First New Zealand caller brings Covid

STENA MARKS 60th ANNIVERSARY

One of the many classic ships operated by

From Europe to New Zealand

Connemara is set to serve on the Wellington-Picton

UECC take delivery of final newbuild

The brand-new vehicle carrier Auto Aspire has just

Euronav sells ULCC Europe

The 2002-built tanker Europe (ex-TI Europe) was anchored

Oldie goes to the breakers

The tugs Molly M I and Manitou were

HMS Prince of Wales heads to Rosyth

HMS Prince of Wales returns to Rosyth, coming

NEWS IN BRIEF

AMMONIA-FUELLED TANKERS Thailand’s stateowned energy company PTT and

Neste buys two from Furetank

TANKERS Finnish-based refiner Neste, a major producer of

Fourteen set for Yang Ming

The 11,860TEU YM Trillion has been completed by

NEWS IN BRIEF

FUEL SAVING The long-serving Stena Line Gothenburg- Frederikshavn

Fitted with experimental sails

MN Pélican, seen at Poole, is the first

Cosco expanding its fleet of semisubmersibles

LNG CARRIERS China’s Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has

MSC buys Italian towage group

Rimorchiatori Mediterranei tugs at Ancona/ Ravenna in September.

Rising costs

FJORD LINE The rising cost of LNG has

Hispaniola makes final voyage

The historic former passenger vessel Hispaniola being taken

Maersk goes for methanol

Maersk’s latest order for methanol-fuelled boxships will see

NEWS IN BRIEF

REFIT VISIT Irish Ferries’ Dover- Calais vessel Isle

Work starts on Islay route sisters

Hebridean Isles, delivered from at Selby in Yorkshire

Greek port changes hands

Grimaldi ferry Cruise Ausonia (2002, ex-Superfast XII) has

FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . .

STENA EBBA The latest E-Flexer was handed over

60 year anniversary for ferry giant

A key member of the Stena fleet, Stena

Irish Sea closure rumour denied

FISHGUARD Stena Line was quick to dismiss rumours

Steam Packet sailings disrupted

Isle of Man Steam Packet vessel Ben-my-Chree spent six

Another cruise giant makes her debut

MSC World Europa is MSC’s largest ship to

NEWS IN BRIEF

CMV The 1984-built Astoria, currently laid up in

An even larger Icon of the Seas

ROYAL CARIBBEAN When the order for two ships

Moved from China to America

Costa Serena has still not returned to service.

NEWS IN BRIEF

ROYAL NAVY The Type 31 frigate programme achieved

Exercise Joint Warrior

ITS Andrea Doria visited Portsmouth twice during Exercise

Acquiring SIGMA series

Colombia is the third customer for Damen’s off-the-shelf

Race to the bottom

ROYAL NAVY The UK Defence Secretary has announced

Future flagship takes shape

The latest impression of France’s next aircraft carrier.

Looking into the future

ROYAL NAVY With eight City class (Type 26)

Express frigate delivery

Egypt is spending billions on the rapid renewal

Rotors and sails

A new bulker being built for Mitsui OSK

New American boxships enter service

The new LNG-fuelled and American-flagged George III has

MOL’s six LNG-fuelled ships

Mitsui OSK Lines’ new dual-fuel VLCCs will carry

Six rotor sails to be fitted

An AiP has been granted by Lloyd’s Register

Work starts on London Gateway

The container ship MSC Tomoko at London Gateway.

Carbon capture

SAMSKIP Carbon capture systems, which remove CO2 from

Dual-fuel tankers for Knutsen

The 123,602dwt shuttle tankers Frida Knutsen and Sindre

Lomar acquires German ships

The oil products tanker CB Adriatic (2019), part

First of six for Vertom

MULTIPURPOSE The 7,000dwt Vertom Patty, the first of

Russia’s floating polar research platform

Designed to provide comfortable living and working conditions

Zero-emission cruise ship

A new 250-passenger zero-emissions cruise ship is to

New Spliethoff heavylifters

The recently launched Brouwersgracht is to be followed

Four new Orca class heavylifters

New Orca class heavylifters being built in China

Container carrying

ARTICULATED T&B The Rio Maguari Shipyard, in Belém,

Hybrid power

RESEARCH VESSEL California’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography at

Latest Chinese semi-submersible delivered

The new 82,000dwt semi-submersible Hua Rui Long is

HERJÓLFUR

THE TESL A OF THE SEAS

OCEAN ENDEAVOUR

Ice master marks 40 years of service

ANDREA DORIA

AND HER TRAGIC FINAL VOYAGE

LORD OF THE ISLES

Caledonian MacBrayne’s stalwart offering a long distance lifeline Mark Nicolson looks back over the career of Cal Mac’s Lord of the Isles, one of the best-travelled of any Scottish west coast ferry

MARITIME MOSAIC

SWISS PADDLERS

PAKISTAN’S MERCHANT NAV Y MARKS 75 YEARS

Jim Shaw looks back at the private shipping companies which were nationalised in 1974 to create today’s Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.

PICTORIAL

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GUARDIANS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

Conrad Waters provides a status report on the Indian Navy, guardian of the strategically important Indian Ocean.

IN THE ENGINE ROOM

Ian Slater, Chief Engineer on the Fishguard-Rosslare ferry Stena Europe, describes his engineering background and explains his role on board the ship.

CHARTROOM

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