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SOUTH UIST: Lochboisdale winter service

News of a three-year winter ferry service trial between Mallaig and Lochboisdale, starting in November, has been welcomed by local councillors. CalMac’s Lord of...

TANKERS: More ‘Shale’ tankers ordered

Less than a month after Crowley Maritime Company ordered four 50,000dwt petroleum tankers from the Aker yard in Pennsylvania, two more similar-sized ships have...

ROYAL NAVY: RN in the red

The UK Ministry of Defence has purchased the 2001-built HMS Protector from GC Rieber Shipping, from whom the icebreaker has been on bareboat charter...

Anchor-Handler: State-of-the-art tug

The first of two new state-of-the-art anchor-handling tugs is now in service with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) Nederland BV, based in Rotterdam. Named Bylgia,...

NORWEGIAN NAVY: Fridtjof Nansen nonsense

A row is brewing in Norway over the status of the navy’s expensive Fridtjof Nansen class frigates. Only one of the five Aegis-equipped warships,...

FLEET REVIEW: Centenary gathering

The Royal Australian Navy has hosted an International Fleet Review to mark the nation’s first fleet entry into Sydney Harbour on 4 October 1913....
Ships Montly - January 2024
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