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…
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…
SHIPS MONTHLY August 2022 The August issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and features, including outstanding articles and features. LATEST NEWS Waterfront – Greek ships registered in the Isle of…
The last of the Quantum class vessels, Odyssey of the Seas, was in Piraeus late May after a 14-day repositioning cruise which involved crossing the Atlantic before she commenced her first European summer season, with itineraries based out of Civitavecchia.…
During July 2022 Saga Cruises marked the first anniversary of Spirit of Adventure’s maiden voyage on 26 July and Spirit of Discovery’s third anniversary on 10 July. Despite Covid-19, Spirit of Discovery has already undertaken 145,000 nautical miles, completed 48…
For the second time in as many weeks Edinburgh has seen a cruise ship decide not to tender in to Newhaven due to high winds. On 6 July Norwegian Star (91,740gt), with a passenger capacity of 2,813, departed the anchorage…
On 11 July 2021 Swan Hellenic announced that the Naming Ceremony of its second ice-class cultural expedition cruise ship, SH Vega, had taken place at Helsinki Shipyard. The ship is now on her way to Norway and her first cultural…
On 1 July 2022 construction of Royal Caribbean International’s upcoming ship, Utopia of the Seas, reached a first major milestone. The keel-laying ceremony for the first LNG-powered ship of the Oasis class took place at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard…
Havila Capella left Bergen tonight for the first time since April and is back sailing along the Norwegian coast. At her scheduled time of 8.30pm, Havila Capella left port at the Jektevik terminal in Bergen and headed north along the…
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