Valletta Cruise Port – Nicko Cruises VASCO DA GAMA maiden call – 05.11.2021
On Friday 5th November, 2021 the 1993 built cruise liner VASCO DA GAMA entered Grand Harbour, Malta on a foggy morning during her maiden call with Nicko Cruises at 0709 hrs coming from Syracuse, Sicily. She was built by Fincantieri at Trieste, Italy as the Holland America Line STATENDAM trading until 2015. She was acquired […]
MBL News – WORLD EXPLORER Maiden Call at Malta – September 2020
On Thursday 10th September, 2020 the 2017 built expedition cruise ship WORLD EXPLORER entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call at 1438 hrs for first fly-cruise embarkation operation in the Mediterranean sea. She was built in Portugal by West Sea Estaleiros Navals LDA as yard number CO 10 and entered service in 2019 with […]
Cruise Liner News – P&O Cruises sell OCEANA – July 2020
Carnival Corporation subsidiary P&O Cruises has sold the liner OCEANA which is one of the oldest ships in the fleet. Buyer was not disclosed and she’s scheduled to leave the fleet during this month. The company decided to sell the ship due to the ongoing global COVID-19 Pandemic disease, which has suspended cruise ship sailings […]
MBL News – OCEANA and KONINGSDAM at Malta – 03.10.2019
Thursdays are always busy at the Valletta Cruise Port with Cruise Liner OCEANA (P&O) but last Thursday 3rd October Malta Cruise Services a division of Mifsud Brothers Ltd (MBL) had to deal with 2 liners , the other one was the 2016 built ship KONINGSDAM of Holland America Line. Cruise and Fly holidays, launched by […]