The impending entry into force of IMO`s MARPOL ANNEX VI regulations in January 2020 has proved to be a windfall for ship repair yards. In 2016, IMO, the International Maritime Organisation established an emission cap for ships burning HFO - heavy fuel oil, to mitigate...
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Karl Gollcher (left) has presented a copy of the book ‘Connecting the Harbour Towns’ to Caroline Tonna, curator of Palazzo Falson at Mdina. The book, which was written by Michael Cassar (right), was sponsored by the Gollcher Group of Companies as part of events being...
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Gollcher Shipping Agent recently handled the 80 year-old Romanian Naval Academy sail training ship MIRCEA. The ship was retracing its original voyage from Hamburg where she was built in 1939 to Constanta. The three-masted barque is one of a quintet built by Blohm &Voss, Hamburg....
Read MoreShipping company CMA CGM has moved 49 ships under the Maltese flag, meaning its gross tonnage registered locally represents 11 per cent of the fleet registered in Malta. The company already had 38 ships registered under the Malta flag, which is very strong in ship...
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Comm. James G. Gollcher passed away on 16th February, 2014. After many years of untiring contribution to the family business, he spent his later years compiling an impressive legacy which included the documentation and preservation of the Company archives that cover the diverse activities of O.F....
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Sea Cloud, the world's oldest ocean going passenger ship, visited her home port, Malta & Gozo this weekend. All the operations and logistics management for this call in the Maltese and Gozitan harbours were handled by O.F. Gollcher & Sons Ltd as Shipping Agency. The...
Read MoreWe’re proud to launch our rebranded Flagport new website. Flagport specialises in the registration of vessels under the Malta flag. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of the Gollcher Group which is a leading and well respected multidisciplinary organisation within Malta’s maritime industry. Check...
Read More“The Gollcher Group’s CSR Team have successfully organised the 6th edition of the Annual Gollcher Charity walk, which took place on the 1st of May 2019. Funds raised went towards the Dr. Klown organisation, which operates at Mater Dei Hospital and the General Hospital in Gozo to provide...
Read More[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Malta Freeport Terminals handled a record 3.31 million TEU shipping containers in 2018 and will this year be steaming ahead with an ambitious investment programme in equipment and facilities in a concerted drive to increase the Terminals’ capacity to...
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Gollcher was invited to attend for the first Conference organised GDL for their world-wide network of Agents. The event was held in Crete between the 15th and 18th November. Karl Gollcher and Christian Zammit represented Gollcher. GDL (Global Defense Logistics) is a premier Global defense logistics...
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