Casualty – Disabled Bitumen Tanker ASPHALT TERANGA towed for safety at Malta – 08.02.2025

On Friday 7th February, 2025 the Croatian built (2005) 108.5 m long Asphalt/Bitumen Tanker ASPHALT TERANGA called for uplifting bunkers and anchored at Bunkering Area 3 East. Early afternoon she was ready and few hours later she reported an engine failure. Immediately both Valletta VTS and Authorities were alerted and few hours later she was […]
Cars Transhipment – HOEGH TROTTER and SEA CARYATIS – January 2025.

The first Cars Transhipment for the year 2025 started on Week 4. First to enter was the 2016 Chinese built vehicle carrier HOEGH TROTTER with over 2, 000 Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) discharging them at Valletta Gateway Terminal (VGT) Facilities that entered on Monday 20th January at 1955 hrs and left nearly 24 hours later […]
Bunkering – 2008 built General Cargo Ship BLUE ANTARES at Malta – 18.01.2025

One of the Indian built ships trading around the world is the 2008 built ship BLUE ANTARES who called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 18th January, 2025 passing breakwaters at 0943 hrs and berthed at Magazine Wharf. She was built at Chowgule & Co Pvt Ltd at Goa, India with Hull no 175. Homeported […]
Delivery – 2024 newbuilt Hybrid Double Ended Ferry PIETRO MONDELLO at Malta – 14.12.2024

The 2024 newbuilt Hybrid double ended ferry PIETRO MONDELLO entered Valletta, Malta on Sunday 14th December at 1638 hrs from her builders – Sefine Shipyard in Turkey (Left Turkey on Wednesday 11th December) bound to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd, berthing at Factory Wharf. Designed by Norwegian naval architecture firm LMG Marin, the vessel was named […]
Bunkering – 2023 built MPP ship JSP TORNO at Malta – 22.12.2024

One of the Chinese built ships trading around the world is the 2023 built ship JSP TORNO who called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Sunday 22nd December, 2024 passing breakwaters at 0930 hrs and berthed at Magazine Wharf. She was built at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd with Hull no as DJHC 6057 and […]
Bunkering – Chinese Heavy Load Carrier ZHEN HUA 36 – November, 2024

During the last days of November, 2024 the 2003 built heavy load carrier (converted) ZHEN HUA 36 called OPL Malta for Uplifting Bunkers. She was built in Japan by Tsuneishi Tshipbuilding Co Ltd in Tadotsu as yard no 1246 (from January 2001 to August 2003) as the crude oil tanker PETROZAVODSK for Russian Owners SCF […]
Tanker News – Tanker ECOMATE chartered to avoid Environmental Disaster at Malta – 21 to 22 nd October, 2024

On Monday 21 st October, 2024 the Japanese built tanker ECOMATE entered Valletta at 2054 hrs berthing alongside Palumbo Malta Shipyard Dock 6 gate after she she was chartered to avoid a potential environmental disaster. An officer of the watch (oow) aboard a drydocked cruise liner reported to Valletta VTS that he was seeing fuel […]
Maiden Call – 2024 built general cargo ship ALMA at Malta – 30.11.2024

End of November completed with maiden calls and one of them was the 2024 built multi purpose vessel ALMA, that passed breakwaters at 1135 hrs last Saturday 30th November, 2024. Delivered last 13th February she was built at Waterhuizen by Gs Yard BV in the Netherlands as the 3,636 deadweight (dwt) multi purpose vessel with […]
Bunkering – Damen Combi Freighter HARINGVLIET at Malta – 14.11.2024

One of the Damen Combi Freighter 3850 design ships trading around is the HARINGVLIET that called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Thursday 14th November, 2024 to uplift bunkers passing breakwaters at 1715 hrs Built at Damen Shipyard Bergum as yard no 9413 she was launched during October 2011 and completed by May 2012 for the […]
Towage – EAST towing barge TMI 7 with 63.50 m sailing yacht Hull as deck cargo off Malta – 2010

During August, 2010 an interesting towage was seen within territorial waters (wtw) of Malta consisting of the Dutch owned tug EAST towing the flat top barge TMI 7 loaded with the 63.50 m sailing yacht MIKHAIL S. VORONTSOV hull. Tug EAST was built in Malaysia by Kian Juan Dockyard at Miri as yard number KJD […]