Malta Naval Visits – February 2023

Naval Visits for the year 2023 started from February – Saturday 4th to Tuesday 7th February The First Naval Ship was the Italian Navy Gaeta Class Minehunter ITS VIAREGGIO M 5559 that entered at 0924 hrs. She was seen for the first time in Malta back to 2001 when she was only 5 years old. […]

Haifa Port – June 2021 Movements

The Port of Haifa  is the largest of Israel’s three major international seaports, the others being the Port of Ashdod, and the Port of Eilat. It has a natural deep water harbor, which operates all year long, and serves both passenger and merchant ships. It is one of the largest ports in the eastern Mediterranean in terms of freight volume and […]

Palumbo Malta Shipyard – Ropax MOBY CORSE – 07.06.2021 – 19.06.2021

One of the most interesting ferries still around and currently operated by Moby Lines is the 1978 built MOBY CORSE which entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Monday 7th June, 2021 at 1341 hrs coming from Messina, Sicily. She was bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyards for drydocking at Dock 6 assisted by 1 tug – SEA […]

Casualties – 75 metre sailing yacht PHOCEA Fire – 18.02.2021

On the morning of Thursday 18th February, 2021 the 75 metre sailing yacht PHOCEA caught fire in Langkawi, Malaysia. While at anchor less than one nautical mile northeast of Pulau Singa Kecil (Lion Island), the 530 GT yacht was attended to by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), who rescued seven crewmembers who are reported […]

Casualties – Cargo Ship RHODANUS aground – 13.10.2019

Authorities in France responded to the grounding of the 90 metre cargo ship RHODANUS on the island of Corsica early Sunday 13th October morning after she ran aground in a pristine marine reserve in the Strait of Bonaficio off the French Mediterranean island of Corsica without oil spill according to the maritime police. She was […]

Demolitioned Naval Vessels – FS ACONIT D 609 – 24.11.2018

D609 ACONIT was a unique frigate Type F65 built for the French Navy  during the Cold War. She was commissioned in 1973 and served until 1997 after she was succeeded by the Tourville Class Frigates.  She was laid down at the Arsenal de Lorient on 22 March 1968, launched on 7 March 1970 and commissioned […]

FISHERIES – EPCA Vessel LUNDY SENTINEL   at Malta – 27.03.2018. The 2015 built British flagged (GBR) Multi-Role Support Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV) LUNDY SENTINEL entered Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 for a bunker call at the Valletta Cruise Port Pinto 3 Wharf arriving from Toulon, France while on passage […]