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Ships Monthly

Oct 01 2024
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

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...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 68 Publisher: Kelsey Publishing Ltd Edition: Oct 01 2024

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  • Release date: September 27, 2024

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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

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

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

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...


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