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Tripoli to Malta: TX Tripoli to Alexandria: UGF Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Naples) November 1942 May 1945 faster ships (UGF 1 was the Operation Torch invasion convoy) UGS Chesapeake Bay to Gibraltar (later Port Said) November 1942 May 1945 slower ships VC Malta to Tobruk: VN Augusta, Sicily or Malta to Naples (OR) Naples to Livorno: VT ...
In the 1970s, ships were gradually replaced by ferries and the company developed its freight activities. In 1975, Tirrenia bought the Malta Express ferry. [ 2 ] Since the end of the 1980s, the company replaced its older units, most of which were obsolete or too expensive to operate and were then scrapped, with faster ones capable of reaching 35 ...
The Grimaldi Group is a conglomerate of companies linked to the logistics business with a main focus on shipping. The main brands of the company are: [3] Grimaldi Lines – covering the activities of two companies, Grimaldi Euromed and Grimaldi Deepsea, including maritime transport of cargo and passengers in the Mediterranean as well as freight only services between the Mediterranean, Northern ...
Train ferry built in 1972 by Trosvik Verksted, ... Malta, then re-registered to Falcon Marfreight, Gibraltar. ... Naples, Italy and placed ...
MV or HSC [a] Maria Dolores is a high-speed catamaran ferry owned by Virtu Ferries. It was built by Austal in 2005–06, entering service as a ferry between Malta and Sicily in March 2006. The vessel soon became too small to allow for the increasing passenger and cargo traffic on this route, and in October 2010 it was replaced by the larger ...
Formosa's dgħajsa is now preserved at the Malta Maritime Museum. [6] The use of the dgħajsa began to decline after steam ferries were introduced in Malta's harbours in 1882 and 1906, and later by the introduction of buses in 1918. The reduction of British forces in Malta later on in the 20th century accelerated its decline.
The Gozo Channel Company Limited, commonly known as Gozo Channel Line or the Gozo ferry (Maltese: Vapur t'Għawdex), is a Maltese company founded in 1979 that operates ferry services between the islands of Malta and Gozo using roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferries. Crossings happen throughout the day all-year round including weekends, public holidays ...
As a result of this collision, she had to call in at Naples on the way home for repairs and was in drydock until early January 1957. [9] She remained in use until 1960. LST 3041 arrived on 13 January 1960 at Glasgow for scrapping by Smith, Houston & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow .