SEABOURN ODYSSEY meet SEABOURN ENCORE off Valletta – 27.09.2017. The 2009 built BHS flag liner SEABOURN ODYSSEY (Imo 94170186) left Valletta on Wednesday 27th September evening meeting the 2016 built liner SEABOURN ENCORE (Imo 9731171) who was anchored off Mgarr Harbour, Gozo to exchange berthes at Valletta cruise Port. Below Photos are of SEABOURN ENCORE …
September 2017
MSC orders 11 more containerships. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) according to Tradewind’s information is ready to place an order for 11 container ships of 22,000 TEU each worth a total USD 1.5 billion. Below Photos are of MSC VEGA with imo 9465265 underway offshore Sicily back to 20th July, 2015 – www.maltashipphotos.com Do not use …
Light Aircraft Crashes When Landing at Malta – No One Injured. A Piper PA-34A-200T Seneca II, operated by the European Flight Academy in Malta, crashed whilst landing at the Malta International Airport after the landing gear failed to work of which neither the instructor nor the student were unhurt but the aircraft suffered damage to …
CMA CGM Confirms Order for 9 Mega Ships CMA CGM, the world’s third largest container shipping firm, said it expected operating profits to improve further in the second half as the market continues to recover, and confirmed an order for nine giant vessels. The announcements by French-based CMA CGM underlined a recovery in the …
World’s Second Largest Crane Vessel at Malta Roads – SAIPEM 7000 SAIPEM 7000 is the world’s second largest crane vessel after the Heerema Marine Contractors owned THIALF. The crane radius of the Saipem 7000 grants a lifting capability of 14,000 tonnes at 42 meters while the Thialf can lift 14,200 tonnes at 31.2 meters. It is owned …
SALVANGUARD towing FPSO AOKA MIZU. The 2004 built Ocean Towing/Salvage Tug SALVANGUARD owned by POSH Terasea Offshore Pte Ltd is underway from Gdansk, Poland to Dubai towing the 248.12 m Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) AOKA MIZU. On August 8, 2016, the AOKA MIZU arrived at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA in Gdańsk. The FPSO had appeared …
AH VARAZZE fixed again by TRANSOCEAN. The 2014 built anchor handling tug/supply vessel A.H. VARAZZE formerly ASSO TRENTADUE has been fixed again by TRANSOCEAN to tow the midwater floater TRANSOCEAN PROSPECT from offshore Methil, Fife, Scotland to Aliaga, Turkey for recycling in an environmentally responsible manner. Eta to Aliaga is at the end of September 2017. …
SHIP OF THE WEEK – BRIDGE. Originally was built in 1976 at Canberra, Australia as a ro/ro vessel completed by New South Wales Government’s State Dockyard at Newcastle as a twin screw vessel BASS TRADER for the Australian National Line Shipping Co (ANL). Equipped with two 9 cylinder 4 stroke cycle engine single acting MAN type …
AIRCRAFT OF THE WEEK – OE-IAF Boeing B737-4YOF. A 25.6 years Boeing B737-400 delivered in March 1992 as TC-JDH with Turkish Airlines with an aircraft name as AMASRA. From May 2009 to September 2010 she was leased to BH Airlines. During May 2013 she was ferried for conversion as N287AL with ASL Aviation Group. In …
2,105 Passengers for few hours at Malta. The 1996 built MLT flag cruise liner MEIN SCHIFF 1 called to Valletta berthing at Valletta Cruise Port Pinto 1 and 2 wharves on Friday 1st September,2017 making her the first cruise liner for the month. Coming from Palermo, Sicily with 2,105 passengers entering harbour at 0815 hrs. …