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US NAVY: Back with a bang

The US Navy has used the multi-national RIMPAC 2012 exercise to end its two-year moratorium on sinking discarded warships for live-fire target practice. The...

CONTAINER VESSEL: Coastal Isle grounds off Bute

Early in the morning of 2 July the container vessel Coastal Isle, while making her way from Belfast to Greenock Container Terminal on a...

ENGLISH CHANNEL: August start for My Ferry

My Ferry Link is the operating name for a new cross-Channel service using former SeaFrance vessels purchased by Eurotunnel, with Berlioz and Rodin each...

LOUIS CRUISES: New itineraries to boost flexibility

Clearly feeling the effects of the financial turmoil in Greece and the downturn in tourist numbers, Louis Cruises has unveiled an innovative programme that...

ICEBREAKER: New design for China

Aker Arctic, a subsidiary of shipbuilder STX Finland, has been awarded a $6.16 million contract to design and model test a new research icebreaker...

SHIPWRECKS: Sunken wrecks litter the seabed

An international survey has identified over 8,500 sunken shipwrecks in marine waters around the world, including more than 1,500 sunken tank vessels larger than...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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