Shipping at Malta: September 2012

Scroll down to see shipping images from my recent visit to Malta. There are a wide variety of vessel types from cruise ships and container carriers to tankers, dry cargo ships and military vessels. Click on one of the following categories to go to a specific ship type.

PART 1:   Cruise Ships
PART 2:   Container Ships
PART 3:   Tankers
PART 4:   Miscellaneous Vessels

~ ~ ~ PART 1: CRUISE SHIPS ~ ~ ~

ADONIA
Sailing from the Grand Harbour on 22nd September.

AZURA
Alongside and sailing from the Grand Harbour on 24th September.

CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE
Sailing from the Grand Harbour on 25th September.

COSTA MAGICA
Sailing from the Grand Harbour on 21st September.

MEIN SCHIFF 2
Sailing from the Grand Harbour on 22nd September.

MSC SPLENDIDA
Sailing from the Grand Harbour on 26th September.

~ ~ ~ PART 2: CONTAINER SHIPS ~ ~ ~

ALEXANDER SIBUM
Arriving at Marsaxlokk on 25th September.

CMA CGM AGADIR
Alongside at Marsaxlokk on 25th September, being bunkered by SALINA BAY.

CMA CGM MAGELLAN
Arriving at Marsaxlokk on 25th September.

HS SCOTT
Alongside at the Palumbo Shipyard, Valletta. Photographed from the Upper Barracca Gardens on 23rd September and close up on 27th September.

OUED ZIZ
Arriving at Marsaxlokk on 27th September.

SANTOS EXPRESS
Alongside at Marsaxlokk on 25th September.

TRAVE TRADER
Entering the Grand Harbour on 24th September.

BARBARA / ECEM KALKAVAN / STADT BREMERHAVEN / VEGA MERCURY
Container ships alongside at Marsaxlokk on 25th September.

CMA CGM LAVENDER / SEA BREEZE / JORK VALIANT / SANTOS EXPRESS & CMA CGM LAVENDER
Container ships alongside at Marsaxlokk on 25th September.

FAUST / VILLE DE DUBAI / EEMSDIJK / AMSTELDIEP & CASTOR
FAUST and VILLE DE DUBAI alongside at Marsaxlokk on 27th September. EEMSDIJK in drydock with AMSTELDIEP and CASTOR laying up in the Grand Harbour on the same day.

~ ~ ~ PART 3: TANKERS ~ ~ ~

CGM TIGER
Alongside in the Grand Harbour on 27th September.

RINA AMORETTI
Arriving at Marsaxlokk on 27th September.

SALINA BAY SANTA MARIA / GLORY SKY
SALINA BAY and SANTA MARIA seen at Marsaxlokk on 25th September. GLORY STAR in the flooded Palumbo drydock two days later.

SALINA BAY & BALLUTA BAY / HUMBER STAR / SPIRO F
These tankers were all seen in the Grand Harbour on 27th September.

~ ~ ~ PART 4: MISCELLANEOUS VESSELS ~ ~ ~

DRY CARGO SHIPS
EUROCARGO VENEZIA / CHALLENGER / AGGELIKI
EUROCARGO VENEZIA sailing on the 22nd September, CHALLENGER passing the breakwater on the 24th and AGGELIKI alongside on the 27th

FAHRI EKSIOGLU / PORT KERCH / MARIA SS DI COSTANTINOPOLI
FAHRI EKSIOGLU alongside on the 24th September, PORT KERCH arriving and alongside on the 25th and MARIA SS DI COSTANTINOPOLI alongside on the 27th.