Maltese Fishing Vessels – MFA 298 MANWEL
One of the German built fishing trawlers that used to be part of the Maltese Fishing Fleet was the 1974 built MANWEL with fishing matricola as F 298. She was built by Martin Jansen GmbH & Co KG, Leer with yard number 112 and completed in Danmark as the Danish Side Fishing Trawler WESTBOUND homeported […]
Virtu Ferries – Applies for licence to operate Malta – Gozo fast ferry – March 2021.
On Monday 8th March, 2021 Virtu Ferries has applied for a licence to be able to provide a fast ferry service between Malta and Gozo after Transport Minister Ian Borg said that multiple ferry operators will be able to provide a fast service between Malta and Gozo by June on Friday 26th February, 2021. The […]
Coronavirus – Floating Hotels in Singapore readies for workers as coronavirus spreads – 17.04.2020
Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from South Asia, live in cramped dormitories across Singapore, which have become […]
Coronavirus – Elderly Maltese Couple disembarking from cruise liner COLUMBUS OPL Malta – 06.04.2020
An elderly Maltese couple on an aborted cruise was allowed to return to their home country at Malta after the intervention of the Prime Minister. The couple had appealed to the Public Health Superintendent Profs. Charmaine Gauci to reconsider her position after refusing them permission to disembark in Malta after they wrote an open letter. […]
Latest Addition to Malta Maritime Pilots – Pilot Boat JULIET 1 – 30.11.2018
On Friday 30th November 2018 the Transport Minister Dr. Ian Borg inaugurated a new pilot boat JULIET 1 to the Malta Maritime Pilots. She was built by Safehaven Marine as JULIET (1 was added in Malta during November), the third pilot vessel to be supplied to Malta by Safehaven. She has an operational speed of 25 knots, powered […]
