1320 hrs the Dutch Built general […]
Offshore – Discharging of 2024 built Jack Up Oil Rig VALI at Malta – 27-28.12.2024

The latest KFELS Super B Class Jack Up Rig for Borr Drilling delivered from Seatrium’s Pioneer Shipyard in Singapore rig roughly a year ahead of schedule – VALI arrived at Malta as a piggyback aboard the semi submersible heavy load carrier SEAWAY EAGLE on Friday 27th December, 2024. VALI was loaded from Singapore and the […]
Bunkering – Chinese Heavy Load Carrier ZHEN HUA 36 – November, 2024

During the last days of November, 2024 the 2003 built heavy load carrier (converted) ZHEN HUA 36 called OPL Malta for Uplifting Bunkers. She was built in Japan by Tsuneishi Tshipbuilding Co Ltd in Tadotsu as yard no 1246 (from January 2001 to August 2003) as the crude oil tanker PETROZAVODSK for Russian Owners SCF […]
Dangerous Goods – Damaged Bulker RUBY entered Great Yarmouth, UK for repairs – 28.10.2024

Today Monday 28th October, 2024 the damaged South Korean built bulker RUBY entered Peel Ports at Great Yarmouth, UK at 0652 UTC time. She loaded a 20,000-tonne cargo of ammonium nitrate and departed the port of Kandalaksha, Russia in late August. She ran aground in a storm shortly after getting under way and sustained damage […]