Medserv – Diving Support Vessel VOLSTAD SURVEYOR Call during 2015
With Head office at Marsaxlokk Harbour and founded in 1974, originally at Manoel Island at Marsamxett Harbour (Until 2003) MEDSERV has become a trusted partner and provider of integrated oilfield support and services operating in and around the Mediterranean. Medserv provides integrated logistics support and services, including engineering services for plant and equipment used for the […]
Maiden Call – Research Vessel OCEAN VANGUARD at Malta – August to September 2024
The former Norwegian Government fishing support vessel DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN built in Norway was seen at Malta as the research vessel OCEAN VANGUARD homeported at Majuro, Marshall Islands (MHL Flag). Built in Norway by Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk as yard no 152 with keel laid on 18th November 1992, launched on 13th March 1993 and […]
Broken Up – Seismic Ship RAMFORM CHALLENGER – 20.10.2019
During 2019, the Norwegian built and owned seismic/research vessel RAMFORM CHALLENGER was sold to shipbreakers at Aliaga, Turkey and was beached on Sunday 20th October, 2019. She was built by Langsten Slip & Batbygg – Tomrefjord, Norway with yard no 169 though her hull was built by Tangen Verft A/S – Kragero, Norway with yard […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Italian Coast Guard detains rescue ship HUMANITY 1 – 05.03.2024
The 1976 built rescue ship HUMANITY 1 operated by SOS Humanity has been detained at Crotone Port for allegedly breaching new rules on search and rescue (SAR) in the Central Mediterranean, the German NGO said last Tuesday 5th March, 2024. The ship has been placed under administrative detention for 20 days in relation to the […]
Icebreaker – German Research Icebreaker POLARSTERN
One of the German Government Ships is the 1982 built German research icebreaker POLARSTERN (meaning Pole Star) of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany. She was built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel and Nobiskrug in Rendsburg as yard 707 with keel laid down on 22nd September 1981, launched on 6th January, […]
Research/Survey Vessel – HAWK EXPLORER
One of the converted fishing vessels that used to be around was the 1984 built HAWK EXPLORER. She was built in 1984 in Kragero, Norway by Tangen Verft as the Faroese fishing trawler HOGIFOSSUR with grey hull , fishing matricola as VA 65 trading until May 2006 when she was sold and renamed as HAWK […]
Research/Survey Vessel – BERGEN SURVEYOR
One of the converted fishing vessels that used to be around was the 1972 built BERGEN SURVEYOR. Above and timeline image is back to April, 2011 while leaving Aberdeen, Scotland. She was built in 1972 in Lowestoft (United Kingdom) by Brooke Marine as the fishing trawler SUB SURVEYOR I with red hull trading until 1982. […]
Naval News – Former seismic vessel VIKING VISION donated to Hellenic Navy – September 2023
The Hellenic Navy’s future multi-mission ship PERSEUS (for the voyage she was renamed as PERSEAS I ) arrived on Friday 1st September at Salamis Naval Base where she will receive the proper modifications in order to join the Navy soon. This is the fourth multi-purpose ship that joins the Navy as fleet support ship, all […]
Casualties – OceanGate submersible TITAN – June 2023
The RMS TITANIC bound submersible that went missing on Sunday 18th June, 2023 with five souls on board suffered a catastrophic implosion killing everyone on board, US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said on Thursday 22nd. A remotely operated vehicle found the tail cone of the Titan about 1,600 feet away from the bow […]
Accidents – Research Vessel PETREL – 22.03.2023
On Wednesday 22nd March, 2023 thirty-three people have been injured after the research vessel PETREL , that was previously owned by the co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen (who died in 2018), dislodged from her dock blocks inside a dry dock, with the 3,000-ton ship leaning at a 45-degree angle toppled over in a dry dock […]
