The latest issue of Ships Monthly is about to hit the shelves. Make sure you get your copy now! It includes the following features: VOYAGE REPORT – A voyage on one of the great P&O-Orient liners, Oronsay, of the post-war…
The latest issue of Ships Monthly is about to hit the shelves. Make sure you get your copy now! It includes the following features: VOYAGE REPORT – A voyage on one of the great P&O-Orient liners, Oronsay, of the post-war…
In the May issue of Ships Monthly we featured Finan Liddle, and asked the question, was he the magazine’s youngest reader? Finan is an extremely enthusiastic reader of the magazine and, according to his mother, is mad about ships. I…
JUNE 2015 ISSUE The new Channel Islands ferry Condor Liberation entered service on 27 March and I was fortunate enough to be on the first passenger sailing from Poole to Guernsey. The new vessel had been running trials during the…
MAY 2015 ISSUE Two articles in this issue focus on the container shipping industry. We have an account of how container ships have developed since the 1960s, as well as a behind-the-scenes look on board Cap San Augustin, one of…
APRIL 2015 ISSUE What is probably the best-known shipping company in the world is celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding, and to mark Cunard’s anniversary we have two special features in this issue. The first is a look at…
MARCH 2015 ISSUE For the eagle-eyed among our readers, and/or those with long memories, you will notice that the 2015 editions of Ships Monthly form Volume 50 of the magazine. So, as I write these word with the New Year…
FEBRUARY 2015 ISSUE In this issue of Ships Monthly we have reports on various new ships that are making waves because of their size. Shipowners and corporations are looking to build bigger and bigger vessels, the main benefit of which…
JANUARY 2015 ISSUE In late October 2014 the new RCI cruise ship Quantum of the Seas made her debut at Southampton, watched by hundreds of people who turned out despite the gloomy weather. She has plenty of new features to…
DECEMBER 2014 ISSUE In September one of the various ‘Ship of the year’ awards was won by ZeroCat 120, the first battery-driven car ferry in the world. The award was presented in Hamburg to the owners of the vessel, Norled…