November 24, 2019

Towage – BALABAN with UR 6 – 23.11.2019

The 1996 built Comoros (COM) flag tugboat BALABAN was spotted again in our territorial waters, this time towing the 91.44 metres flat top barge UR 6 from offshore Tripoli, Libya. UR 6 was built in 1997 in Russia originally VIKING BARGE 6 and her dimensions are – 91.44 m long with 27.43 m beam and …

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Livestock Ships – ELBEIK originally palletized carrier TYRO

Interesting converted livestock ship is the vessel ELBEIK. Built in 1967 by Giessen de Noord yard at Krimpen in Netherlands as the reefer cargo ship TYRO which also had 2 palletized ramps on both port and starboard side and 2 cargo cranes ( 1 ho/3 ha/3 tweendecks). At one time she was chartered for many …

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Offshore News – EAS working in West Africa – November 2019.

The 1975 built offshore tug/supply ship EAS called at Valletta, Malta from Friday 8 th to Wednesday 13 th November for bunkers and stores and even with sheltering from rough weather on her way to Mauretania, West Africa from Limassol, Cyprus. She was built in Germany at Husumer Dock & Repairs at Husum as the …

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