Yachting – 2021 built 70.2 m POLARIS at Malta
One of the Italian built luxury yachts around the world is the 2021 built superyacht POLARIS built by Rossinavi at Viareggio, Italy. She’s the 280th largest yacht in the world and the first largest yacht to be built by her builder. In fact shortly after she was delivered to her owner she entered Grand Harbour, […]
Yachting – 2021 built superyacht RESILIENCE at Malta – 20.11.2021
The ISA Yachts, a brand of Palumbo Superyachts latest built 65 metre superyacht RESILIENCE called at Malta during her maiden call for less than 4 hours on Saturday 20th November,2021 passing breakwaters at 1251 hrs. With a beam of 12 metres and maximum draft of 3.35 metres she proceeded to berth at St. Angelo Wharf, […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – MSC LORENA 29.07.2021 to 07.09.2021
The second MSC container ship to enter Palumbo Malta Shipyards was the 2006 built 275 metre container ship MSC LORENA. She entered Grand Harbour on Thursday 29th July, 2021 at 1036 hrs and berthed at Parlatorio Wharf assisted by tugs. On Monday 9th August at 1600 hrs she ordered 2 pilots and 3 tugs to […]
Yachting – MALTESE FALCON again around the Maltese Coast – August 2021
One of the most iconic superyachts around the world is the full rigged 88 metres sailing yacht MALTESE FALCON which once again since 2009 she’s cruising along within territorial waters (wtw). She entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Friday 13th August at 1632 hrs coming from Porto Cervo, Italy. She moored at her usual place to […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – ELIAS TSAKOS from 02.08.2021 to 14.08.2021
The 5 year old 249.90 metre long Aframax type crude oil tanker ELIAS TSAKOS called at Palumbo Malta Shipyard. She entered Grand Harbour on Monday 2nd August, 2021 passing breakwaters at 1558 hrs. She was assisted by 4 tugs bound for drydocking at Dock 6. She was built in Romania by Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries […]
Palumbo Superyachts Refit – Superyacht TALISMAN C back again with engine failure – 04.08.2021
On Wednesday 4th August morning the 70 metres superyacht TALISMAN C was spotted approaching Grand Harbour, Malta escorted by tug ST. ANGELO coming from Brindisi, Italy. At 1145 hrs the tug GOZZO left her berth at Timber Wharf to assist the superyacht with 1 engine and no bow thruster propulsion and was on standby at […]
Local Shipping – Tugboat LIENI leaving Malta after 30 years – 30.05.2021.
On Sunday 30th May, 2021 the 28 metre Twin Screw Azimuthing Ulstein Z-Peller Stern Drive Tugboat LIENI left Grand Harbour breakwaters for the last time at 0616 hrs bound to Augusta, Sicily. Images by Capt. Alexei Borg She was built in 1991 as GOLDEN PHOENIX TUG by Tai Kong Trading Company, Singapore as yard number TK-178 […]
Delivery – Damen RSD 2513 tugboat SENGLEA to Tug Malta – January 2021.
On Friday 15th January, 2021 Damen Shipyards Group handed over a new, next-generation, Damen RSD Tug 2513 SENGLEA to Tug Malta, Malta’s leading tug operator. Tug Malta, which is owned by Rimorchiatori Mediterranei Spa (Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group), placed the order for the vessel in November 2019. First introduced on 26th April 2018 by the tug INNOVATION the […]
Containers – Chinese containership XIN SHANGHAI
On Sunday 10th January, 2021 at 0857 hrs the 2008 built Chinese Shipping Line container ship XIN SHANGHAI entered Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta bound to Malta Freeport Terminal 1. She was built in South Korea by Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries at Geoje and she’s homeported in Hong Kong (HKG). She’s 336.7 metres long with 13.8 […]
LNG News – Shell gas carrier GEMMATA at Malta again – 10.09.2020
On Thursday 10th September, 2020 the 290 m long British gas carrier GEMMATA entered Marsaxlokk Harbour for another shipment bound to the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) ARMADA LNG MEDITERRANA. This is not her first shipment in fact she was last here in July, 2020 . She was built in Nagasaki, Japan in 2004 and homeported at Singapore […]
