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Broken Up – Tug CHRISTOS XXII – 2021

The 1972 built single hull oceangoing salvage tug CHRISTOS XXII was broken up at Aliaga, Turkey during December 2021. She was built at H.H. Bodewes at Millingen in the Netherlands as yard number 702 named as SMIT ENTERPRISE for Smit International (Antilles) BV with 43.53 metres length overall (loa) and a beam of 10.62 metres …

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Offshore – OCEAN SURVEYOR in Malta – July 2021

On Tuesday 6th July, 2021 one of the former Sealion Shipping platform supply vessels (PSV) named OCEAN SURVEYOR called at Grand Harbour, Malta passing breakwaters at 1506 hrs coming from Trapani, Sicily. She was built in the UK by Babcock Marine at Appledore for Sealion Shipping as TOISA CREST in 1999 homeported at London with …

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Casualties – MSC LIRICA fire at Corfu, Greece – 12.03.2021

On the afternoon of Friday 12th March, 2021 the MSC Cruise ship MSC LIRICA caught fire whilst berthed at Corfu, Greece. The fire blaze seemed to be originated in an empty lifeboat on deck 6 on starboard side and there were no injuries among the 51 crew members who were on board to maintain the …

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Towage – CHRISTOS XXII towing Hull 145 – 18.11.2019

On Monday 18th November, 2019 at 1526 hrs the tugboat CHRISTOS XXII towing the Turkish built Norwegian ferry STANGVIKFJORD as HULL 145 left Marsaxlokk Harbour from Malta Freeport Terminal 1 West Quay bound to Norway assisted by Tug Malta tugboats PAWLINA and VITTORIOSA. Towage entered on Saturday 9th November at 1021 hrs coming from Turkey …

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