ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Migrant Rescue Ship ELEONORE

On Saturday 24th August, 2019 the 1961 built former fishing vessel ELEONORE started her first rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea. Two days later on Monday 26th August rescued 104 distressed migrants off the Libyan coast from a sinking rubber boat. Most of them were transferred on board by the ship’s RHIB, some had to be […]
Bunkering – 2023 built MPP ship JSP TORNO at Malta – 22.12.2024

One of the Chinese built ships trading around the world is the 2023 built ship JSP TORNO who called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Sunday 22nd December, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0930 hrs and berthed at Magazine Wharf. She was built at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd with Hull no as DJHC 6057 and […]
Advertising – Welcome Aboard to NIC Company Limited – July 2024

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 lately to NIC Company […]
BFT Season 2024 – 4 Turkish Purse Seiners at Valletta, Malta – 25.05.2024

The eastern bluefin (BFT) migration has supported valuable fisheries in the Mediterranean since antiquity. Initially based on hand lines and beach seines, these fisheries were dominated after the 16th century by tuna cages placed in the path of migrating tuna. After the expansion of purse seines and longlines in the Atlantic (in the 1950s) and […]
Delivery – Service Operation Vessel (SOV) GRAMPIAN TEES at Malta – December, 2023

Last Thursday 21st December, 2023 the North Star Group Hybrid Electric Service Operation Vessel (SOV), GRAMPIAN TEES called at Grand Harbour, Malta at 1730 hrs (1630 UTC) berthing at Pinto 3 Wharf for crew change, uplifting bunkers and stores/provisions. She’s the third vessel in a series of four destined for decade-long minimum charters to […]
Delivery – Service Operation Vessel (SOV) GRAMPIAN DERWENT at Malta – August, 2023

Last August 2023 the North Star Group Hybrid Electric Service Operation Vessel (SOV), the second vessel in a series of four – GRAMPIAN DERWENT called at Grand Harbour, Malta berthing at Pinto 3 Wharf for crew change, uplifting bunkers and stores/provisions. The DNV classed vessel , which is the largest from the class of four […]
Bunkering – Superyacht TRANQUILITY and her support vessel GAME CHANGER at Valletta Cruise Port – 27.11.2023

Due to the ongoing works on St. Angelo Wharf bridge linked to Grand Harbour Marina (GHM), no road tankers can pass through so all yachts moored at GHM have to shift to a commercial berth. This happened again last Monday 27th November when both the 92 m superyacht TRANQUILITY and her 72 m support vessel […]
Cargo News – First Cargo Sail Ship at Malta – Oct/Nov 2023

On Tuesday 15th February, 2022 the French shipping company Grain de Sail ordered a second cargo sailboat for Transatlantic Shipments and on Tuesday 31st October, 2023 the newly built vessel GRAIN DE SAIL II passed Grand Harbour, Malta breakwaters at 0927 hrs coming from Piriou’s shipyard at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam via Suez Canal […]
Maiden Call – Yuan Yu 711; Yuan Yu 712 and Yuan Yu 716 – 06.11.2023

The second batch from the 10 Chinese Bottom Trawlers calling at Malta entered on Monday 6th November, 2023. First to pass breakwater (0741 hrs)was the 2021 built 28.61 metres Bottom Trawler YUAN YU 712 built at Huanghai Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Weihai, China completed on 11th August,2021. With Radio Callsign as BZV5D and homeported at Qin […]
Maiden Call – Yuan Yu 709, Yuan Yu 710 and Yuan Yu 717 – 05.11.2023

An interesting flotilla made up of 10 Chinese Bottom Trawlers made history in the Maltese Islands as being the first ever Chinese Fishing Vessels especially Bottom Trawlers to enter Grand Harbour, Malta. First one to pass breakwater (0741 hrs)was the 2021 built 28.61 metres Bottom Trawler YUAN YU 709 built at Huanghai Shipbuilding Co Ltd […]