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 […]
CMA CGM News – Meet CMA CGM at the upcoming Fruit Logistica exhibition from 7 to 9th February, 2024

Fruit Logistica is the world’s leading exhibition for fresh products and attracts more than 40,000 visitors representing the entire supply chain, from over 130 countries. At FRUIT LOGISTICA you can find the complete range of products, services and technical solutions from every part of the value chain – whether in seed, fruit and vegetable development or packaging […]
CMA CGM News – FAK Rates – From Asia to the Mediterranean & North Africa effective from 1st December, 2023

Please find the new applicable CMA CGM Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates (*) as follows as from December 1st, 2023 (loading date) until further notice: Destinations 20′ 40’/40’HC/40’REEFER West Med USD 1,400 USD 2,000 Adriatic USD 1,550 USD 2,100 East Med USD 1,600 USD 2,100 Black Sea USD 1,750 USD 2,200 Syria EUR 2,600 EUR 4,700 […]
CMA CGM News – FAK Rates – From Asia to North Europe effective from 1st December,2023

Please find the new applicable CMA CGM Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates (*) as follows as from December 1st, 2023 (loading date) until further notice: 20’GP 40’GP/40’HC/40’REEFER Asia to North Europe USD 1,000 USD 1,800 Base port to base port rates. Out-ports are subject to usual TAO/TAD. These new FAK rates will apply as follows: […]
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 […]
CMA CGM News – PCS in Oran, Alger & Bejaia, Algeria from Indian Subcontinent, Middle East Gulf & Red Sea from 15.07.2023

We inform our customers that the operational situation in Oran, Alger and Bejaia, Algeria has been deteriorating for the past few weeks with no positive perspective in the weeks to come and we are experiencing huge delays in this port between congestion/waiting time plus berth time on the current vessels berthing sequences with following impacts: […]
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 […]