Delivery – Tug OCEAN AQUA at Malta – 25.03.2022
On Friday 25th March, 2022 the 2003 built VCT flag 22.35 metre Shoalbuster 2208 tug OCEAN AQUA entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0704 hrs coming from the Persian Gulf via Suez Canal for bunkers and stores/provisions on her maiden call while being delivered to new owners. She was launched by Stocznia Kozle Serwis Sp.Z o.o […]
Broken Up – Greenpeace Ship ESPERANZA – 21.02.2002
After 2 decades the Greenpeace ship ESPERANZA has arrived at the port of Gijon, in Spain on Saturday 12th February, 2002 for recycling procedures by DDR Vessels XXI, one of the 2 companies specialised in ship recycling authorised by the EU. She was built in Poland by Stocznia Polnocna at Gdansk as yard number B98/04 […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Cargo Ship INDIANA from 19 to 30.03.2011
One of the Polish built ships coming for drydocking and repair services for Palumbo Malta Shipyard was the 2000 built open hatch cargo vessel INDIANA. She entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 19th March, 2011 bound to Dock 6 assisted by 2 tugs. She was built at Szczecin by Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa SP Z OO […]
Passenger Ships – PALOMA I
One of the Polish built ships originally bound for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the 1980 built ferry DMITRIY SHOSTAKOVICH from a Class of 7 as Project B492/B493 by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland. She was the lead of her class which she was named for the Soviet era Russian composer […]
Cable Layer – SEAWAY AIMERY
One of the Vard Design ships is the 2016 built 95.30 metres long cable layer SEAWAY AIMERY. She has been designed as a dedicated cable lay vessel with significant hold space for cable storage and has also been designed to enable the cable crew to work under cover during laying operations to minimise the impact […]
Towage – FALISCA towing KAY (YARD 910) from Valletta, Malta – 18.03.2016
One of the most interesting Hull towages from Grand Harbour, Malta was of the 112 metre passenger ship YARD 910 known as KAY towed by the Italian tug FALISCA. She was built in Poland by Kommuny Paryskeij at Gdynia as Yard No B961/05. She was launched on 11th November 1989 and completed during April 1990 […]
Ferry – GNV AZZURRA
One of the GNV’s (Grandi Navi Veloci) ferries around is the 1981 built ropax GNV AZZURRA. In the late 70s the Swedish shipbuilding industry was suffering from a downturn, with little to no ships in order from Swedish shipyards. To help the industry the Swedish Prime Minister Ola Ullsten persuaded Rederi AB Gotland to order new ferries from Öresundsvarvet […]
Casualties – FRAU NANCY Disabled – April 2007
On Tuesday 24th April 2007 the local tug LIENI was seen towing the disabled 1972 built ship FRAU NANCY towards Grand Harbour, Malta. FRAU NANCY was bound to Algeria when engine problems occurred and she was disabled. Local tugboat LIENI was dispatched from Grand Harbour around 2200 hrs towards her position – 20 miles north […]
Cable Laying News – ILE D’OUESSANT latest acquisition for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs in Malta – 21.10.2020
On Wednesday 21st October, 2020 at 0749 hrs the latest acquisition for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France the 2011 built cable layer ILE D’OUESSANT entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time after coming from Dakar Anchorage, Senegal. She was built in China by Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry at Wuhan in 2011 as the TOISA WARRIOR for […]
Towage – BOA BRAGE towing BOABARGE 34 – 12.04.2020
One of the towages currently underway is the Norwegian tug BOA BRAGE towing the 140 metres long barge BOABARGE 34 from Rotterdam bound to Gdansk, Poland giving ETA of Friday 17th April, 2020. BOA BRAGE was built in 2009 by Med Marine, Turkey as ASD tug Rampart 3200 design and homeported at Valletta, Malta with […]
