Hovertravel has become the first UK domestic ferry to earn Green Marine Accreditation in Europe. Brendan Beattie, Hovertravel’s Marine Safety and Environmental Officer, adds: “ We’re delighted to gain Green Marine accreditation and to be the first domestic ferry in…
New or extended charters of three vessels owned by Mariehamn-based Goodby Shipping will bring regular visits to English ports for two of them: Baltic Bright will come into Sheerness, while Mistral starts a new service from Spain to Liverpool. The…
Isle of Wight ferry specialist Red Funnel is the new owner of the Hythe Ferry, operated along Southampton Water with 15 minute crossings from Southampton Town Pier to Hythe Pier which boasts what is claimed to be the world’s oldest…
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line is set to the discontinue its route between Nynäshamn in Sweden and Hanko in Finland. The main reason being failing demand from freight customers due to the development of the current geopolitical situation. The route…
Brittany Ferries confirmed that their weekly Rosslare to Le Harve route will not operate during 2024. The final sailing out of Rosslare will be at the end of the month, on Saturday 28 October 2023. The route, which is served…
On 30 September the steam tug Challenge and historic paddler steamer Waverley met up near the Maunsell Sea Forts in the Thames Estuary for a ‘steam parade’. Challenge is the last surviving example of a working Thames shiphandling tug, and…
The October 2023 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – P&O Ferries to close Dublin-Liverpool route, Attica Group swallows ANEK Lines, three freight ro-ros…
The ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne has said its new winter timetable is one of the most complex it has ever produced and has warned of challenges across its west coast network. It reported that the absence of ferry Hebridean Isles…
The 58-year-old ferry Star N is under demolition at Aliaga, Turkey after an exceedingly long career which started in 1965 with the vessel’s completion by Germany’s Orenstein & Koppel for Norwegian shipowner Otto Thoresen as Viking III. The 5,762gt ro-pax,…
On Wednesday 13 September 2023 Waverley, the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer, made her first visit to Shoreham Port for her inaugural cruise from the West Sussex harbour. She was berthed in the outer layby, while her 620 passengers were…
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