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PORT NEWS: Southampton expansion stopped

Consent for an £80 million upgrade of Southampton’s Container Terminal has been withdrawn for reassessment after legal action from its largest UK rival. Hutchinson...

RUSSIAN NAVY: Not up to scratch

Russia’s Defence Ministry has lost patience with the disappointing performance of the latest generation of diesel-electric submarine. Saint Petersburg, lead vessel of the Project...

HAPAG-LLOYD: World-beater’s makeover

Hapag-Lloyd’s Europa (1999/28,437gt), voted the best cruise ship in the world in 2012 for the 12th consecutive year, has undergone a two-week-long comprehensive refit...

WORLD CRUISES: World cruises for 2013

World Cruises are still very much alive, and a mixed bag of around 15 ships will set off to circumnavigate the globe in January...

PONANT CRUISES: French operator sold

The Small French operator Compagnie du Ponant has been sold by the giant container company CMA CGM to Merit Corporation, a Lebanese private equity...

ROYAL NAVY: A risk worth taking . . .

The coalition government’s defence cuts have sparked further rows, with the MoD accepting that a Royal Navy frigate may have been sent into a...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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