MALTA FREEPORT – COSCO HONG KONG at Malta – 27.03.2018. The 2002 built British flagged (GBR) container ship COSCO HONG KONG entered Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta again this time on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 for cargo operations at the Malta Freeport. Vessel was represented in Malta by Medsea Shipping Agency (http://www.medsea.com.mt) Below are images of the …
March 2018
DESTINATION SICILY – Virtu Ferries – Teatro Politeama, Palermo. VIRTU FERRIES is a Maltese company founded in 1988 that operates ferry services from Malta to Sicily by high speed craft catamaran.It ferries over 250,000 passengers and 25,000 vehicles yearly.When the JEAN DE LA VALETTE was delivered in 2010 she replaced the 600 passenger catamaran MARIA …
FISHERIES – EPCA Vessel LUNDY SENTINEL at Malta – 27.03.2018. The 2015 built British flagged (GBR) Multi-Role Support Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV) LUNDY SENTINEL entered Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta on Tuesday 27th March, 2018 for a bunker call at the Valletta Cruise Port Pinto 3 Wharf arriving from Toulon, France while on passage …
PASSER BY – Former BNS LOBELIA M 921 – 27.03.2018. The 1989 former Belgian Navy Tripartite Class Minehunter BNS LOBELIA M921 was spotted at 1200 hrs (1000 UTC) passing by 62 nautical miles off Valletta, Malta as a deck cargo aboard SAL Heavy Lift Ship CALYPSO (imo 9512381) on Tuesday 27th March 2018. She was loaded on …
VALLETTA CRUISE PORT – MSC MERAVIGLIA – 21.03.2017 The 2017 French built Vista Project Class Cruise Liner MSC MERAVIGLIA was seen again at Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta on Wednesday 21st March, 2018She was berthed at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves port side alongside as seen in the below image – When visiting Malta you should take a …
COLLISION – ENKO at Valletta, Malta – 06.11.2010 During the afternoon of Saturday 6th November 2010 around 1530 hrs (1430 UTC) a collision happened at Grand Harbour when the 1983 built Turkish flag and owned general cargo ship ENKO developed engine failure while she was going to berth at Laboratory Wharf South 2 and moved astern …
BUNKER CALL – RoRo GRANDE ANGOLA at Malta – 21.03.2018. On Wednesday 21st March, 2018 the Grimaldi Lines ro/ro ship GRANDE ANGOLA loaded with vehicles entered Valletta (GrandHarbour), Malta for a bunker call by the Valletta Bunkers bunkering tanker SALINA BAY receiving 300 tons of fuel oil since Weather Conditions were extremely bad outside at …
CASUALTY – 40 Years Ago – AMOCO CADIZ – 16.03.1978 On 16 March 1978, the very large crude carrier (VLCC) AMOCO CADIZ lost her steering in a Force 10 storm and grounded on Portsall Rocks off the coast of Brittany, France. As she broke up, the tanker lost her entire cargo of 1.6 million barrels of crude …
SALVAGE – Tanker SANTA LUCIA at Malta – 16.03.2018. The 2009 built MLT flag tugboat SPINOLA left Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta at 0851 hrs (0751 UTC) for a position at Hurd Bank Area to start towing the 2003 built MLT flag and owned tanker SANTA LUCIA on Friday 16th March 2018 after an engine failure. She …
SHIP ARREST – Rescue Vessel OPEN ARMS at Pozzallo, Sicily – 19.03.2018. Prosecutors in Catania have seized the rescue vessel OPEN ARMS operated by the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms engaged in migrant search and rescue operations in the central Mediterranean. The vessel is currently berthed at Pozzallo after she disembarked 218 migrants on Saturday …