During Week 14 of 2020 , 3 split hopper barges of Jan De Nul shifted from OPL Malta towards off Bunkering Area 6 for sheltering due to weather conditions and receiving stores. In fact today Sunday 5th April they are shifting back to OPL Malta.
There were the 2006 built split hopper barge L’ETOILE built in China by Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry at Tianjin with hopper capacity of 3.700 m³.
Images taken on Friday 3rd April, 2020
Her sister the 2005 built split hopper barge L’AIGLE built in China by Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry at Tianjin with hopper capacity of 3.700 m³.
Images are during her last entry to Valletta for bunkers by road trucks on 24th March 2015
And another sister the 2007 built split hopper barge LE GUERRIER built in China by Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industry at Tianjin with hopper capacity of 3.700 m³.
Image taken on Friday 3rd April, 2020
Photos by Capt. Lawrence Dalli. Do not use these images without my permission. © All rights reserved. Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos – www.maltashipphotos.com
Published – Sunday 5th April, 2020