Vehicle Carriers – LNG Battery Hybrid PCTC AUTO ACHIEVE – 28.07.2022
On Thursday 28th July, 2022 the 2022 built LNG Battery Hybrid Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) AUTO ACHIEVE was photographed from the air by MALTA SHIP PHOTOS around 35 nautical miles offshore Malta. She’s the second ship from a series of 3 LNG Battery Hybrid newbuilds being built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China […]
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 […]
Casualties – Car Carrier AL SALMY 6 sinks – 17.03.2022
On Thursday 17th March, 2022 around 0600 UTC the 1983 built car carrier AL SALMY 6 developed heavy list in the Persian Gulf off Iranian coast in rough weather. An Iranian official said that 16 crew members have been rescued from the United Arab Emirates ship that sank 30 miles from Iran’s Asaluyeh port while […]
Casualties – Vehicle Carrier FELICITY ACE fire – 16.02.2022
On Wednesday 16th February, 2022 the 2005 built 200 metres long vehicle carrier carrying various cargo including 1,100 Porsches and 189 Bentleys amongst nearly 4,000 vehicles caught fire about 200 miles from Terceira Island in the Azores. The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguese) airlifted the 22 crew members which abandoned the ship and survived. Meanwhile the […]
Vehicle Carriers – ADIGE
One of the vehicle carriers owned by Grimaldi Lines was the 1976 built ADIGE. She was built in Japan by Honda Heavy Industries at Saiki as the general cargo ship BLUE PEGASUS with yard no 634 until a year later where she was converted into a car carrier and emerged as PEGASUS ACE trading until […]
Vehicles Carrier – NIVIN
On Friday 26th February, 2021 the 1983 built vehicle carrier NIVIN called at Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time in 2021 since she’s been calling since 2018. She entered harbour assisted by tug SEA SALVOR at 0646 hrs coming from Khoms, Libya. She was built in Spain by Construcciones Navales Freire at Vigo as […]
Vehicle Carriers – SEA AMAZON H
On Saturday 16th January, 2021 around 1350 hrs the 1995 built vehicle carrier SEA AMAZON H was spotted underway to Tarragona, Spain after completing uplifting bunkers at Bunkering Area 4. She was built in Japan by Shin Kochi Heavy Industries at Kochi as YUTOKU MARU trading until January 2004, RoRo HIDAKA trading for 11 months […]
Vehicle Carriers – Wallenius Wilhelmsen TORINO
The latest vehicle carrier inside Grand Harbour, Malta was the 2009 built 200 metres long TORINO. She entered on Tuesday 24th November coming from Southampton, UK at 1629 hrs bearing her maiden call and the first WWL vessel with the latest livery in Malta berthing at Pinto a and 2 wharves part of the Valletta […]
Breaking Up – 1993 built vehicles carrier FIDES – July 2020
On Wednesday 10th June, 2020 around 1220 hrs the 1993 built vehicles carrier FIDES wearing the colours of Malta Motorways of the Sea colours entered Grand Harbour of what was her last port of call. She was assisted by Tug Malta tugboat LIENI to berth at Magazine Wharf for some works and debunkering. Built in […]
Casualties – HOEGH XIAMEN on fire – 04.06.2020
On Thursday 4th June around 1600 hrs shortly after the HOEGH XIAMEN had completed loading operations at Blount Island, Port of Jacksonville, USA fire started aboard of which Authorities believe the fire broke out on the ship’s seventh deck before spreading through several other levels up to the 11th deck. All 21 crew members disembarked […]
