Cars Transhipment – Vessels HOEGH BERLIN, SEA CARYATIS and SEA PATRIS – Q3 of 2024
Transhipment refer to logistics and transportation to facilitate the transfer of cargo or goods from one mode of transportation to another and is a fundamental component of intermodal transportation, where cargo is transferred between of which Valletta Gateway Terminals (VGT) boosts exceptional car compound facilities located at Laboratory Wharf The second Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) transhipment […]
Banned – Chinese Built Ship KATHRIN banned from Within Territorial Waters – 07.10.2024
On Monday 7th October, 2024 the Maltese Government banned the Chinese 2010 built general cargo ship KATHRIN from entering within territorial waters (wtw) believed to be carrying explosives and bound for Israel. A government spokesman confirmed the ban after Moviment Graffitti said that allowing the general cargo ship wtw into Malta would make the government […]
CMA CGM News – Reshuffle TMX 3 service connecting Turkey, Italy, Slovenia & Malta – May 2023
As there are always BETTER WAYS to address a market, CMA CGM – Short Sea Lines Division is pleased to announce the reshuffling of our TMX 3 (Turkey Med Express) service as from WEEK 20 between TURKEY | ITALY | SLOVENIA | MALTA. This revised weekly service (starting ex Izmir on May 17th, 2023) – on top of addressing Adriatic and Central Europe […]
Maiden Call – PCTC RCC COMPASS at Malta – 11.01.2023
The 2013 built vehicles carrier RCC COMPASS entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Wednesday 11th January, 2023 marking her maiden call to Valletta Port. She was due to enter on Monday 9th evening and leave on Tuesday 10th in the morning but due to Gale Force Winds on the 10th January it was much clever to […]
Haifa Port – February 2022 Movements.
The Port of Haifa is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]
Ferry – 1975 built ELEGANT I
One of the Dover – Ostend route ferry, the PRINCESS MARIE CHRISTINE was scrapped in December 2011 and was seen as ELEGANT I. She was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the PRINCESSE MARIE CHRISTINE in 1975 as yard no 878 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT), Belgium on their Ostend to Dover route. In 1987 she was repainted in […]
Vehicle Carriers – NEPTUNE THALASSA and LAKE WANAKA – 26.03.2021
Within 2 hours time on Friday 26th March, 2021 afternoon 2 Neptune Lines vehicle carriers called at Grand Harbour, Malta. First to call was the South Korean built 170 metres long NEPTUNE THALASSA berthing at Laboratory Wharf inner. Meanwhile the 2008 Chinese Built 183 metre long vessel LAKE WANAKA chartered to Neptune lines calling from […]
