Medserv – Tugs MIGHTY DELIVERER and RUBY DELIVERER calls in 2006

During Q 3 and Q 4 of the year 2006, two interesting offshore units called at Marsaxlokk Harbour berthing at Medserv. First one to call was the American Built tug MIGHTY DELIVERER which was built by Diamond Manufacturing Incorporated of Savannah, Georgia as hull no 478 as the BELCHER PORT EVERGLADES for the the Belcher Towing […]

Naval News – 2 Companies team up to dismantle defueled former US Navy aircraft carrier in Mobile, USA – November 2024

Two companies have teamed up to compete for a Navy contract to dismantle world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the former USS ENTERPRISE CVN 65  (now known as the EX ENTERPRISE) NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services, LLC, a subsidiary of NorthStar Group Services, Inc. (NorthStar) and Modern American Recycling and Radiological Services, LLC (MARRS), a subsidiary of […]

Breaking Up – USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon T-AK 3066 arrive for recycling – 07.06.2024

Last Friday 7th June the 250.24 m long (loa) Maritime Prepositioning Ship (PREPO) USNS PFC EUGENE A. OBREGON T-AK 3006 arrived at the recycling yard All Star Metals & All Star Shredding at Brownsville, Texas, United States of America (USA). She was built in 1982 at the Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania as THOMAS HEYWARD for Waterman Steamship […]

Casualty – Oldest Laker CUYAHOGA Catches Fire – 15.03.2024

Around 1400 hrs  Canada time of Friday 15th March, 2024 , the oldest laker that sails the Great Lakes – CUYAHOGA caught fire which a preliminary investigation found the cause to be welding, which ignited paint on the inside of the cargo hold and took about three hours to put out. According to the USCG […]