Anchor Weekly News – Week 18 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 28th April. From 0011 to 0344 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO LIVORNO was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com  (D) 0241 hrs – the MPP ship MSC CALEDONIA II […]

Maiden Call – Greek Refrigerated Ship AVRAMAR FRY at Malta – 08.04.2024

On Monday 8th April, 2024 the former Maltese owned refrigerated vessel SANTINA passed breakwaters at 13o5 hrs as the Greek flag and owned boat AVRAMAR FRY. She was built in Spain by Rodman Polyships at Vigo, Spain as the PUNTA LA GAVIOTA homeported at Santa Cruz De Tenerife (ESP Flag) in March 1999 with fishing […]

CMA CGM News – Empty Equipment Imbalance Surcharge (EEIS) – From Turkey to Spain from 15th March, 2024

Considering regional developments and in a continued effort to provide our customers with reliable and efficient services, CMA CGM has decided to revise the following Empty Equipment Imbalance Surcharge (EEIS)*: – Scope: IntraMed – Origin range: From Turkey (excluding Mersin & Iskenderun) – Destination range: To Spain Med – Cargo: Dry (including special equipment), IMO & Reefer – Amounts: EUR […]

Drug Bust – 8 tons of cocaine found in Maersk container at Rotterdam – August 2023

Dutch customs have recently made the largest ever drug bust in the Port of Rotterdam by seizing 8 tons of cocaine from a container aboard a Maersk containership in a container reefer of bananas. According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, the drugs represent an “enormous” street value of €600m ($653m). The container with more […]

Reefers – 1983 built DALMACIJA FRIGO at Malta – 2003

One of the Yugoslavian built vessels was the 1983 built refrigerated cargo ship DALMACIJA FRIGO. She was built by Split Shipyard ( now Brodosplit) at Split, Yugoslavia for Mediteranska Plovidba DD, Croatia, chartered to various companies including with the Arctic Reefers Pool, set up by Cool Carriers in January 1999. On Thursday 8th May 2003 […]

Reefers – 2021 built Chinese owned OCEAN STAR at Malta – 03.08 – 14.09.2022

A rare refrigerated cargo ship seen at Valletta, Malta was the 2021 built 118 metre long Chinese state owned ship OCEAN STAR. She entered Grand Harbour on Wednesday 3rd August at 0623 hrs berthing at MMH Facilities, coming from Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Said to be China’s first ultra-low temperature reefer ship she was built in […]