Towage – Tug DUCHESS towing Barges GPS 631 and OSPREY FABRIQUE – 25.08.2023
On Friday 25th August 2023 the Damen 2021 built 27.05 metre anchor handling tug DUCHESS arrived at Malta towing 2 Flat Top Barges – a Damen Stan Pontoon 6316, the 63metre GPS 631 and the Tabmarine Barge 5019 50 metre OSPREY FABRIQUE. Local Tugs SEA SALVOR and WENZINA who was on duty started the operation […]
Cargo News – Steel Sheet Piles for Ras Hanzir Area Quay Extension Project – June 2024
On Tuesday 18th June, 2024 the 2011 Turkish built and owned general cargo ship AMISOS entered Grand Harbour bound to Laboratory Wharf South 1, passing breakwaters at 0621 hrs. Her call was to discharge Steel Sheet Piles to be used at Ras Hanzir Jetty Extension Project. The segments with indented profiles interlock to form a […]
Harbour Facilities – Ras Hanzir Project, Malta – 29.02.2024
During Q 4 of the year 2020 it was announced that a new wharf for cargo will be built at the Ras Ħanżir area, part of Grand Harbour , a project that will cost €65 million, partially funded by the EU Cohesion Fund. The Planning Authority File No : PA/08472/19 with ERA Reference EA/00042/19 is […]
AFM – Arrival of P 71 , largest Patrol Vessel for Malta – 07.11.2022
On Monday 7th November, 2022 at 0751 hrs the 74.8 metres Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) P 71 as C 890 entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her delivery voyage coming from Chioggia, Italy. She berthed port side alongside at Ras Hanzir Dolphins (RHD). With a full load displacement of over 2,000 tonnes, 74.8 metres as length […]
Maltese Fortifications – Ras Hanzir Polverista – 24.08.2019
Although the Order of Saint John built extensive fortifications around most of the Grand Harbour area, Corradino was not fortified. A proposal to build a bastioned enceinte was made in the 1670s following the Cretan War between 1645 and 1669 but this was never built due to a lack of funds; the only military building […]
