The September 2021 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and contains the usual mix of news, reviews and features.
Continuing the strengthening and expansion of its services in the Baltic Sea, Swedish ferry company Stena Line is deploying two new large and modern ferries on the route between Ventspils in Latvia and Nynäshamn in Sweden.
SAS Mendi (F148) is on her way back to full operational capability after “suffering catastrophic damage to her propulsion engines”.
Haugesund, Norway-based Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers expects to take delivery of two new 124,000-dwt shuttle tankers from South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
After a wait at the Commercial Quay in Ramsgate, the historic paddle steamer Medway Queen made her way onto the slip on 12 August 2021.
The ferry operator Stena Line, Frederikshavn Municipality, and the Port of Frederikshavn signed a historic agreement on 20 September 2021 in which the parties commit to take their share of the responsibility for making Gothenburg-Frederikshavn the world’s first fossil fuel…
The crew of Viking Line’s ferry Amorella has been awarded the prestigious Sea Sunday Prize for their professional efforts in the vessel’s grounding off Åland one year ago. “The only way to prepare for surprising situations is to train,” says…
The first, fully-electric road ferries to sail in North America are now on their way from Damen Shipyards Galati to Lake Ontario, Canada, to begin operations. Ordered by the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Canada, Amherst Islander II and Wolfe Islander…
On 17 September 2021 Navigator Gas was awarded a new Approval in Principle (AiP) for an ammonia fuelled gas carrier design from classification society DNV. An industrywide consortium, including MAN Energy solutions, Babcock International, and the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA),…
The shipping company Viking Line is now building one of the world’s most climate-smart vessels, Viking Glory. The vessel, to provide daily service on the Turku-Mariehamn-Stockholm route starting in early 2022, will offer tp levek cruise experiences. It was announced…
Oceania Cruises’ newest ship sets sail in April 2023, and voyages open for sale on 15 September, 2021. The destination-focused cruise line unveiled the Inaugural Season of voyage itineraries for Vista, the line’s newest ship. The 18 Inaugural Season voyages…
HMS Albion arrived in London on 12 September 2021 where she was moored off Greenwich for a week for International Shipping Week 2021. The amphibious assault ship made the trip from Plymouth to host a number of events in support…
The technology group Wärtsilä will collaborate with ABS and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HZS) to develop a flexible, future-proof, and modular LNG Carrier (LNGC) vessel concept. The pioneering design approach for the Multi-Fuel Electric vessel is intended to deliver immediate CO2 savings,…
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract by the Cameroon Oil Transportation Company (COTCO), for Phase 2 of a mooring system maintenance project on the Kome-Kribi 1 Floating Storage & Offloading unit (Kome-Kribi 1 Marine Terminal), off the coast…
