On Saturday 20th August the Port Authority of Crotone VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) received a distress call from the 39.4 metre motor yacht MY SAGA that she was taking water ingress at her stern while on passage from Gallipoli to Milazzo. Immediately VTS advised Guardia Costiera (Italian Coast Guard) who dispatched CP 321 and a Romanian …
Casualties – Yacht MY SAGA sinks offshore Catanzaro, Italy – 20.08.2022 Read More »
One of the Italian built luxury yachts around the world is the 2021 built superyacht POLARIS built by Rossinavi at Viareggio, Italy. She’s the 280th largest yacht in the world and the first largest yacht to be built by her builder. In fact shortly after she was delivered to her owner she entered Grand Harbour, …
On Friday 25th March, 2022 the 2003 built VCT flag 22.35 metre Shoalbuster 2208 tug OCEAN AQUA entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0704 hrs coming from the Persian Gulf via Suez Canal for bunkers and stores/provisions on her maiden call while being delivered to new owners. She was launched by Stocznia Kozle Serwis Sp.Z o.o …
On Monday 14th February, 2022 the 2021 newbuilt ASD Tug 2609 ICE built by Damen – RONDO entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 1022 hrs coming from Vietnam (left Last December) via Suez Canal for few hours for uplifting bunkers with stores/provisions. She’s 26.45 metres long with 9.54 metres beam and maximum draft of 4.15 metres. …
Delivery – 2021 newbuilt tug RONDO at Malta – 14.02.2022 Read More »
One of the 7 Austal built High Speed Craft Auto Express 86 that called at Grand Harbour, Malta during her delivery voyage was the 1999 built CARMEN ERNESTINA calling on Friday 16th July, 1999 berthing at Pinto 1 wharf, VISET (Now Valletta Cruise Port) on her way to Venezuela. Built as Hull 95 with 86.6 …
Delivery – CARMEN ERNESTINA for Venezuela – 16.07.1999 Read More »
Port Colborne is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The original settlement, known as Gravelly Bay, dates from 1832 and was renamed after Sir John Colborne, a British war hero and the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada at the time of the opening of the (new) …
Ships from Canada – Port Colborne August 2021 movements. Read More »
The 2005 built 62 metre long (loa) superyacht PREDICTION was seen in Malta during August/September 2021 for the first time since she was renamed to her current name (November 2020). She was built by De Vries Scheepsbouw BV at Aalsmeer, Netherlands with yard no 670 launched on 23rd April 2005 after she was ordered in …
Superyacht support vessels are an increasingly popular way of extending the yachting experience, whether they are used as a floating helipad, tender garage, toys or accommodation for specialist staff. One of the latest built support yachts is the Turkish Built 36 metre PHI PHANTOM which called Grand Harbour, Malta on her maiden voyage from Antalya, Turkey …
Yachting – 2021 built support yacht PHI PHANTOM at Malta – 02.08.2021 Read More »
JEANIE JOHNSTON is the replica of a three masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn and she’s berthed at the Custom House Quay, Dublin, Ireland. The original tall ship was bought by Tralee, Co. Kerry-based merchants John Donovan & Sons, as a cargo vessel and traded successfully between Tralee and North America for …
Preserved Ships – JEANIE JOHNSTON Replica in Ireland. Read More »
One of the Amels built superyachts in the world, NEW SECRET was at Malta once again during May – July 2021. She was built in 2017 as Project 7402 by the Dutch shipbuilder Amels, the second unit in the Amels Limited Edition 242 range, which follows her sister ship PLVS ULTRA homeported at Georgetown (CYM …
Yachting – 2017 built 74 m superyacht NEW SECRET at Malta again – 2021 Read More »
