The grain shipment on board the 1996-built bulk carrier Razoni is in limbo as the Lebanese buyer has refused to accept the cargo. The buyer rejected the cargo on grounds that too much time has elapsed. According to the information…
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has launched what is claimed to be the world’s largest containership, which has a capacity of 24,116TEU. The new MSC Tessa was floated out of her building dock at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding’s Changxing Shipbuilding…
The Swedish sail training ship Götheborg came up the Thames on 8 August 2022. She is a 58m (190ft) replica of a Swedish full-rigged East Indiaman is pictured visiting the Upper Pool of London and sailing through the open span…
On 28 July 2022 MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales service brand of MAN Energy Solutions, signed a long-term service agreement (LTSA) with GIE Dragages-Ports, which includes inspection kits and preventative maintenance services as well as remote assistance (PrimeServ Assist) and engine-fluid…
Estonian shipping company Tallink has found a new purpose for many of its Covid-affected ferries by chartering them to countries to be short-term accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. Isabelle’s former daily crossover Riga-Stockholm service will take time to return to normal,…
The small cruise ship Hebridean Princess with Royal connections visited London at the end of July 2022. In service since 1964, the vessel has been twice chartered by HM The Queen: first in July 2006 for a holiday cruising around…
After the opening of a memorial to the loss of the first Yorkshire Belle in July, a trip on the current boat which bears that name will take place by the military veterans of Bridlington to present the owners with…
A new passenger service between Ireland and France will launch from Friday 5 August 2022 on the company’s Rosslare-Dunkirk route. Passenger travel will be introduced on a trial basis, as an addition to the existing freight service between the two…
Scrabster Harbour on the north coast of Scotland has hosted its largest ever cruise ship recently, with the port able to welcome larger ships thanks to an upgrade to the pier. The Holland America Line ship Zaandam became the largest…
Stena Line has seen their travel business bounce back in Britain and Ireland in 2022. Figures for the first half of the year show that passenger numbers are back to pre-pandemic levels, while car numbers in particular are far higher…
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