outstanding articles and features. NEWS Waterfront – UECC takes last newbuild car carrier, HMS Prince of Wales heads to Rosyth for repairs, Euronav sells the tanker ULCC Europe, and the historic Hispaniola’s final voyage on the Thames. Ferry – Work…
Stena Line and Anglesey County Council have announced their intention to submit a major freeport bid to bring prosperity and an economic boost to the region for many years to come. As well as Holyhead port, Stena Line has invested…
Viking Line will place the ferry Viking Cinderella, in service on its Helsinki-Mariehamn-Stockholm route, during the summer of 2023. Cinderella will depart every other day in the afternoon from Helsinki and supplement regular service on the route with the vessel…
The Port of Dover will be helping to keep Christmas more affordable for the British public this year, as the port and ferry operators work together to keep traffic flowing and the cost of festive goods down following recent interim…
The bi-annual dry-docking of the Sandbanks chain ferry Bramble Bush Bay did not get off to a good start. The floating bridge, which operates across the mouth of Poole Harbour between Sandbanks and Shell Bay, was removed from its chains…
Ferry industry invests in greener and more comfortable ships A total of 17 new ships will be in service within next 5 years Industry body, Discover Ferries, announced that the UK passenger ferry industry will introduce fuel-efficient, hybrid-powered ferries to…
The Thames Estuary has always been busy with shipping of all shapes and sizes visiting London and the various wharves along the river. Peter Flack supplied a series of images showing container ships that called in the 1980s. The 19,095gt…
Hong Kong’s Cheoy Lee shipyard has been contracted to build nine high-speed passenger ferries under the Hong Kong Government’s Vessel Subsidy Scheme (VSS) to replace a number of existing ferries connecting central Hong Kong with the outlying islands of Lamma,…
Viking Line has been named both the Sustainable Business of the Year and the Transport Company of the Year at the Finnish Travel Gala. One factor that weighed heavily in both choices was the shipping company’s long-term investment in environmentally-friendly…
On 8 November 2022 the coastal cruise ship Havila Capella was christened by godmother Hege Sævik Rabben outside Havila Voyages’ head office at Mjølstadneset in Fosnavåg, Norway. Just under a year after the ship was put into operation along the…
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