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Small tanker reg. in Togo built in 1975.
Split in two in very bad weather 13 nautical miles ENE off Malta on 26 March 2020. The AFM sent a helicopter and the MELITA 1 and rescued the 3 crew.
She was in ballast. This part stayed afloat because being much lighter than the aft part. The aft part comprising the engine being heavier later sunk.
pic. tks to the AFM
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regards
keep safe
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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Thanks my friend
Keep safe
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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Great info from our mentor David.
So I can put up her Imo. number.
Thanks once again David, keep safe and healthy.
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Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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8/2015 ROM flag, MMSI 264900305
owner Malta Towage Ltd, Marsaskala - they are owners of a mixed bunch of service vessels, including the previous Maltese-flag LADY SANDRA (dredger, IMO 8229743, now Palau flag, went to Egypt in 2017)
1/2019 sold to Panafric Ocean & Energy Ltd, Ikeja, Nigeria (they bought Maltese bunkering tanker BUNKERTANK 1, IMO 8513235)
12/2019 GBR flag, c/s MGQQ3, MMSI 232025973
sold to Malta Islands Sea Cruises Ltd, Hamrun (same address as Captain Omar Cruises Ltd - the tug CAPTAIN OMAR connected with Britannia Shipping International Ltd, and often tied up with dredger LADY SANDRA)
1/2020 TGO flag, c/s 5VHU3, MMSI 671236100
I suppose intended change to Maltese flag after delivery and inspection.
Ship was classed 1/2020 with Maritime Bureau of Africa, Cape Town
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Thanks and regards and stay healthy.
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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The Mediterranean could be equally rough and dangerous like all seas in Winter.
As if the AFM has not enough problems to tackle at the moment.
Keep safe and stay healthy.
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Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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keep safe and healthy.
regards
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=3071512#comments
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So I still believe that for the last five years she was laid up somewhere in Romania, found a new owner with Britannia Shipping in the end of 2019, was renamed and reflagged and finally set sail for Malta in January...
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Her crew was made up of a Romanian captain and 2 Egyptians as crew.
Keep safe stay healthy.
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Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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Keep safe, stay healthy
Emmanuel .L.(Malta)
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By the end of 2019 a new owner (said Britannia Shipping?) finally decided to bring her to Malta and in January she set sail for her last voyage...
Remember that in June 2015 she was still seen in Braila, Romania. I guess the first deal to sell her to Malta back in 2014 fell through...
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sorry for any inconvenience.
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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Keep safe
Regards
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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Seems the delivery voyage to her new owner was a bit delayed. And if it's true that she was underway from Istanbul someone had obviously had decided that though being an inland vessel she could nevertheless make the trip on her own...
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No idea when she arrived as she was still seen in Braila in June 2015. Last owner according to De Binnenvaart was Britannia Shipping Ltd. (J. O'Connor) in Marsascala.
The area where she sank was named as "Bunkerzone 3" by De Binnenvaart...
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Keep safe ,keep healthy my friend
Hoping for better times.
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Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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regards.Keep safe ,stay healthy my friend.
Emmanuel.L.(Malta)
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ENI no.:02007287
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1013019
best regards, Frank
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