Ships Monthly

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

THE MAGICAL NORTHERN ISLES

Contributors this month

Coaster sinks off German coast

Canopée gains its wings

Ammonia-burning

NEWS IN BRIEF

Berge unveils sailing cargo ship

Islander debuts at Guernsey

Research Ship on her travels

Storms sink Cable Restorer

Baltic route discontinued

Euronav and Frontline reach deal

Chinese pair chartered

New service at Ellesmere Port

MSC Euribia makes her UK debut

Pelican gets wind power

Historic Canadian ferry scraped

Three UK craft built for Japan

Norbay’s new service on old routes

Seatruck comings and goings on Irish routes

FERRIES IN THE NEWS…

NEWS IN BRIEF

Storms impact ferry services round UK

2023 Ferry Shipping awards

Gibraltar Strait routes acquired

Atlantica reactivated after four years

Fifth ship in World series

Largest to date

NEWS IN BRIEF

Israel-Gaza war impacts Med cruise itineraries

Odyssey to become Fuji

Australia hosts new callers

Naval response to Hamas

Greece’s 21st century warships

AUKUS enters new phase

NEWS IN BRIEF

Proteus takes on a new role

Dutch sub numbers dwindle

Wolf in sheep’s clothing

Engine retrofits and capacity increasing

Maersk’s first methanol-burner

Scorpio continues vessel buy-back

NEWS IN BRIEF

Carisbrooke go for proven design

Deepened

Maersk sells US-flagged unit

Methanol-powered container ship

Ten for MOL

New carriers for Neptune Lines

Trader for Transtal Shipping

Italian LNG-fuelled hybrid

NOAA orders two research vessels

Meyer Werft to build Asuka III

Fully electric SOV from Damen

Eight dual-fuel boxships

The Type 31 ‘Inspiration’ class frigates

MAGIC OF THE NORTHERN ISLES ORKNEY AND SHETLAND FERRY SERVICES IN HIGH DEMAND • Russell Plummer looks at vessels providing vital year-round links from the Scottish mainland to Orkney and Shetland, with Serco NorthLink Ferries now responsible for the main network.

The North of Scotland, orkney and Shetland Company’s 80-year reign

The Serco NorthLink era • The largest vessels in the Serco NorthLink fleet are the 11,700gt sisters Hjaltland and Hrossey.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE • On a crossing from Lerwick to Aberdeen, Captain Sean Smith talked to Nicholas Leach about his career and working for Serco Northlink on board the ferry Hjaltland.

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