Cruise Liners – PALLAS ATHENA
PALLAS ATHENA was an ocean liner that operated for French line as FLANDRE and Costa Crociere as CARLA C from 1992 to 1994. Built in 1951 as FLANDRE she was the French Line’s first new ocean liner following World War II. Her maiden voyage of 23rd July 1952 was considered a complete disaster, as she experienced mechanical difficulties throughout […]
MBL News – Newbuilt cruise liner ENCHANTED PRINCESS at Malta – 11 to 19.01.2021
On Monday 11th January, 2021 the 2020 newbuilt cruise liner ENCHANTED PRINCESS entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time. She was calling at Palumbo Malta Shipyard to drydock at Dock 6. ENCHANTED PRINCESS is the fifth Royal Class cruise ship of Carnival Corporation & plc to be operated by Princess Cruises. She was ordered on 2nd April, 2016 […]
Cruise Liner News – Carnival Corporation to dispose 6 cruise liners in the next 90 days – June 2020
Carnival which owns nine cruise brands ( Princess Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line, Costa Cruises, Aida Cruises, P&O Cruises, P&O Australia, Cunard Line, Seabourn, and Holland America Line) around the world has revealed that cruises will be resumed soon and it will be disposing off six cruise ships in the next 90 days on mid June […]
Coronavirus – Diamond Princess confirms 99 new cases – 17.02.2020
Another 99 people have tested positive for coronavirus aboard the cruise ship DIAMOND PRINCESS berthed at Yokohama, south of Tokyo in Japan bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 454. Hundreds of American passengers from the liner, where travellers have been mostly confined to their cabins since 3rd February, have been flown back to the […]
Cruise Liners – CARLA C
CARLA C was an ocean liner that took passengers on transatlantic voyages and on Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises from 1952 to 1994. Built in 1951 as FLANDRE she was the French Line’s first new ocean liner following World War II. Her maiden voyage of 23rd July 1952 was considered a complete disaster, as she experienced mechanical difficulties throughout the […]
MBL News – P&O AURORA and OCEANA meet at Valletta, Malta – 02.05.2019
P & O Cruises is a British cruise line based at Carnival House in Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & Plc. On Thursday 2nd May, 2019 morning two Passenger Liners OCEANA and AURORA met each other whilst berthed at Valletta Cruise Port. In fact first to enter was the […]
Naval News – French Navy FS CASSARD D 614 involved in Rescue in Persian Gulf – 20.11.2018
The French Navy rescued 12 Indian seafarers from the asphalt/bitumen tanker DURBAN QUEEN after the vessel ran into trouble and was sinking in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday 20th November. According to France’s Marine Nationale, the French guided missile frigate FS CASSARD D 614 which was preparing for a Replenishment At Sea (RAS) with USNS KANAWHA […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 44 of 2018
Valletta Cruise Port plc (formerly VISET Malta plc) is a limited liability company which took over the cruise and ferry terminal operations following an international tender issued by the Government of Malta in 1996. Valletta Cruise Port was awarded the project and the formal agreement was signed on the 23rd of November 2001. IL-HOFRIET […]
VALLETTA CRUISE PORT – SAPPHIRE PRINCESS – 22.04.2018. On Sunday 22nd April, 2018 the cruise liner of the Princess Cruises SAPPHIRE PRINCESS called Valletta during her maiden call berthing at Boiler Wharf since all Pinto wharves were occupied with 2 other MSC Crociere cruise liners bearing more or less the same length. Below Aerial images are of […]
VALLETTA CRUISE PORT – April 2018 Kick Off. On Thursday 5th April, a dull day with Easterly force 5 winds and the afternoon it was blowing to North Westerly Force 7 sometimes 8 at times 3 cruise liners berthed at the Valletta Cruise Port Terminal filling up the Waterfront berths.We had the 2000 built P&O […]
