Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Ship BRODOSPAS SUN – 20.12.2017

Brodospas was set up after the Second World War to clear Croatian port of the debris left from the conflict. It became a tug and salvage company and as the offshore oil industry started drilling holes in the seabed started to support the activity. One of the offshore boats was the 1986 built BRODOSPAS SUN. […]

Broken Up – Offshore Tug/Supply Ship MAERSK BEATER – November 2016

One of the Norwegian built offshore vessel was the Danish owned offshore tug/supply ship MAERSK BEATER which was launched in June 1997 and entered service 3 months later. She was built by SIMEK at Flekkefjord, Norway as yard number 93 with her keel laid on Monday 17th February 1997 with a length overall of 84.6 metres. […]

Scrap Iron – Vessel ASLI ELIF loading at Malta – December 2024

Metal waste is exported in Malta and from time to time, ships call at Grand Harbour, Malta berthing at Laboratory Wharf South 2 for loading scrap iron bound to Turkey. Last Thursday 19th December the 89 metre long (loa) general cargo ship ASLI ELIF entered Valletta to load scrap iron for the third time since […]

Cable Layer – CERTAMEN

The world’s first icebreaking cable repair ship built was the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) ship CCGS JOHN CABOT  named after John Cabot, a Venetian explorer from the Age of Exploration of which was built in Montreal, Canada and commissioned on 31st May 1965. During 1996 she was decommissioned, refitted for more service and acquired by the […]

Broken Up – Heavy Load Carrier HAPPY BUCCANEER – October 2024

One of the Japanese built ships trading around the world , the 145.89 metres long heavy load carrier HAPPY BUCCANEER was beached last Wednesday 16th October, 2024 at Aliaga, Turkey to be broken up after 40 years of sterling service. Built by Hitachi Zosen at Innoshima, Japan with yard number 4755 she was completed during […]

Casualty – NS PRIDE aground at Greece – November 2024

During the last days of  November 2024 the German built general cargo ship NS PRIDE ran aground at Greece without injuries and damage. She was on her way to Malta but once she was free, the Greek Authorities boarded her at the Port of Patras for inspection including water ingress etc of which 11 Deficiencies […]

Maiden Call – Tugboat IRAKLIS Z at Malta – 28.11.2024

On Thursday 28th November, 2024 the Turkish built and Greek owned ASD tugboat IRAKLIS Z passed breakwaters at 1508 hrs with a harbour pilot aboard during her maiden call. Built by Sanmar Shipyards, Turkey with technical cooperation with the Canadian naval architects, Robert Allan Limited, she was built and delivered in 2015 as CIVITAVECCHIA of […]