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.
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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
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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...