Stay updated with breaking news from Malta shipping. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Merchant Shipping Act was crucial for Malta to gain its strong reputation in the maritime field, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects Aaron Farrugia said during a symposium ....
As we approach the second anniversary of the MV Alta becoming grounded on the Cork coast, expert says State has learnt nothing from previous wreck . ....
Council recruits international experts to advise on ghost ship off Cork coast Abandoned MV Alta drifted across Atlantic and washed up in Ballyandreane a year ago Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 13:52 The abandoned cargo ship MV Alta stuck on rocks near the village of Ballycotton southeast of Cork. File photograph: Cathal Noonan/AFP via Getty
Cork County Council has recruited international experts to advise on what steps it should take to deal with the grounded ‘ghost ship’, MV Alta which washed up on the coast near Ballycotton a year ago today. The 77m freighter drifted across the Atlantic after the US Coast Guard rescued her crew of 10, who had been en route from Greece to Haiti, some 2,000km southeast of Bermuda in October 2018. She finally came to rest when washed on to rocks at Ballyandreane in east Cork by Storm Denis. ....