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Ships Monthly
Jun-23
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WELCOME
WELCOME
REMEMBERING OUR ROYAL SHIPS
REGULARS
Pentalina runs aground in the Hope
The 2009-built ro-pax catamaran Pentalina berthed at St
PORTLAND PORT
PORTLAND PORT began using the new deepwater berth
SCENIC CRUISES
Scenic Eclipse and her new sistership carry small
Tracking ship goes on tour
The 24,966 displacement tonne Chinese tracking vessel Yuan
SATELLITE TRACKING
The Chinese satellite tracking and missile telemetry ship
Icebreaking cruiser makes Solent debut
The ice-breaking cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot, operated
Heysham-Belfast freight boost
An impression of the ‘Newmax’ ferries being built
Philippine ferry on fire
INTER-ISLAND FERRY
150 years and still going strong
HOLLAND AMERICA
The World makes first call at Syros
RESIDENTIAL SHIP
Shreyas Shipping grows boxboat fleet
CONTAINER SHIPS
Patrol boats head to Ireland
IRISH NAVAL SERVICE
Stolt adds tankers to fleet
NEW TANKERS
Conversion for five Dover ferries
DFDS SEAWAYS
Named in Amsterdam
MULTI-PURPOSE
Maran Dry’s first with LNG
NEW BULKERS
Tallink’s lsabelle latest to be chartered out
BRIDGEMANS GROUP
NEWS IN BRIEF
SUMMER BOOST Spanish operator Balearia brought in two
Famous name brought back
IRISH FERRIES
New hybrid catamaran launched for the Thames
THAMES CLIPPERS
FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . .
DUBROVNIK Built in 1979 as B&I Line’s Connacht
Former European Seaway moves again
BLUE WAVE
Battery order for newbuilds
CAL MAC
Rauma heads to Mexico
POOLE HARBOUR
Pioneer waiting for her debut
P&O FERRIES
IN THE SPOTLIGHT SOLENT SAILINGS
Russell Plummer St Faith was Wightlink’s main vessel
Cruise ships connecting to shore power
The 2011-built AIDAsol at the Altona Cruise Terminal
Funnel fitted to Queen Anne
Queen Anne had her funnel fitted in April.
Arvia named
Arvia passing Calshot outbound from Southampton to the
NEWS IN BRIEF
SUNSTONE SHIPS The sixth ship in the X-Bow
NEWS IN BRIEF
ROYAL NAVY Construction of the future HMS Birmingham,
Progress for Joint project
The future ASW frigates will replace each navy’s
RN retires ‘sunset platforms’
HMS Montrose’s ‘penultimate’ entry into Portsmouth on 17
RFAs renamed
ROYAL FLEET AUX The two offshore support vessels
Turkish delight after setback
TURKISH NAVY The Turkish Navy has a new
Chungnam style for RoK
The FFX Batch III ships will test new
Last of the Freedoms
The FMM shipyard has performed its last ever
NEWS IN BRIEF
CMA CGM BUYS SECOND- HAND France-based CMA CGM
VLCC design with membrane LNG tank
Finand’s Deltamarin has been granted an Approval in
Cosulich still active in shipping
The 2015-built bulker Venture Ocean has been purchased
Uni-Tankers grows
The tanker Lessow Swan (2008) in the Dover
CMA CGM boosts fleet with big order
French boxship operator CMA CGM is to follow
Carbon capture
Wärtsilä’s carbon capture system would be installed within
Ellerman opens new service
The 2002-built container ship Nova at Tilbury in
More second-hand ships
Completed by South Korea’s Daewoo Group in 2006
Remembering American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
One of many war-built ships operated by Isbrandtsen
“ INAMETHIS SHIP” NAME
Alan Moorhouse provides an overview of the cruise ships, passenger liners, warships and other vessels named by the late Queen Elizabeth II during her long reign as Monarch
PICTORIAL
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FEATURES
BAJA-BOUND
TWO-WAY CROSSING OF THE SEA OF CORTEZ
HALF A CENTURY OF OUTER HEBRIDES SERVICE
The ferry service from Ullapool across the North Minch to Stornoway on the island of Lewis is a key part of the Caledonian MacBrayne network. Mark Nicolson looks back over 50 years of this important Outer Hebrides link.
THE BATTLE OF THE NORTH CAPE
Conrad Waters revisits the last action fought between capital ships in European Waters, describing the battle of the North Cape, part of the Arctic campaign, which took place in December 1943
CAPTAIN DANNY LYNCH SOUTH WALES TUG MASTER
Malcolm Cranfield pays tribute to Captain Danny Lynch, a well-respected tug master from Newport, whom the author first met in November 1964 when he was invited by the late W.D. (Des) Harris, a ship photographer from Penarth, to come on board for a trip out from Newport with Danny.
Ships MONTHLY MARITIME MOSAIC VANCOUVER
The Port of Vancouver, on the west coast of Canada, attracts a wide variety of vessels, as John Wilson’s photographs from a couple of decades ago show. The Port is home to 29 major terminals and handles the most diversified range of ships in North America, including containers, breakbulk, liquid bulk, automobile and cruise ships. It is Canada’s gateway to over 170 trading economies round the world, and is linked to major railroads and highways in Canada and the USA.
SAS PROTEA
CELEBRATES HALF A CENTUR RY OF SERVICE
CRUISE FOCUS
WONDER OF THE SEAS
Royal Caribbean International’s new flagship, Wonder of the Seas, will operate from Port Canaveral, on the east coast of central Florida, for year-round cruises to the Caribbean. Andy Hernandez recently sailed on her and offers his insight on what she has to offer.
ON BOARD WONDER OF THE SEAS
Royal Promenade (looking aft). 150 Central Park. Beach
CHARTROOM
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A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
While heading west towards Lundy Island, Captain Jason Mugford talks to Richard Webber about his career and Oldenburg, the island’s supply and passenger ship.