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CONTAINER PORT: New terminal opened

On 28 September the UK’s newest deepwater container terminal was formally opened at the port of Felixstowe, the UK’s largest container port. The new...

FAST FERRY: Norman Arrow Future In Doubt

Although LD Lines achieved nearly one-third increase in May-August, passenger figures for its two-ship service between Portsmouth and Le Havre, fast craft Norman Arrow...

BOURNEMOUTH BELLE: Bournemouth Belle Becomes Sark Belle

An August charter replacing Isle of Sark Shipping’s Bon Marin de Serk, after a gearbox failure, ended with the Channel Islands company purchasing the...

RESCUE TUGS: China’s Two Emergency Rescue Tugs

While the UK government is scrapping its emergency tug service, China’s Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding Company, part of the state-controlled China State Shipbuilding Corporation, is...

HAPPY CRUISES: Happy Cruises Cease Operations

Financial problems prompted Spanish operator Happy Cruises to cease operations abruptly on 24 September. Established as Quail Cruises in 2008 as a joint venture...

SUPPORT VESSEL: First Purpose-Built Lightering Support Vessel

International petroleum tanker owner-operator AET has taken delivery of the world’s first purpose-built lightering support vessel (LSV). The new craft, designed by Elliott Bay...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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