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Technology Boost
Cargo ships, which come in all shapes and sizes, are often regarded as being of lesser prominence than their passenger-carrying counterparts, as evidenced by the recent arrival of Cunard’s new ship Queen Anne, making her maiden call at Southampton, w
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Book Of the Month
Colin J. Smith Ferry Publications, PO Box 33, Ramsey, Isle of Man IM99 4LP; tel 01624 898446, info@lilypublications.co.uk, 144-page softback Price £16 plus postage This well-produced volume charts the 50-year history and development of Caledonian Mac
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Chartroom
Letter of the month Through Ships Monthly I have previously raised concerns that cruise ships are too large to be safe, and I disagree with the rationale that, in an emergency, ‘ships should be their own lifeboat’. Last month the Norwegian Safety Inv
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News In Brief
BALMORAL The one-time Red Funnel vessel dating from 1949 and now undergoing restoration in Bristol, has received a grant of £248,318-00 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Balmoral was built to carry passengers and up to 10 stern loaded between
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Long Delay For Caledonian Isles
While she was being refitted by Cammell Laird on the Mersey, the Cal Mac ferry Caledonian Isles (1995/5,221gt) was found to need additional steelwork beyond what was originally planned and will have to remain in dry dock for an estimated further 16 w
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Bunkering Vessel Tours Northern Europe
On 13-14 April the world’s first purpose-built LNG bunkering vessel, the 2017-built Green Zeebrugge, made a second visit to Southampton. The vessel had arrived from Zeebrugge and was in Southampton to bunker two P&O Cruises vessels, Iona (2020) and A
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Next Issue
Profile of Condor’s latest ferry running to the Channel Islands, which arrived last year, after a decade crossing the Cook Strait. HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH The history of HMS Queen Elizabeth, first of a class of battleships which became known as the ‘Supe
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WindWings’ Positive Results
Over half a year ago two BAR Technologies-developed WindWings were installed on MC Shipping’s 2017-built Kamsarmax bulk carrier Pyxis Ocean to see how much fuel could be saved. Over that period the 80,962dwt ship sailed the Indian Ocean, the Pacific
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New for Iceland
Spain’s Astilleros Ría de Vigo shipyard (formerly Barreras) expects to deliver the new oceanographic vessel Borunn Bordardottir to the Government of Iceland later this year as a replacement for the 1970-built Bjarni Sæmundsson. Designed by Iceland’s
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Massive Order For Eight New Ships Over A Decade
With four more ships due for Norwegian Cruise Line, and Allura scheduled for delivery to Oceania Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings has placed orders for eight more ships, subject to financing, for delivery between 2026 and 2036. The shipyards
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Expansion For Smaller Line
With a bit of a chequered history, Windstar Cruises, founded in 1984, seems to have settled under the umbrella of Xanterra Travel, itself a subsidiary of Anschutz Corporation, and is acquiring two further ships, both from the Portuguese shipowner Mys
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Missed An Issue?
ORDER TODAY! COVER STORY Icon of the Seas INSIDE RMS St Helena, Modern cargo ships, HMS Ajax, Shetland ferries COVER STORY Pont-Aven two decades INSIDE Blue Funnel cargo liners, Italian Navy, RNLI at 200 COVER STORY Queen Mary 2 at twenty INSIDE, Ico
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Uss Hornet And Her Four Battle Stars
USS Hornet was the third of the Yorktown class of aircraft carriers and the US Navy’s seventh vessel to carry the name. Hornet was ordered on 30 March 1939, launched on 14 December 1940, and commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Station on 20 October 194
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Saving Savannah
While nuclear energy is again being examined by the maritime industry as a potential force for powering commercial vessels, the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) is continuing to search for an organisation to preserve the world’s first nuclear power
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D-DAY Eighty Years On
Eighty years ago a vast armada set out from ports along the English coast destined for the beaches of German-occupied France. Still the largest amphibious operation ever conducted, the Allied assault on the Normandy beaches successfully secured a nar
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More European exports
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence has announced procurement deals with different European defence contractors on the same day for the acquisition of new warships and submarines. They have become the fifth export customer of Naval Group’s Scorpène cl
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Ammonia-to-electrical Power
Oslo-headquartered Green Ships Invest (GSI) has signed a contract to purchase a carbon-free ammonia-to-electrical power system developed by New York-based Amogy for a new series of environmentally-friendly 82m long platform supply vessels (PSV) to be
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Peru Commits To Fleet Renewal
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has sealed a contract worth US$463 million for the design and construction assistance for four warships for the Peruvian Navy. The warships are a 3,400-tonne frigate, a 2,200-tonne Offshore Patrol Vessel and two 1,500-tonn
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Stena Bulk Sells LNG Fleet
Stena Bulk has sold its fleet of three LNG carriers. Stena Blue Sky was handed over to Asian-based owners in late April, and while she was in Singapore she was renamed Blue Dragon 1. The sale of the 145,000m3 capacity vessel follows the sale of siste
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In Disguise Ships Of Blue Funnel And Elder Dempster
Alfred and Philip Holt established the Blue Funnel Line in 1853 and Ocean Steamship Company (Ocean) in 1865 to operate steamships from Liverpool to Asia. In the 1930s Ocean acquired the competing Glen and Shire Lines, and also Elder Dempster & Co (ED
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Mystery Ship
The Appledore Shipbuilders Robert Cock and Sons specialised in building smaller vessels, up to coaster size. During a period from 1922 to 1924 they built four coasters, but had difficulty finding owners for them all. The vessels were War Wharfe for t
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Zero-emission Via Ammonia
Norwegian companies OSM Thome and Pherousa Green Shipping have entered into a Letter of Intent (LoI) outlining their collaboration on a series of six 63,000dwt zero-emission bulk carriers that Pherousa will order and OSM Thome will manage. The ships
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Ukrainians In The UK
Two former Royal Navy ships, transferred to Ukraine in 2022, are to be based at Portsmouth naval base for the foreseeable future. The Sandown class minehunters, Cherkasy and Chernihiv, have relocated from Scotland, where their crews have undergone 18
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Newbuild for Mercy Ships
An agreement between MSC Group, MSC Foundation and the charity Mercy Ships International has been reached for the construction of a brand-new hospital ship, whcih will deliver free surgery and training annually to thousands of people in Africa. On 8
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New Independent Deterrent
Like the UK and US, France has begun construction of a new generation of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. A steel-cutting ceremony for the so called ‘Sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d’engins de troisième génération’ (SNLE 3G) was held at Na
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Light Fantastic
The Royal Navy is to equip its warships with laser weapons systems from 2027, five years earlier than planned. The quicker than expected roll-out of the DragonFire laser is credited to the introduction of a new defence procurement model. The differen
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New Electric Hybrid Ferry
On 23 April Incat Tasmania announced a new partnership with Danish Shipping and Logistics Company DFDS to complete a design study for the construction of a cutting-edge electric-hybrid ferry. The 72m ferry, which will have the option to convert to fu
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Hms Starwort cotswold Sub Killer And Southern Whaler
It was cold and, although the skies were grey, there was very little rain when, on 9 January 1967, a tug delivered the old whale catcher Southern Broom to scrap merchants Van Heyghen Frères, of Bruges, Belgium for dismantling. On 26 May 1941, 26 year
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Stena Line Widen Scope
Europe’s largest ferry operator, Stena Line, is extending its traditional market, having bought a 49 per cent stake in Africa Morocco Link (AML), which operates across the Gibraltar Strait between Algeciras and Tanger Med and is headquartered in Tang
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