Sovereign goes to MSC

FUTURE FERRIES SET TO BE CLEAN

At the time of writing, the new P&O

Former European Seaway on move

OLD FERRY The former P&O Ferries freight ship

Retrofitted with rotor sails

FRENCH TANKER Rotors continue to be seen as

First of four LNG-fuelled PCTCs

Japan’s NYK Line has taken delivery of the

Global Mercy begins operations

The 37,000gt Global Mercy (right) berthed at Dakar,

Chain ferry out of overhaul

POOLE FERRY The Sandbanks chain ferry Bramble Bush

HMM goes for methanol

NEW BOXBOATS Following the led of several other

Changing ferries at Fishguard

Stena Nordica, arriving at Rosslare in June 2020,

NEWS IN BRIEF

CHANNEL FIRE Investigations started into the cause of

Efforts to restore historic Irish ferry

The sad scene at Dublin Graving Dock where

Ferry berth changes in Dublin

Seatruck Progress and Seatruck Pace in Dublin in

Methanol power

SHIP FUEL Shipowners appear to be steadily moving towards

Historic paddler being readied for summer

The paddle steamer Kingswear Castle is being completely

Agreed into the next century

The E-Flexer Stena Embla at the Twelve Quays

WindKeeper SWATHs ordered

Two hybrid Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) ordered by

NEWS IN BRIEF

SERVICE STOPPED P&O Ferries closed their freight service

Manxman set for her final sea trials

ISLE OF MAN SP Final sea trials for

Great Belt takeover of ForSea ready to go ahead

The double-ended Rauma-built 10,067gt Hamlet has been in

FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . .

VIKING GLORY The new 65,211gt Viking Line flagship,

Silja Europa back in ferry traffic on the Baltic

After time in the Netherlands accommodating migrants and

Problems for northern routes

Earl Thorfinn (pictured) and sister Earl Sigurd brought

Boost for Fair Isle operations

Good Shepherd IV in Lerwick; she was built

A hybrid future for the ferry industry

The proposed design for a new Isles of

A new home for Ryndam after refit

Ryndam is set to get a new lease

Earthquake relief in Turkey

Gemini is providing accommodation for earthquake survivors. POUL

Unexpected sale of Magica

The 2004-built Costa Magica (102,784gt) is the first

NEWS IN BRIEF

MSC CRUISES The latest ship to join the

NEWS IN BRIEF

ROYAL NAVY Construction work on Warspite, the third

Double whammy for carrier

HMS Prince of Wales at anchor in the

The end of the Typhoon era

The nuclear-powered strategic ballistic-missile submarine Dmitry Donskoy served

Carrier scuttled

BRAZILIAN NAVY Brazil has controversially sunk the aircraft

Autonomous demonstrator delivered

Apalachicola is the second naval vessel named after

CAMM for Saudi Arabia

The Lockheed Martin-designed MMSCs are being built by

Rapid Auxiliary acquisition force

Island Crown is to be renamed for her

NEWS IN BRIEF

MAERSK DISSOLVING TWO BRANDS Denmark’s Maersk Line, which

Hapag-Lloyd to retrofit 100 ships

The 7,506TEU Ningbo Express, built in 2002, is

New wind turbine foundation installer delivered

Completed in China for Belgium’s Jan De Nul,

Post-pandemic price drop

Matson Navigation’s 50-yearold converted ‘Trailership’ Matsonia was one

Ammonia-fuelled

A series of ten 210,000dwt bulk carriers to

Tailwind starts new service

The container vessel Solong, one of the three

Fisher extends charters

The 2006-built tanker Speciality on the Thames in

Fuel-saving

Mounted forward on the 16,022TEU CMA CGM Marco

Capturing the wind

A forward-mounted mast is used to automatically deploy

Hybrid and wind-assisted

DUAL-FUEL TANKERS Swedish tanker operator Terntank, which currently

Methanol-fuelled twins for MCP

Twin 1,300TEU containerships being built in China for

Diesel-electric for Vertom

The diesel-electric multi-purpose ship Vertom Patty is to

New dual-fuel MSC boxships

Geneva-based MSC has ordered ten dual-fuel 11,500TEU boxboats,

AAL’s dual-fuel carriers

A series of six dual-fuel multipurpose ships to

OOCL new 24,000TEU giants

The size of OOCL’s new 228,000dwt OOCL Spain,

Remembering the Canadian City Line

This year marks the 120th anniversary of the

UNION-CASTLE’S LAST LINER

A FINAL VISIT TO WINDSOR CASTLE

MARITIME MOSAIC

BELFAST TANKERS

PICTORIOL

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CALEDONIAN MACBRAYNE 50 YEARS OF FAME

In 2023 Caledonian MacBrayne will mark half a century since it began operations and its familiar livery first appeared in the waters of the Firth of Clyde and West Highlands of Scotland. Colin J. Smith looks back over the last 50 years.

MONTREAL MEMORIES

Jim Shaw looks at some of the cargo ships which called at the Canadian port of Montreal in the post-war era.

BELLEZA BÁLTICA

Matt Davies profiles Regina Baltica, Baleària’s Baltic beauty, a veteran ferry which has been operating for more than four decades in different guises, with various operators.

ELIZABETH’S NAVY

70 YEARS OF THE POST-WAR ROYAL NAVY

SHIPSPOTTING

The German cruise line AIDA Cruises was founded in the early 1960s and, since 2003, has been part of Carnival Corporation. Based in Rostock, AIDA caters primarily to the Germanspeaking market, and currently operates 12 ships.

Letter of the month

SERVING ON BOARD ELLERMAN’S BIG FOUR The article

FEBRUARY’S MYSTERY

The mystery ship is Arabian Prince, built in

THIS MONTH’S MYSTERY SHIP

This month’s mystery shows an old single-funnelled passenger

Book of the month

Elizabeth’s Navy: Seventy Years of the Post-War Royal Navy