Valletta Cruise Port – Marella Discovery, Marella Explorer and Marella Explorer 2 at Malta – May 2024
The British Cruise Line MARELLA CRUISES formerly Thomson Cruises that was founded in 1973 is one of the Cruise Lines that the Maltese Archipelago is included in their itinerary . During Week 18 of 2024 three (3) cruise liners stopped at Malta as their scheduled port of call – MARELLA EXPLORER calling at Valletta on […]
Cruise Liners – CELESTYAL OLYMPIA – 27.10.2023
One of the Finnish built cruise liners still trading is the 1981 built liner CELESTYAL OLYMPIA. She was built at Wartsila Hietalahti Shipyard at Helsinki, Finland with yard number 431 for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) as SONG OF AMERICA at the cost of $ 140 million. She was laid down on 17th February, 1981, […]
Breaking Up – Cruise Liner MARELLA CELEBRATION as MARE – September 2022
One of the French built liners, the 1984 built liner MARELLA CELEBRATION left Eleusis, Greece on 14th September, 2022 as MARE bound to Aliaga, Turkey for breakers towed by the 2008 built tug VERNICOS SIFNOS. Berthed at Valletta Cruise Port back to 21st August, 2018. She was built in 1984 by Chantiers de l’Atlantique, France […]
Cruise Liners – Mano Cruises CROWN IRIS maiden call at Malta -19.06.2019
Mano Cruises, new ship for the 2019 season, the CROWN IRIS which was acquired from Louis Group in 2018 entered Valletta, Malta during her maiden call on Wednesday 19th June, 2019 berthing at Pinto 4 and 5 wharves. Mano Maritime (Hebrew :מנו ספנות, Mano Sapanut) is a shipping company founded by the Israeli entrepreneur MOSHE MANO, and is […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Week 29 of 2018
Interesting Week seeing different types of ships with cruise liners Aerial Image of QALET MARKU at Bahar Ic-Caghaq, Malta back to 25th April, 2016 Tuesday 17th July, 2018. From 1217 to 2023 hrs the 1998 built BHS flag cruise liner NORWEGIAN SPIRIT was at Valletta berthed at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves. Vessel was represented in […]
