Local Shipping – Sea Malta’s – GUDJA

Sea Malta Company Limited was the Maltese National Shipping Line. Established on 10th November 1973 during the tenure of the Labour Government led by Dominic Mintoff, which had the majority of the shares in the new company. The quest of this company was to provide maritime services company as well as to the need of the nation in general, and to […]

Casualties – Aland Islands Ferry AMORELLA ran aground – 20.09.2020

The 1988 built ferry AMORELLA operated by the ferry company Viking Line between the Finnish western port city of Turku and Swedish capital Stockholm is currently aground south of the port of Långnäs in the Åland Islands. In a tweet, the local coastguard division stated that AMORELLA went aground south of Långnäs. The ship pushed […]

61 Years – Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision – 25 July 1956 The Swedish passenger ship STOCKHOLM and the Italian passenger ship ANDREA DORIA collided on the edge of a heavy fog bank off Nantucket on 25 July 1956. The ANDREA DORIA built in 1951 by Ansaldo Shipyards of Genoa, Italy sank several hours after the collision, but […]