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 […]
ConRo News – Grimaldi’s Hybrid RoRo ECO BARCELONA at Malta – 02.01.2024
The second ship from a class of twelve hybrid vessels of the innovative Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class the ECO BARCELONA entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call on Tuesday 2nd January, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0804 coming from Genoa, Italy. She’s replacing the 2011 built ropax EUROCARGO VENEZIA which at the moment is at […]
Maiden Call – Finnish ro/ro vessel FINNSUN – 14.07.2023
On Friday 14th July , the 218 metre ro/ro vessel FINNSUN entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0811 hrs coming from Salerno, Italy during her maiden call. Her purpose of the port call was to discharge new cars and berthed at Laboratory Wharf Inner, part of Valletta Gateway Terminals (VGT). […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Ropax JEAN NICOLI from 11.01.2020 to March 2020.
The second ropax from Corsica Lines to call at Palumbo Malta Shipyard was the 1998 built JEAN NICOLI. She entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 11th January, 2020 in the morning around 0955 hrs 4 days after the first ropax PASCAL PAOLI left the yard. She was built in 1998 by Fosen Mek Verksteder A/S, […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Cruise Liner MSC MUSICA 08.05.2021 – 27.05.2021
Another MSC Crociere liner that was seen twice in 2021 at Palumbo Malta Shipyards (Leaving on 9th April and 6th May) once again the 15 year old lady MSC MUSICA entered Grand Harbour on 8th May at 0707hrs this time for drydocking inside Dock 6. MSC MUSICA is the leading ship of her class – built […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Ropax FESTOS PALACE – 15.01.2021 – 19.02.2021
On Friday 15th January, 2021 the 2002 built 220 metres long ropax FESTOS PALACE entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0927 hrs coming from Piraeus, Greece bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd Dock 4. She was last here back to January 2019 as MYKONOS PALACE where scrubbers were installed while drydocked at Dock 6. In fact […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Scrubber Installations on Grimaldi ropax CRUISE BONARIA and CRUISE OLYMPIA – 2019
During the end of 2019 Grimaldi Group’s ropax CRUISE BONARIA and CRUISE OLYMPIA were at Palumbo Malta Shipyard in order to undergo their annual scheduled repairs as well as to have scrubber units installed. In fact at the same time there was also CRUISE OLBIA (Arriving 15th November) at the Palumbo Shipyard in Messina doing […]
Ferry Service – Ropax MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO at Malta – 2019
The 2019 built ropax MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO entered Grand Harbour, Valletta during her maiden call in May 2019. MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO which is the flagship of the Onorato Group, comprising the Tirrenia and Moby fleets is the largest operating ropax being the greenest within its category equipped with latest generation scrubbers. In fact she combines […]
