Ships Monthly Magazine Mar-23 Back Issue

The March 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features.
NEWS
Waterfront – World’s largest zero emissions ferry being built, busy times at the Tranmere oil terminal on the Mersey, Tasmanian twins delivered, and famous RMS St Helena drydocked.
Ferry – P&O Ferries cuts carbon footprint on ferries, latest E-Flexer Santona handed over to Brittany Ferries, and CalMac order new ships from Turkish yard.
Cruise – Ambassador fleet grows with the acquisition of Ambition, another Aida ship set for disposal, and boost for French cruising.
Naval – New ships for Royal Fleet Auxiliary, offshore support vessel acquired for surveillance work, and details of US Navy’s future plans.
Cargo – First boxboat scrapped in two years, Seapeak acquires and rebrands Evergas, and Suez Canal sets record transit figures.
Preservation – Regeneration programme for Wingfield Castle, funds needed for Waverley, and Queen Mary reopened.
News Feature – The motor tug Kent is 75 years old this year, and is a fine example of a successful preservation project, with the historic vessel widely seen around the south coast.
SOME FEATURES
Pandoro history – A look at the ro-ro revolution on the Irish Sea started in the 1970s by Pandoro, and some of the vessels they operated.
Type 21 frigates – Assessment of the Royal Navy’s Type 21 Amazon class frigates, designed in the late 1960s and built in the 1970s.
Nieuw Amsterdam – Having twice sailed aboard Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam since 2010, Andy Hernandez recently boarded the ship at Vancouver on a seven-night cruise to Alaska.
Big Picture – A liner of many lives, Norddeutscher Lloyd’s 1939-built liner Bremen, pictured in 1971.
Singapore in ’74 – Recalling a trip to Singapore in 1974 to photograph ships in the pre-boxboat era, including many historic conventional cargo vessels.