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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Wallenius’ newest carrier
No more Vision for Rosslare
Historic meeting of two paddle steamers
NEWS IN BRIEF
New jack-up vessel Wind Peak delivered
Royal approval for name change
Famous Liner to be scuttled?
Retrofit for zero emissions
Late arrival
Canadian CSL buys stake in Peak Group
Vard to build for Island Offshore
Shieldhall’s annual visit
New heavylifter’s record-breaking voyage
World first for old PSV
Mixed news for south coast port
BW acquires Avance Gas
Brittany Ferries acquire Condor Ferries
Golden ferry switch
FERRIES IN THE NEWS … FERRIES IN THE NEWS … FERRIES IN THE NEWS … FERRIES IN THE NEWS …
NEWS IN BRIEF
Longstone set for long-term charter
Delay for new Calmac vessels
Danish route down to one
CLdN’s Mersey investment
Cruise ship orders for major cruise companies 2024
Lifeline for German shipyard
Another oldie goes for scrap
Fleet maintenance work
Fire leaves icebreaker out of the cold
Soviet warship ablaze
LCS programme winds down
NEWS IN BRIEF
New Irish inshore patrol vessels set to enter service
New coastal minehunters
Aussies show new firepower
Shipowner Graig pulls out of industry
PIL further renews fleet
New Leader
NEWS IN BRIEF
Bahri spends $1 billion on nine VLCCs
X-Press Expands
Tanker and bulker collide
Doehle purchases Hanjin ship
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WORLD NAVIES OVERVIEW 2024 • Conrad Waters, Editor of Seaforth World Naval Review, provides his periodic assessment of global naval developments at a time of heightened political tensions around the world.
Ships MONTHLY MARITIME MOSAIC DOVER-CALAIS
PORT OF CORK Gateway to the south of Ireland
FERRY LINKS TO THE CONTINENT
THE BIG PICTURE
OTTO HAHN GERMANY’S NUCLEAR SHIP
THE STORY OF RMS QUEEN MARY
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.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY • The East Asiatic Company was a pioneer in the operation of diesel-powered ships, but its impressive expansion as one of the world’s leading cargo carriers was followed by a decline that was brutal and swift, as Jim Shaw explains.
Remembering CRUISE & MARITIME VOYAGES • Founded in 2010, Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) enjoyed a decade of expansion in the UK cruise market, giving new life to a number of second-hand cruise ships, until the Covid pandemic resulted in the shutdown of cruising, which the company did...