Towage – MSC DRAGON towed container ship MSC LENA F to Malta – 01.10.2024
October 2024 started with various maiden and interesting port calls with an interesting towage too. The Polish built offshore tug/supply ship MSC DRAGON towed the Chinese built container ship MSC LENA F towards Valletta, Malta on Tuesday 1st October, 2024. While towage was approaching Valletta, the tugboat ST.ELMO left Valletta proceeding to the container ship […]
Bollard Pull Call – Anchor Handling Tug CENTAURUS at Valletta – 27-28 th September, 2024.
Another maiden call was done during the month of September 2024 of which the 2009 built Anchor Handling Tug (AHT) CENTAURUS of which she passed breakwaters at 1204 hrs on Friday 27th September. She was built in Germany under the same name by Mutzelfeldtwerft Nord at Cuxhaven with yard number 259 for the German owners […]
Red Sea Crisis – Salvage Armada starts towing Delta Tankers SOUNION – September 2024
The 2006 built crude oil tanker SOUNION which was hit last 21stAugust by Iran-backed Houthis off the coast of Hodeida while carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil started being towed threatening environmental disaster. The 2010 Polish built anchor handling tug/supply ship AIGAION PELAGOS started towing the tanker escorted by military vessels after she left Kali […]
Aerial Photography – DIAVLOS PRIDE towing HULL 818 tbr DEEP EXPLORER – 31.10.2015
On Saturday 31st October, 2015 the South Korean built anchor handling/supply ship DIAVLOS PRIDE towing the 157 metre offshore support vessel (osv) HULL 818 was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS (MSPAP) underway to Norway from Vard Tulcea at Romania for the osv completion. DIAVLOS PRIDE was built in South Korea by Samsung Shipbuilding […]
Medserv – Offshore Supply Ship MEGA ONE during February, 2010
With Head office at Marsaxlokk Harbour and founded in 1974, originally at Manoel Island at Marsamxett Harbour (Until 2003) MEDSERV has become a trusted partner and provider of integrated oilfield support and services operating in and around the Mediterranean. Medserv provides integrated logistics support and services, including engineering services for plant and equipment used for the […]
Towage – Tug DUCHESS towing Barges GPS 631 and OSPREY FABRIQUE – 25.08.2023
On Friday 25th August 2023 the Damen 2021 built 27.05 metre anchor handling tug DUCHESS arrived at Malta towing 2 Flat Top Barges – a Damen Stan Pontoon 6316, the 63metre GPS 631 and the Tabmarine Barge 5019 50 metre OSPREY FABRIQUE. Local Tugs SEA SALVOR and WENZINA who was on duty started the operation […]
Casualties – Maltese owned sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING grounded – 17.08.2024
On Saturday 17th August, 2024 the 2014 built Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 439 sailing yacht HARRY THE VIKING ran aground off Pembroke Firing Ranges at Madalena Shoals around 2100 hrs. Few minutes later the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) together with Civil Protection Department (CPD) starting the rescue operation of 10 souls including the skipper to […]
Towage – CMS Sealion towing tug AIAS and crane barge LESVOS I – 29.05.2012
After another towage was done (Flat top barge SANTORINI III) during May, 2012 from Tripoli, Libya , the 1974 built MLT flag and owned tug CMS SEALION arrived at Grand Harbour, Malta with 2 more maritime assets for drydocking at Palumbo Malta Shipyard on Tuesday 29th May, 2012. CMS SEALION was built in 1973 by Richards […]
Gaza-Israel War – Maritime Aid Corridor – OPEN ARMS left Cyprus – 12.03.2024
Most of Gaza’s people are now internally displaced, and there are severe bottlenecks in aid deliveries at land border checkpoints with Gaza has been under an Israeli navy blockade since 2007, when Hamas took control of the enclave. There have been few direct sea arrivals since then. The daily number of aid trucks entering Gaza […]
Passer By – Towage of Cable Laying Barge ULISSE by aht EDT AEOLUS – 20.01.2024
On Saturday 20th January , morning the towage of the 2011 built 120.11 m long (loa) cable laying barge ULISSE towed by the anchor handling tug (aht) EDT AEOLUS passed by within territorial waters of Malta underway to her next port of call – Limassol, Cyprus from Rotterdam, Netherlands. ULISSE was built in China by […]
