Valletta Cruise Port – Busy Thursday with 5 Passenger Ships – 10.10.2024

Like I call it Never Ending Thursday, last Thursday 10th October 5 passenger ships entered Grand Harbour with of them overnight/s scheduled calls on a foggy day with Southwest wind. The first lady to enter which calls weekly was the 2010 built cruise liner 288 metre long AZURA passing breakwaters at 0503 hrs. Berthing at […]
Cruise Liner News – Royal Caribbean Cancels Bookings Due to Lifeboat Damage on RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS – September 2024

Guests that were booked for the September 15 sailing of the 1997 built liner RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS received an email from the cruise line informing them their cruise has been cancelled. Royal Caribbean International stated that the cancellation was due to damage to one of the vessel’s lifeboats, lowering the ship’s lifesaving capacity. She was […]
Cruise Liner – SEABOURN PURSUIT

At the end of July 2023 ,Seabourn took delivery of their second expedition ship – SEABOURN PURSUIT during an official handover maritime ceremony at the T. Mariotti Shipyard in Genoa, Italy. She is the company’s second purpose-built, ultra-luxury expedition ship and the newest expedition ship in the industry. The liner SEABOURN PURSUIT offers the best […]
Cargo News – Over 5,000 metric tons of Sand for 2 beaches discharged at Malta – June 2024

The second time that sand was imported from Aqaba, Jordan took place this month of June 2024. This time it was brought over by the Japanese built ship GREENWAY homeported at Panama (PAN Flag) of which she entered Grand Harbour on Tuesday 11th June at 2336 hrs. She was built in 2000 by Watanabe Shipbuilding […]
Maiden Call – Cruise Liner CARNIVAL LEGEND at Malta – 01.06.2024

The month of June started with another Cruise Liner Maiden Call – CARNIVAL LEGEND, one of 6 Spirit Class that were built in Finland by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Helsinki. With yard number 501 she was launched on Monday 17th December, 2001, and christened by English actress and author Dame Judi Dench in Harwich, Essex, UK, on Wednesday 21st August, […]
Valletta Cruise Port – Voyager of the Seas & Europa at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves in one day – 21.05.2024

The cruise industry is a major player in the global tourism industry, and it continues to grow year after year of which Valletta Cruise Port (VCP) looks forward to an excellent 2024. Valletta Cruise Port has announced an exceptional 2023, recording close to 900,000 passenger movements, an impressive increase of more than 65 percent over […]
Maltese Islands – Live Crib at Lija during Festive Season

Christmas cribs form a great part of the Malta’s tradition. Maltese Christmas would not be the same without the traditional presepju (crib) and pasturi (nativity figures). Cribs are positively everywhere, from private houses, garages, small chapels to large churches. Visiting cribs is actually a popular activity at Christmas time. Many locals and tourists alike spend […]
Cruise Liner – LA BELLE DE L’ADRIATIQUE

One of the Belgian ships built in the world is the sleek Passenger Ship Designed LA BELLE DE L’ADRIATIQUE which currently is seen in the Mediterranean Sea. Built in 2007 by Meuse & Sambre Beez at Beez, Belgium she is a comfortable vessel upon which to enjoy your vacation and accommodating 198 passengers in just […]
Gaza-Israel War – Polish Military Flights – 09.10.2023

On Monday 9th October, 2023 the first planes evacuating Polish citizens from Israel arrived in Warsaw, Poland early morning at 0515 hrs from a Polish Government Boeing 737 carrying around 130 people, followed by two C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft carrying over 120 people. There are reportedly hundreds more Poles awaiting evacuation. Meanwhile, it has […]
Cruise Liner – JULES VERNE

One of more than 5 ships named in honour of the French science fiction writer JULES VERNE was a cruise liner built in Spain. She was built as yard no 185 at Union Naval de Levante in 1990 for Commodore Cruise Line as CROWN MONARCH trading 1994 then sold to Crown Cruise Line , operating […]