Vehicle Carriers – HOEGH TRIGGER

The world’s largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) is the 2015 built HOEGH TRIGGER with a carrying capacity of 8,500 car equivalent units (CEU). She was built in China by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry at Xiamen with yard number 462B as HOEGH TRIGGER, the second vessel in a series of 6 Post-Panamax vessels under the […]
Maiden Call – Cargo Ship NS OLZA – 07.05.2022

One of the latest ships of the Albanian Shipping Company – New Shipping , the 1990 built SLE flag NS OLZA entered Grand Harbour, Malta on her maiden call on Saturday 7th May 2022 at 0753 hrs berthing at Laboratory Wharf South 2. She was built in Germany by Hegemann Rolandwerft at Bremen as CHRISTOPHER with blue […]
Vehicle Carriers – NEPTUNE KEFALONIA
A regular car carrier calling at Grand Harbour, Malta is the 2009 built NEPTUNE KEFALONIA. She was built in South Korea by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard at Ulsan as yard no 8021 and homeported at Piraeus, Greece (GRC Flag). Later on she changed flag to MLT flag therefore homeported at Valletta. Entering Grand Harbour back to […]
Naval News – Russian Navy Tugs RB-406 & RB-407 as deck cargo at Malta – Oct 2014
2 Russian navy tugs of Project 16609 built at Pella Shipyard, Otradny in 2014 RB-406 and RB-407 were seen in Malta as deck cargo aboard the heavy lift vessel WIEBKE entering Grand Harbour on Tuesday 7th October 2014. Both with 29.44 metres long and 10.14 metres beam with maximum draft of 4 metres , RB-406 […]
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 […]
MBL News – Sail Passenger Ships STAR FLYER and ROYAL CLIPPER calling for bunkers – July/August 2020

On Thursday 23rd July, 2020 at 2200 hrs the 1991 built sail passenger ship STAR FLYER was spotted approaching Malta for bunkering purposes at Bunkering Area 3. On Friday 24th July, 2020 at 0545 hrs STAR FLYER was spotted approaching Bunkering Area 3. Later on around 1800 she was ready from bunkers and she proceeded […]
MBL News – CARNIVAL VISTA maiden call at Malta – 09.05.2016

The 2016 built Carnival Cruise Line ship CARNIVAL VISTA made a scheduled port call at Grand Harbour 8 days after she was delivered from her Italian builders , starting a maiden voyage from Trieste, Italy on a 13 day Europe Cruise that ended in Barcelona, Spain. Greeted by a Maltese village band, CARNIVAL VISTA stayed at her […]
Cruise Liner News – Hapag-Lloyd Cruises is bringing her fleet home to Hamburg – 17.04.2020

STAY AT HOME is the global message of the moment. The Hamburg based cruise company Hapag-Lloyd Cruises fleet which would normally be sailing the seven seas, is now heading for the waters of her home port. The 2018 built expedition ship the HANSEATIC NATURE returned to Hamburg last Monday 20th April. Her sister ship, the […]