Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos

OFFSHORE -  SAPURA 1200 at Malta - 23.04.2018. The 2014 built PAN flag pipelay crane vessel SAPURA 1200  called off Valletta (Grand Harbour), Malta for crew change by Miggiani Offshore workboat UNDAUNTED  on Monday 23rd April 2018 coming from offshore Libya. Below are images of the vessel off Valletta - Vessel was represented in Malta by Calpac Maritime Services Ltd (http://www.calpactraders.com) Photos by Capt. Lawrence Dalli. Do not use these images without my permission. © All rights reserved. Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos - www.maltashipphotos.com

Italy refuses entry to migrant rescue vessel left stranded off Malta An Open Arms Rescue vessel, the Panamian Flag GOLFO AZZURRO carrying three rescued persons has been left stranded in international waters after Italy seems to have denied it entry to its ports, citing breach of a new Code of Conduct for Search-and-Rescue NGOs introduced last week. Golfo Azzurro was last seen in Bouri Field Area, Libya of which she headed to Lampedusa, which was the nearest port of call, but was refused entry by the Italian authorities. Sources said that the Maltese government is adamnant that Italy needs to take the rescued persons in since Lampedusa was the nearest port of call to where they were saved by the NGO. Moreover, Italy had been in contact with the vessel during the rescue. The vessel, Golfo Azzurro that is run by the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms approached Maltese waters because some of its crew members were in possession of tickets for flights departing from Malta of wh...

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 i...