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Palumbo Malta Shipyard – 330 m container ship CAPE SOUNIO from 28.07 to 10.08.2022

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On Thursday 28th July, 2022 the 2017 built MLT flag 330 metre container ship CAPE SOUNIO entered Grand Harbour, Malta at 0753 hrs coming from OPL Malta but originally from Gioia Tauro, Italy bound for drydocking inside Dock 6 at Palumbo Malta Shipyard. She was built in Philippines by Hanjin Subic Shipyard at Olongapo as …

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State Visit – Pope Francis at Gozo – 02.04.2022

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Malta welcomed His Holiness Pope Francis during his Apostolic visit to the country from Saturday 2nd April to Sunday 3rd April of which on Saturday 2nd April he visited the sister island of Gozo. The island of Gozo was wearing Holy Week dress and Vatican City Flags mounted on road roundabouts, balconies, roof flagpoles etc …

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Casualties – Container Ship CMA DJAKARTA on fire – July 1999.

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On the night of Monday 12th July, 1999 the 1998 built 2,102 TEU containership CMA DJAKARTA caught fire off Crete following an explosion. The vessel, owned by Gebr Winter of Hamburg, was on long-term charter to Compagnie Maritime d’Affretement (CMA), Marseilles from 9th April, 1999. She was deployed on CMA’s North Europe/Japan/China service, NCJ-TPX U.S. …

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Casualties – Military Sealift Command Chartered tug SEA EAGLE and barge ran aground – 03.02.2022

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U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale and Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations crews rescued four people from the 70-foot tugboat SEA EAGLE and the flat top barge she was towing after they ran aground on beach near Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday 3rd February. SEA EAGLE’s crew sent out a mayday call on Thursday …

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Delivery – 96 metre High Speed Craft INCAT 050 at Malta – July 2008

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On Friday 11th July,2008 afternoon the 96 metre High Speed Craft INCAT 050 entered Grand Harbour, Malta after finishing her charter to the United States Navy as JOINT VENTURE HSV-XI.  INCAT 050 was one of six 96 metre (WPC 96) catamarans built by Incat, Australia in 1998. Under the name DEVIL CAT, she operated for a …

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Ferry – 1975 built ELEGANT I

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One of the Dover – Ostend route ferry, the PRINCESS MARIE CHRISTINE was scrapped in December 2011 and was seen as ELEGANT I. She was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the PRINCESSE MARIE CHRISTINE in 1975 as yard no 878  for Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT), Belgium on their  Ostend  to Dover  route. In 1987 she was repainted in …

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Maltese Fishing Vessels – 1971 built CARMELA

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One of the North Sea Standby Safety Vessel that was bought locally in Malta was the 1971 built steel hulled CARMELA. She was brought to Malta early 90’s as CAM SPRITE sporting black hull and was based at Mgarr Harbour, Gozo. She was built in UK by W. R. Cunis Ltd., Woolwich as FARID with …

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Yachting – 2019 built ELEMENTS at Malta – 12.07.2021 to 14.07.2021

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On Monday 12th July, 2021 at 1544 hrs the 2019 built MLT flag 80 metre superyacht ELEMENTS entered Grand Harbour, Malta during her maiden call coming from Faliro, Greece after embarking harbour pilot at pilot station, 1 nm off GH at 1535 hrs. She was built in Izmit, Turkey by Yachtley Gemi Yapim San. ve …

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RoRo Vessels – TYRUSLAND

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One of the Swedish owned vessels that used to call at Malta mainly at the Malta Freeport at Marsaxlokk Harbour, Malta was the 1978 built TYRUSLAND. She was built in Japan by Mitsui Eng. & SB. Co Ltd at Chiba as yard number 1182 for Brostroms Rederi AB as TYRUSLAND from 1978 to 1984. She …

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Research – Axxis Geo Solutions to sell NEPTUNE NAIAD – 10.05.2021

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Financially troubled seismic player Axxis Geo Solutions has entered into an agreement with Sanco Holding regarding the sale of the 2002 built survey vessel NEPTUNE NAIAD. NEPTUNE NAIAD entering Grand Harbour, Malta back to 26th June, 2019 Furthermore, Axxis Production, a wholly owned subsidiary of Axxis, has entered into a time charter for the 2008 built …

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