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  • Royal Navy’s NavyX’s Damen ship named at Portsmouth

    Royal Navy’s NavyX’s Damen ship named at Portsmouth

    31st July 2022

    In a ceremony held at Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth on 29 July, the UK’s Royal Navy ‘NavyX’ innovation team took delivery of a modified Damen Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 4008. Named XV Patrick Blackett after a distinguished naval…

  • Ships Monthly August issue out now

    Ships Monthly August issue out now

    29th July 2022

    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…

  • Furetank places order for eleventh climate-friendly tanker

    Furetank places order for eleventh climate-friendly tanker

    28th July 2022

    Swedish shipping company Furetank has ordered one more dual-fuel tanker to be added to its Vinga series of energy-efficient climate-friendly ships. Like its sister vessels, the new tanker will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou, with the…

  • Tallink finds unusual employment for two ferries

    Tallink finds unusual employment for two ferries

    27th July 2022

    Estonian shipping company Tallink has found a new purpose for two of its Covid-affected ferries by chartering them to countries to be accommodation vessels for Ukrainian refugees. Isabelle’s normal Riga-Stockholm service will take time to return to normal so the…

  • New ro-ro cargo vessel Finneco I delivered to Finnlines

    New ro-ro cargo vessel Finneco I delivered to Finnlines

    26th July 2022

    Finnlines has taken delivery of the 60,370gt freight ro-ro vessel Finneco I, the first of three hybrid ro-ro vessels in the Eco-class new building programme, from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu). The vessel will operate on Finnlines’ Baltic Sea, North…

  • Odyssey of the Seas finally starts her Med season

    Odyssey of the Seas finally starts her Med season

    23rd July 2022

    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.…

  • Pride of Bristol – The End of an Era

    Pride of Bristol – The End of an Era

    22nd July 2022

    The former RN fleet tender Pride of Bristol left her namesake port for the last time at the end of May after over a quarter century of service in and around the City of Bristol and Bristol Channel. She was…

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