Local Shipping – Another Bomb Threat aboard Gozo Channel Line Ropaxes – 26.10.2024
Less than 24 hours another bomb threat was received around 1530 hrs aboard Gozo Channel Line ropaxes with the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) inspecting all 4 vessels and both Gozo & Cirkewwa Terminals. At the time both NIKOLAOS and MALITA were berthed at Mgarr Port. In the meantime Valletta VTS issued a securite warning […]
Local Shipping – Bomb Threat on Gozo Channel Line ropaxes – 25.10.2024
Around 1935 hrs, the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit within 3 Regiment was dispatched via Maritime Squadron Fast craft heading to Mgarr Port, Gozo due to a Bomb Treat on all Gozo Channel ropaxes. At the time both GAUDOS and MALITA were berthed at Mgarr Port. In the meantime Valletta […]
Harbour Facilities – Dismantling Gantry Crane at Laboratory Wharf – 2023
A GANTRY CRANE is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. Ship-to-shore gantry cranes are imposing, multi-story structures prominent at most container terminals, used to load intermodal containers on and off container ships. They operate along two rails (waterside and landside designations) spaced based on the size of crane […]
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 […]
Ferry – 2009 built ropax GNV SEALAND seen again at Malta – May 2024
The Bari homeported ropax GNV SEALAND was seen again in 2024 for few calls replacing a chartered roro while she was drydocked on the route Palermo-Malta-Palermo. She was last here last year (2023) at Palumbo Malta Shipyard to install the scrubber system and drydocking. Below are images while she was berthed at Parlatorio Wharf. More […]
Towage News – Rimorchiatori Sardi preparing to be sold to MSC – May 2024
After the transfer of the two ropax SHARDEN and MOBY VINCI to MSC, which both ships had collisions with Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) ropax ships another department of the Moby group is preparing to leave for Geneva, in settlement of the loan of 315 million euros which allowed the Onorato family group to emerge from […]
Grimaldi Lines – Ropax CUIDAD DE MAHON calls to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd from 23.02 to 03.03.2024
On Friday 23rd March the 2008 built ropax CUIDAD DE MAHON entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time passing breakwaters at 1413 hrs coming from Valencia, Spain , calling to Palumbo Malta Shipyards , straight to Dock 4. She was built in Spain at Hijos de J. Barreras S.A, Vigo with yard number 1654 […]
Broken Up – Soviet Passenger Ship MIKHAIL SUSLOV – 2013
One of the seven Dmitri Shostakovich class ferries of project B-492/B-493 originally built by Stocznia Szczecinska im Adolfa Warskiego Warskiego in Szczecin, Poland and used by the Soviet shipping companies was the yard no B492/04 MIKHAIL SUSLOV originally launched as VASILIY SOLOVYEV SEDOY. Leaving Grand Harbour, Malta back to 8th January, 1985. She was in service by the Soviet […]
Accidents – Car caught fire on ropax TA’ PINU – 03.07.2023
On Monday 3rd July, 2023 early afternoon a car aboard the ropax TA’ PINU caught fire while on Deck 2. Thanks to trained crew who took immediate action in extinguishing the fire & made sure of all safety issues with no damages neither to the ship neither to cars in the area. All passengers and […]
Passer By – Ropax BLUE STAR 1 – 04.06.2023
On Sunday 4th June, 2023 at 0009 hrs the 2000 built ropax BLUE STAR 1 was seen passing 28.8 nautical miles off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo while underway to home at Greece after she finished her charter with Irish Ferries and left Rosslare Harbour, Ireland 4 days ago last Wednesday 31st May. She was built by […]
