Anchor Weekly News – Week 15 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 7th April. (A) 0002 hrs – the general ship NS SABINA entered Valletta bound to Magazine Wharf. (D) 0335 hrs – the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA left Valletta from Laboratory Wharf. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime […]
Anchor Weekly News – Week 14 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 31st March. (D) 0358 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf coming and going to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0441 to 1937 hrs the ro/ro […]
Anchor Weekly News – Week 13 of 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Monday 24th March. From 0034 hrs to 0432 hrs the ropax EUROCARGO RAVENNA was at Valletta berthed at Laboratory Wharf coming and going to Catania, Sicily. Grimaldi Group, are handled in Malta by Sullivan Maritime Ltd – www.sullivanmaritime.com From 0506 to […]
Anchor Weekly News – 1st to 9th March 2025.

Stay up to date with the latest maritime shipping news introducing weekly ship movements/maritime projects. Saturday 1st March. First shipping movement at Valletta was the arrival of the 2017 built tug ST ANGELO that passed breakwaters at 0559 hrs wearing fresh MedTug livery from Augusta, Sicily after she was drydocked. More images here – St. […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Busy Thursday with 5 Passenger Ships – 10.10.2024

Like I call it Never Ending Thursday, last Thursday 10th October 5 passenger ships entered Grand Harbour with of them overnight/s scheduled calls on a foggy day with Southwest wind. The first lady to enter which calls weekly was the 2010 built cruise liner 288 metre long AZURA passing breakwaters at 0503 hrs. Berthing at […]
Containers – Linea Messina container ship JOLLY ROSA in full livery at Malta – 20.01.2024

The first Linea Messina containership to be at Malta wearing full livery was the 2010 built ship JOLLY ROSA which left Palumbo Malta Shipyard, last Saturday 20th January, 2024. She entered on Thursday 11th January passing breakwaters at 0837 hrs wearing black hull and straight into Dock 6 of which she was drydocked. She was […]
Delivery – Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel ARMADA 78 05 at Malta – January, 2024

On Friday 12th January, 2024 the 2023 built Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel ARMADA 78 05 passed Valletta breakwaters at 2009 hrs (LT) coming from her Vung Tau, Vietnam builders via Suez Canal. Homeported at Singapore (SGP Flag) , she’s the second vessel from her company to be within territorial waters of Malta. Built by VARD, […]
Maiden Call – Cable Layer CS RECORDER at Malta – 04.01.2024

Within a space of 3 hours, the second maiden call at Grand Harbour, Malta happened with the 2000 built cable layer CS RECORDER that passed breakwaters at 1014 hrs coming from Civitavecchia, Italy. She was built at the German Shipyard – Ps Werften Stralsund as MAERSK RECORDER with yard number 430, one of the famous […]
RoRo Vessels – Linea Messina ship JOLLY INDACO

One of the Soviet Union (USSR) built vessels that used to call at Malta was the 1989 built ro/ro vessel JOLLY INDACO owned by Linea Messina, Italy. She was built at Severnaya Verf Shipbuilding Yard at Saint Petersburg as yard number 843 as the Project 16071 ro/ro ship for Baltic Sea Shipping, USSR as S.KIROV […]
Ship Orders – Neptune Lines Orders 2 Dual-Fuel Car Carriers for Delivery in 2026 – September 2023

Greek car carrier specialist Neptune Lines has ordered two next-generation pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs), designed for short sea trades, from Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. One of the first’s for Neptune Lines – NEPTUNE SUN approaching Grand Harbour, Malta back to 36 years ago in 1987 bought from Fred Olsen, Norway. The dual-fuel […]