Aerial Photography – STS operation between CYAN NOVA and RAVA – March 2024.

On Friday 15th March 2024, another ship to ship (STS) operation was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta. The ships were the 2017 built crude oil tanker RAVA and the 2011 built crude oil tanker CYAN NOVA. RAVA was built in South Korea by Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Eng Co Ltd at […]
Iran Tensions – American roro ship chased by Iranian Navy – 24.01.2025

UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) which coordinates and monitors security in the region issued two warnings on Friday, January 24, while reporting the authorities were investigating. One of them was from the 2011 built roro ship LIBERTY POWER which the master reported that the ship was approached by a small military craft around 0630 hrs […]
Casualty – Semi Submersible Drilling Rig OCEAN VALIANT agrounds off Tunisia – 12.01.2025

On the night of 11th January, the 1988 HHI built semi submersible drilling rig (ssdr) OCEAN VALIANT ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea at Dherwa beach 20 kilometers west of Bizerte, Tunisia. She was being towed by the offshore supply vessel SPM NEEL PRATAP 180 , former MAERSK TRACER from Scotland bound to Aliaga, Turkey […]
Aerial Photography – IONION PELAGOS towing bulker ADAMASTOS – 24.07.2015

On Friday 24th July, 2015 the Norwegian built tug IONION PELAGOS towing the 224.07 metre bulker ADAMASTOS was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS (MSPAP) underway to Aliaga, Turkey from Cadiz, Spain to be broken up. More images can be found here – https://maltashipphotos.com/photo/ionion-pelagos-24-07-2015/ The 224.07 metre bulker ADAMASTOS was built by Hyundai Heavy […]
Gaza-Israel War – Controversial tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST – July to September 2024

Following the 2023 Yom Kippur attack by Hamas on Southern Israel on Saturday 7th October , 2 controversial Product Tankers OVERSEAS SANTORINI and OVERSEAS SUN COAST are in the Breaking News Developments. OVERSEAS SANTORINI cargo is US 300,000 barrels of military grade JP-8 aviation fuel destined for the Israeli Air Force (IAF), enough for 12,000 […]
Containers – MSC ship loses 46 containers overboard on South African storms – September 2024

The 2009 HHI built container ship MSC ANTONIA is the latest vessel to lose containers overboard in winter storms off South Africa due to Cape of Good Hope diversions. Archive photo of MSC ATHOS back to March, 2018. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) stated that the Liberian flagged (LBR) boxship MSC ANTONIA lost […]
STS Operation – EAGLE TUCSON and EDITH KIRK – 04.09.2010

On Saturday 4th September, 2010 a ship to ship (STS) Operation between the 247 m aframax crude oil tanker EAGLE TUCSON and the 182.55 m chemical/oil product tanker EDITH KIRK was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS offshore Malta. EAGLE TUCSON was built in Japan by Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd at Imabari in […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Tsakos tanker ALASKA from 26th May to 27th June 2024

After 24 days since the departure of Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) crude oil tanker ARCHANGEL, it was time to see another Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) build, this time the ALASKA homeported at Majuro (MHL Flag) too. She passed breakwaters at Grand Harbour on Sunday 26th May at 1248 hrs assisted by 4 tugs and berthed […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – LPG carrier NAVIGATOR LEO from 21st May to 16th June 2024

One of the South Korean built ships trading around the world is the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier NAVIGATOR LEO called at Palumbo Malta Shipyard for essential repairs and upgrades on Tuesday 21st May, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0947 hrs and berthing at Parlatorio Wharf. She was built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd as […]
CMA CGM News – PSS – From Indian Subcontinent (except Bangladesh), Middle East Gulf, Red Sea & Egypt to US East Coast & US Gulf from 15th June, 2024

In a continued effort to provide reliable and efficient service, CMA CGM informs its customers of the following Peak Season Surcharge: From June 15th, 2024 (loading date) until further notice: – Origin range: From Indian Subcontinent (except Bangladesh), Middle East Gulf, Red Sea & Egypt – Destination range: To US East Coast & US Gulf – Cargo: all […]