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Ships Monthly

Sep 01 2023
Magazine

Ships Monthly is the world’s number one shipping magazine and Britain’s best-selling monthly magazine for ship lovers. Read by seafarers and enthusiasts all over the world, it contains a unique mix of shipping and maritime news, broken down by ship type, with sections focussing on ferries, cruise ships, warships, preserved vessels, tugs and cargo ships. The features, written by experts in their field, cover ships old and new, historic shipping companies and their vessels, modern cruise liners and passenger ferries, warships and naval vessels, profiles of docks and harbours in the UK and around the world, and personal accounts of voyages on ships round the world. Every issue contains an interview with the captain of a ship. In addition to the latest happenings in the shipping industry, the Ship of the Month feature goes behind the scenes on a significant ship to give readers an all-round insight into the world of ships and shipping.

Ships Monthly

WELCOME

Contributors this month

Ship carries ship

NEWS IN BRIEF

HMM Line to be taken over?

Polar Prince

ONE Innovation makes European debut

Ultra-efficient

Grimaldi con-ro to be scrapped

Old timer ends a long career

Boost for Belfast

Ro-ro grounding off the Cornish coast

Sir Walter Scott back in steam

Balmoral celebrates 74 years

Magic brings Cat 1 back into service

Keewatin on the move

New German research ship

58-year-old ferry scrapped

P&O route marks 50-year milestone

NEWS IN BRIEF

Three new 1200TD hovercraft built for Japan

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

Farewell to stalwart Stena Europe

Half a century on the Clyde

Freight vessel charters extended

Islander on berthing trials

New plans for longer itineraries

NEWS IN BRIEF

Another engine room fire

New charter

First Explora ship sets out on maiden voyage

Expansion on the way

Last in series of Excel class

New frigates build progress

NEWS IN BRIEF

Down Under firsts at Sydney

Sub goes deep

HMS Prince of Wales refloated at Babcock

More submarines and jets

Changing of the guard

Evergreen latest to invest in methanol

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ernst Russ acquires its largest ship to date

Celsius orders series of four new LNG tankers

CMA CGM drops Containerships brand

Himalaya goes for LNG fuel

Two for Fratelli Cosulich

Ammonia-ready open-hatchers

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

P&O PIONEER A game changer from P&O Ferries • George Holland provides an overview of P&O Ferries’ revolutionary new cross-Channel ship P&O Pioneer.

THE DOVER FLEET OF P&O FERRIES

P&O PIONEER ON BOARD FOR AN ENGLISH CHANNEL CROSSING

THREE DECADES OF CRUISE SHIPS • Eric Hillyer from Florida has been photographing ships for more than 30 years, and during that time he has witnessed the transformation of the cruising industry, as smaller ships have been replaced by the mega cruise ships of today.

OSLO A MODERN SCANDINAVIAN PORT AND CAPITAL CITY • Alan Moorhouse profiles the Norwegian capital’s port, which hosts cruise ships, ferries, container ships and a variety of cargo vessels.

THE BATTLE OF DRØBAK SOUND RECALLED

THE SCANDINAVIAN STAR TRAGEDY

PICTORIAL • Have you an outstanding photo that would grace our gallery? Send your image to Ships Monthly for inclusion in these pages, which showcase the best in ship photography around the world.

FREEDOM, FORTUNE AND FRIENDSHIP AN ANGLO-JAPANESE SUCCESS STORY • Allan Ryszka-Onions looks at the...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 76 Publisher: Kelsey Publishing Ltd Edition: Sep 01 2023

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  • Release date: August 25, 2023

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Ships Monthly is the world’s number one shipping magazine and Britain’s best-selling monthly magazine for ship lovers. Read by seafarers and enthusiasts all over the world, it contains a unique mix of shipping and maritime news, broken down by ship type, with sections focussing on ferries, cruise ships, warships, preserved vessels, tugs and cargo ships. The features, written by experts in their field, cover ships old and new, historic shipping companies and their vessels, modern cruise liners and passenger ferries, warships and naval vessels, profiles of docks and harbours in the UK and around the world, and personal accounts of voyages on ships round the world. Every issue contains an interview with the captain of a ship. In addition to the latest happenings in the shipping industry, the Ship of the Month feature goes behind the scenes on a significant ship to give readers an all-round insight into the world of ships and shipping.

Ships Monthly

WELCOME

Contributors this month

Ship carries ship

NEWS IN BRIEF

HMM Line to be taken over?

Polar Prince

ONE Innovation makes European debut

Ultra-efficient

Grimaldi con-ro to be scrapped

Old timer ends a long career

Boost for Belfast

Ro-ro grounding off the Cornish coast

Sir Walter Scott back in steam

Balmoral celebrates 74 years

Magic brings Cat 1 back into service

Keewatin on the move

New German research ship

58-year-old ferry scrapped

P&O route marks 50-year milestone

NEWS IN BRIEF

Three new 1200TD hovercraft built for Japan

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

Farewell to stalwart Stena Europe

Half a century on the Clyde

Freight vessel charters extended

Islander on berthing trials

New plans for longer itineraries

NEWS IN BRIEF

Another engine room fire

New charter

First Explora ship sets out on maiden voyage

Expansion on the way

Last in series of Excel class

New frigates build progress

NEWS IN BRIEF

Down Under firsts at Sydney

Sub goes deep

HMS Prince of Wales refloated at Babcock

More submarines and jets

Changing of the guard

Evergreen latest to invest in methanol

NEWS IN BRIEF

Ernst Russ acquires its largest ship to date

Celsius orders series of four new LNG tankers

CMA CGM drops Containerships brand

Himalaya goes for LNG fuel

Two for Fratelli Cosulich

Ammonia-ready open-hatchers

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

P&O PIONEER A game changer from P&O Ferries • George Holland provides an overview of P&O Ferries’ revolutionary new cross-Channel ship P&O Pioneer.

THE DOVER FLEET OF P&O FERRIES

P&O PIONEER ON BOARD FOR AN ENGLISH CHANNEL CROSSING

THREE DECADES OF CRUISE SHIPS • Eric Hillyer from Florida has been photographing ships for more than 30 years, and during that time he has witnessed the transformation of the cruising industry, as smaller ships have been replaced by the mega cruise ships of today.

OSLO A MODERN SCANDINAVIAN PORT AND CAPITAL CITY • Alan Moorhouse profiles the Norwegian capital’s port, which hosts cruise ships, ferries, container ships and a variety of cargo vessels.

THE BATTLE OF DRØBAK SOUND RECALLED

THE SCANDINAVIAN STAR TRAGEDY

PICTORIAL • Have you an outstanding photo that would grace our gallery? Send your image to Ships Monthly for inclusion in these pages, which showcase the best in ship photography around the world.

FREEDOM, FORTUNE AND FRIENDSHIP AN ANGLO-JAPANESE SUCCESS STORY • Allan Ryszka-Onions looks at the...


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