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

REMEMBERING OUR ROYAL SHIPS

Contributors this month

NEWS IN BRIEF

Pentalina runs aground in the Hope

Tracking ship goes on tour

Icebreaking cruiser makes Solent debut

Heysham-Belfast freight boost

Philippine ferry on fire

150 years and still going strong

The World makes first call at Syros

Shreyas Shipping grows boxboat fleet

Patrol boats head to Ireland

Stolt adds tankers to fleet

Conversion for five Dover ferries

Maran Dry’s first with LNG

Named in Amsterdam

Tallink’s lsabelle latest to be chartered out

NEWS IN BRIEF

Famous name brought back

New hybrid catamaran launched for the Thames

FERRIES IN THE NEWS…

Former European Seaway moves again

Battery order for newbuilds

Rauma heads to Mexico

Pioneer waiting for her debut

IN THE SPOTLIGHT SOLENT SAILINGS

Cruise ships connecting to shore power

Funnel fitted to Queen Anne

Arvia named

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

Progress for Joint project

RN retires ‘sunset platforms’

RFAs renamed

Turkish delight after setback

Chungnam style for RoK

Last of the Freedoms

NEWS IN BRIEF

VLCC design with membrane LNG tank

Cosulich still active in shipping

Uni-Tankers grows

CMA CGM boosts fleet with big order

Ellerman opens new service

Carbon capture

More second-hand ships

Remembering American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines

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“I NAME THIS SHIP” • Alan Moorhouse provides an overview of the cruise ships, passenger liners, warships and other vessels named by the late Queen Elizabeth II during her long reign as Monarch.

RNLI LIFEBOATS NAMED BY HM THE QUEEN

OTHER ROYAL CEREMONIES

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.

BAJA-BOUND TWO-WAY CROSSING OF THE SEA OF CORTEZ • The ferries working the long crossings of the Sea of Cortez are operated by Baja Ferries. Tom Rinaldi went on board each of the two ships to experience what they offer.

IF YOU GO…

WONDER OF THE SEAS • Royal Caribbean International’s new flagship, Wonder of the Seas, will operate from Port Canaveral, on the east coast of central Florida, for year-round cruises to the Caribbean. Andy Hernandez recently sailed on her and offers his insight on what she has to offer.

ON BOARD WONDER OF THE SEAS

HALF A CENTURY OF OUTER HEBRIDES SERVICE • The ferry service from Ullapool across the North Minch to Stornoway on the island of Lewis is a key part of the Caledonian MacBrayne network. Mark...