Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos

AIRCRAFT OF THE DAY - Italian Airforce HH-139A The Italian Air Force HH-139A is a search-and rescue variant of AW139M helicopter. The HH-139A has been selected as an interim solution for the Italian Air Force’s SAR fleet replacement and modernization programme. The all new AW149, now under development, has been designed to meet a potential Italian Air Force requirement for a new medium class SAR helicopter with certification expected in 2013. The Italian Air Force joins a number of other military customers who are already operating the AW139 including the Irish Air Corps, the United Arab Emirates Air Force and the Qatar Armed Forces. The Italian Air Force’s HH-139A features an all new heavy duty landing gear providing higher ground clearance and improved crashworthiness, secure communications suite including IFF and an integrated defensive aids suite. The aircraft is also equipped with the following role equipment - rescue hoist, search light, wire cutters, nose mounted FLI

Maritime Monday - Fishing Vessel Of The Week - LOUCAS LOUCAS with fishing registration as CYP 232 was built in Egypt in 2002 with metal hull and entered service in 2004. She has a length overall of 24.40 metres with 115 tons as GT. Archived photos back on 29th August 2006 with a green hull. Archived photos back on 24th May 2008 with a blue hull.

Indian Coast guard catches Panamanian ship with 1500 kg heroin worth  35 billion rupees ($545 million) off Gujarat coast. On Sunday 30th July,2017  the biggest ever drugs seizure along the Indian coast, the coast guard, in a joint operation with Intelligence Bureau (IB) and local police, apprehended a Panamanian ship carrying 1500 kg of heroin valued at Rs 3,500 crore off the Gujarat coast, on Sunday.  As per reports, the supply ship HENRY, was apprehended by Indian Coast Guard Ship 202 SAMUDRA PAVAK, a pollution control vessel. Sources said, three days back, the coast guard received information from intelligence sources that a big consignment of narcotic drugs was likely to enter Mumbai via Gujarat The vessel, which was operating under the name HENRY under the Panama flag, was intercepted off the Gujarat coast near the city of Porbandar, said S. Paramesh, deputy director general at the Indian Coast Guard. She was sailing from Dubai to Alang, a town in Gujarat known for

Fugro to install new undersea power cable in South Australia Fugro has been awarded a contract to install a subsea power cable for South Australia’s distribution network management company, SA Power Networks. The new 20,000 kVA/33,000 Volt cable will replace the existing 10,000 kVA/33,000 Volt undersea cable, which is reaching the end of its life. The subsea asset is a continuous 15-kilometre-long cable, weighing 600 tonnes and connects Kangaroo Island to the distribution network on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. Fugro will design and supply the power cable and will use its multi role support vessel, REM ETIVE, to install it across Backstairs Passage, from Fishery Beach on the mainland to Cuttlefish Bay on Kangaroo Island. “As a multi-disciplinary project delivery and subsea services provider, we operate high specification vessels and remotely operated technology, enabling Fugro to deliver turnkey solutions like this one,” said Marcus Hemsted, Business D

61 Years - Andrea Doria and Stockholm collision – 25 July 1956 The Swedish passenger ship STOCKHOLM and the Italian passenger ship ANDREA DORIA collided on the edge of a heavy fog bank off Nantucket on 25 July 1956. The ANDREA DORIA built in 1951 by Ansaldo Shipyards of Genoa, Italy sank several hours after the collision, but not before 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued. There were 46 deaths. While the exact cause of the casualty has never been determined, it appears to have been a “radar-assisted” collision, with the officers of the watch on both vessels misinterpreting the radar images and taking the wrong actions. The wreck of the Andrea Doria has become a popular, though notorious, destination for deep-sea divers. The STOCKHOM was rebuilt following the collision. It has gone through a number of owners and names and sailed for many years as the cruise ship ATHENA. On 3 December 2008, she was attacked by pirates while transiting the Gulf of Aden, but was able to evad

AIRCRAFT OF THE DAY Agusta Bell AB204B with construction number as 3087 registered as MM80321 Coded 72-52 used by Aeronautica Italiana (Italian Airforce). Currently she's stored.  Here wearing SAR Colours attached to the Helicopter Flight, Malta with the Italian Military Mission.

SHIP OF THE WEEK - GIANT 1 The 1974 built 74 metre yacht GIANT 1 was seen at Valletta, Malta back to 28th June 2006. She was converted to a yacht from the Soviet Navy Class I Icebreaker GIGANT. She was sold to a private owner and converted her in a yacht - GIANT from 1999-2003, then laid up in 2005.  As a Soviet Navy Icebreaker she spent  for more than three months swinging at anchor in Los Angeles Harbor,USA two-thirds of the crew of the disabled Russian tugboat GIGANT finally left for home in August 1993, leaving a skeleton crew to watch over the ship as it undergoes repairs in Long Beach. The sixteen departing Russian sailors, including two female crew members, boarded an Air France flight from Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday night, bound for the Russian city of St.Petersburg  via Paris, said a spokesman for Transmarine Navigation Co. of Long Beach, the ship's agent. The GIGANT's home port is Murmansk, north of St. Petersburg above the Arctic Circle.

Damen Stan Tug 3011 Tugboat  - ATLANTIS at Malta - 27/28.07.2017 Seacontractors 2015 built anchor handling tugs of 70 tons bollard pull named ATLANTIS was seen at Valletta berthed at Pinto 3 Wharf for the first time after she arrived from Constanta, Romania after towed 2 inland cargo vessels including URSA MONTANA from the Netherlands. She left on Friday 28th July at 0815 hrs bound to Bilbao, Spain  She was last spotted on the 6th November 2015 at Valletta Roads towing the 2009 built NLD flag deck cargo barge SMITBARGE 9 with IMO number as 9492567.

Third Sanlorenzo 460EXP yacht OCEAN's FOUR leaving Malta. Italian yard Sanlorenzo built third hull in explorer yacht series the 42.2 metre OCEAN's FOUR left #GrandHarbourMarina  at 0620 hrs on Friday 28th July, 2017 with 7 crew and 5 guests bound to Saranda, Albania. She features a full displacement steel hull and aluminium superstructure with teak decks while her  interior configuration has been designed to comfortably accommodate up to 10 guests overnight in 5 cabins, comprising a master suite, 2 double cabins and 2 twin cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to 7 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Powered by 2 Caterpillar 1,319hp diesel engines motor yacht OCEAN's FOUR  is capable of a top speed of 15 knots, and comfortably cruises at 11 knots. With her 50,000 fuel tanks she has a maximum range of 4,000 nautical miles at 11 knots. Her water tanks store around 8,000 of fresh water.

AIRCRAFT OF THE DAY Agusta SH-3D Seaking Helicopter registered as MM5015N Coded 6-13 with construction number as 6012 used by Marina Militare Italiana (Italian Navy). Currently she's stored in an old Guardia Di Finanza hangar. Here seen at RAF Luqa - Early Seventies - www.maltashipphotos.com

Latest Turkish Navy Vessel TCG BAYRAKTAR L 402 visit to Malta. Between Sunday 23rd and Tuesday 26th July 2017 the newest Turkish navy Ship TCG BAYRAKTAR L 402 under the command of  Captain Halil Kepecioglu  paid a courtesy visit to Malta berthing at Pinto 3 Wharf. TCG BAYRAKTAR L 402 , the first of two Turkish tank landing ships (LSTs) on order from the country's Adik shipyard, was delivered to the Turkish Naval Forces Command (TNFC) on 22 April Local industry participation in the construction of the 140 m-long ship was 70.68%, including a 48% contribution by small and medium-size enterprises, according to a statement released by the Turkish Defence Industries Undersecretariat (SSM) on 22 April. As well as offering ballistic protection for its crew,  TCG BAYRAKTAR L 402  also features full nuclear/biological/chemical protection measures. The ship has a platform that can accept a 15-tonne general-purpose helicopter and can accommodate four landing craft, vehicl

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1931 built 58.85m superyacht MARALA has been sold The 58.85 metre superyacht MARALA formerly EVADNE; ZAPALA; GAVIOTA IV has been sold. Built in 1931 by the Camper & Nicolsons Shipyard, the classic superyacht was designed by Charles E. Nicholson and came on the superyacht market in 2016 for the first time in 53 years.Incredibly her new owner is just the fourth in her 86 years of cruising. MARALA's last known asking price was Eur 10,000,000. Image of Superyacht MARALA with IMO as 1002603 drydocked inside Melita Marine Floating Dock NAZLAB, Malta on 21st July, 2017 - www.maltashipphotos.com

Historic sailing ship due to dock in Malta Vessel part of research project to promote sail-driven cargo https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170727/local/historic-sailing-ship-due-to-dock-in-malta.654158

French Navy Frigate  FS LANGUEDOC D 653 visits Haifa, Israel The FREMM   ("European multi-purpose frigate"; French:  Frégate européenne multi-mission ; Italian:  Fregata europea multi-missione ) is a class of multi-purpose frigates  designed byDCNS/Armaris  and Fincantieri  for the French and Italian Navy. The lead ship of the class, AQUITAINE   was commissioned in November 2012 by the French Navy. In France the class is known as the AQUITAINE CLASS   while in Italy they are known as the BERGAMINI CLASS.   The Toulon Based Anti-submarine warfare role frigate   FS LANGUEDOC D 653   entered Haifa, Israel on a courtesy visit on Thursday 27th July, 2017 assisted by 2 tugs ILAN I and ELAD .

Trump: Transgender People Barred from US Military President Donald Trump says the U.S. military will no longer let transgender people serve in any capacity, reversing a policy former President Barack Obama's administration announced a year ago. In a string of Twitter comments, Trump said Wednesday that after consulting with generals and military experts, he was ordering the armed forces to stop accepting transgender recruits. "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail," Trump wrote. What happens now? Trump did not say what would happen to transgender people already in the U.S. military – about 4,000 personnel, according to research by the Rand Corp. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said later that Trump will "have to work together" with the Defense Department to "lawfully determine"

New India connection for Freeport provides 'unprecedented opportunities' Service operated by three of the world’s largest shipping lines Malta Freeport Terminals has added a new weekly service to its thriving operations which links major ports in India, Pakistan, Eastern Mediterranean and the Arabian Gulf. The service, known as ‘IndaMed’, is operated by three of the world’s largest shipping lines: CMA CGM, APL and COSCO Shipping. The first vessel to service this route – the CMA CGM Virginia which can carry up to 5,100 container units (TEUs) – called at the Malta Freeport in recent days. Malta Freeport Terminals CEO Alex Montebello said: "This new service has further strengthened Malta Freeport’s global connection network as it means we now offer efficient links with 117 ports worldwide. "This is not just positive news for the Freeport. It also benefits local and foreign importers and exporters who have unprecedented opportunities to meet their comm