WELCOME

NEW FERRIES DUE TO DEBUT IN 2023

New Polar researcher

ICEBREAKER

Shieldhall gets ready for a busy season

PRESERVED SHIP

Mediterranean to become ECA

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ammonia-ready for Grimaldi

PCTCs

MyStar up and running on the Baltic

BALTIC FERRIES

Hydrogen-powered mini-bulkers

BULK CARRIERS

On the beach

FORMER FERRY

First robotic vessels delivered

OFFSHORE SURVEY

NEWS IN BRIEF

RESEARCH VESSEL FOR SCRAP The Canadian Coast Guard

Enchanted Capri under demolition

OLD CRUISE FERRY

China develops cruise ship

CRUISE DESIGN

New for Japan

TRAINING SHIP

Dual-fuel crude tanker on the Clyde

TANKERS

P&O’s new year comings and goings

COMPANY NEWS

Viking Line sells oldest ferry

FERRY SALES

NEWS IN BRIEF

RO-RO MOVE Color Line is selling Color Carrier

Significant increase in trading results

IRISH FERRIES

New vessel, bridges and pier updates planned

MERSEY FERRY

FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . . FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . . FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . . FERRIES IN THE NEWS . . .

VIKING CINDERELLA The 57,505gt Viking Line vessel, built

First double-ender on trial

P&O FERRIES

Color Line ferry heads south

SEAJETS

Transmanche ring the changes

ENGLISH CHANNEL

Brittany makes vessel switch

BRITTANY FERRIES

NEWS IN BRIEF

CFC Compagnie Française de Croisières has delayed its

Unscheduled maintenance needed

AMBASSADOR

Cruise giant’s smallest order book for years

CARNIVAL

Last new ship of 2022 debuts at Southampton

P&O CRUISES

Another new record for RCI

ROYAL CARIBBEAN

Cutting back on stewards

NCL

NEWS IN BRIEF

RTN The Royal Thai Navy has recovered the

New Arleigh Burkes on trials

US NAVY

Poland’s Arrowhead frigates

POLISH NAVY

Inbound missiles

ROYAL NAVY

A job well done by Montrose

ROYAL NAVY

Uncrewed sub for the deep

ROYAL NAVY

Watching the noisy neighbours

POLISH NAVY

NEWS IN BRIEF

JAPANESE ‘EENEX’ COAL CARRIER Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines

‘K’ Line shifting to alternative fuels

GREEN TECHNOLOGY

Yet again world’s largest boxship

CONTAINER SHIPS

Dual-fuel tankers completed for Fisher

NEWBUILDS

Wan Hai to scrap ten feeders

CONTAINER OPERATOR

Caught in the Bosphorus

SHIPPING ROUTE

Highest valued world fleets

INDUSTRY NEWS

Japan’s ONE charters ships

CONTAINER SHIPS

Remembering the loss of Princess Victoria in 1953

Russell Plummer recalls the tragic day in January 1953 when North Channel vessel Princess Victoria sank on the Irish Sea in a storm, with only 44 of a total of just over 300 passengers and crew surviving.

PICTORIAL

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NEWHAVEN-DIEPPE INTO A SECOND CENTURY

Continuing our series looking at major ferry routes from British ports, Russell Plummer traces the history of an English Channel connection with France that started back in the late 19th century and now employs two modern vessels which were introduced as recently as 2008.

ABANDONED THE STORY OF LINER-CUM-CRUISE SHIP MEDITERRANEAN SKY

Lying half-sunk and keeled over at the North Western end of the Gulf of Elefsina are the rusting remains of the Greek ferry Mediterranean Sky, once the passenger cargo liner City of York and part of the once-mighty Ellerman & Bucknall fleet. Henry Brayshaw traces the history of this once famous ship, which dates from the 1950s.

MARITIME MOSAIC BERGEN CALLERS

Bergen, on Norway’s south-west coast, is the country’s second biggest city and known as ‘gateway to the fjords’. The city’s picturesque location along Byfjord means Bergen is a common port of call for cruise ships setting out for the fjords. Its busy harbour is also the departure point for Hurtigruten’s coastal express and many other ferries. Patrick Healy’s photos from the port were taken in June 2005 and show some of the ships then visiting Norway.

BEAUTIFUL BULKERS

The ubiquitous bulk carrier is not considered a beautiful ship by many, certainly not after the ships have seen decades of service, by when they are streaked with rust. But, when just out of the builder’s yard, or with a fresh coat of paint, bulkers can be truly handsome vessels, as these photos supplied by Jim Shaw show.

THE MYSTERY OF HMS URGE

Paul Brown describes the loss of the submarine Urge, which left Malta for Egypt on 27 April 1942 and was never seen again . . . until the discovery of its wreck off Malta almost 80 years later.

MIDWAY TO ENTERPRISE

THE US NAVY’S AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

BRITTANY FERRIES LOOKING TOWARDS THE NEXT 50 YEARS

David Fairclough and George Holland look at the fleet of well-known French operator Brittany Ferries, which has redefined Channel crossings over the last half century.

SHIPS MAIL

AAL Shipping's new multipurpose heavylift vessel has the crew

MYSTERY SHIP

DECEMBER’S MYSTERY The mystery ship in the December

SHIPS LIBRARY

book of themonth The SS United States: Ship

STENA LINE MARKS 60 YEARS OF FERRY OPERATIONS

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