Towage – FALISCA towing KAY (YARD 910) from Valletta, Malta – 18.03.2016
One of the most interesting Hull towages from Grand Harbour, Malta was of the 112 metre passenger ship YARD 910 known as KAY towed by the Italian tug FALISCA. She was built in Poland by Kommuny Paryskeij at Gdynia as Yard No B961/05. She was launched on 11th November 1989 and completed during April 1990 […]
Torm Tanker arrested over dispute with Shipping Trust
Singapore based shipping trust FSL Trust has had the Torm owned 2002 built MR2 tanker TORM AMAZON arrested in Taiwan. The arrest follows a dispute between the two parties over the condition of two vessels, the 2006 built LR2 product tankers TORM MARGRETHE and TORM MARIE, redelivered to FSL by Torm during the summer of […]
DRUG BUST – 10 tons of Cannabis – June 2018. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (GDF) finance police boarded and searched a Dutch Flag fishing vessel QUEST around 130 nautical miles southeast of Sicily after tracking the vessel from the air for two days, seizing over 10 tonnes of cannabis resin worth up to 20 million euros in a […]
SHIP ARREST – Rescue Vessel OPEN ARMS at Pozzallo, Sicily – 19.03.2018. Prosecutors in Catania have seized the rescue vessel OPEN ARMS operated by the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms engaged in migrant search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean. The vessel is currently berthed at Pozzallo after she disembarked 218 migrants on Saturday […]
