The June 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and contains the usual mix of news, reviews and features.
On 10 May 2023 Stena Line announced that it is to increase capacity on its expanding Heysham-Belfast freight service by 80 per cent
The Port of Aberdeen is to invest £55 million over the next ten years to become the UK’s first net zero port by 2040.
Brittany Ferries has announced the name of its forthcoming hybrid ship, which will sail between Portsmouth and Caen, as Guillaume de Normandie.
Rotors continue to be seen as viable fuel and emission reducing devices and French tanker operator Socatra has been the latest to take advantage of their use.
Three Crowley-managed tankers have been selected by the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) to serve in its Tanker Security Programme.
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled the latest vessel in its Compact Tugs product platform. The ASD Tug 2111 joins the ASD Tug 2312 in the range, combining proven technology with innovation to advance safety, sustainability, reliability, and efficiency. Siebe Cieraad, Damen Product Portfolio manager explains…
A former RNLI lifeboat destined for the scrap heap has been thrown a lifeline by a Stirlingshire farmer. Martyn Steedman, who made the headlines with his family’s conversion of a retired Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter in 2016, offered the…
Color Line’s 34,200gt ferry SuperSpeed 2 ferry collided with a breakwater as she docked in Hirtshals on 27 May 2023. Color Line were forced to cancelled services between Larvik and Hirtshals in Denmark following the collision. SuperSpeed 2 had to…
On 20 May 2023, after an overhaul on the syncrolift in the maintenance facility in the Port of Cape Town, the 112-year-old barque Europa ‘lost her balance’ as she was being pushed back into the water. The incident bears some…
The 2023-built and 24,346TEU capacity container ship MSC Loreto made her maiden call at Rotterdam Maasvlakte and Antwerp during her maiden voyage. In nominal container capacity, she is currently the biggest container ship in service, together with her sister ship…
One of the Lake District’s most recognisable and majestic passenger vessels is about to celebrate her 85th birthday. Swan was launched on 10 June 1938 and still sails daily on Windermere, carrying people up and down England’s longest lake on…
The new Multi Cat 3713, to be named Waddenstroom, is currently in build at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld as part of the Damen philosophy of building for stock and will be delivered on 26th October this year. The 37m DP2 vessel…
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year Optimised Maintenance agreement with Greece-based Latsco LNG Marine Management. The agreement covers the main engines for two large LNG Carriers (LNGC), Hellas Diana and Hellas Athina, and was agreed in March 2021.…
Three Crowley-managed tankers have been selected by the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) to serve in its Tanker Security Program. The programme ensures a commercial fleet can readily transport liquid fuel supplies in times of need for the U.S. Department of…
On 25 May 2023 Dutch shipping company Future Proof Shipping (FPS) officially launched the first hydrogen-powered zero-emissions inland container ship, H2 Barge 1, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Earlier in the week, Nike introduced the H2 Barge 1 at its European…
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