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GENERAL CARGO: More scrap metal cargoes

The price of scrap metal has risen in the early months of 2011. This has resulted in many ports within the UK seeing increased...

CANARY ISLANDS: New role for veteran

A former Irish Sea freight workhorse, once P&O’s Ibex, has opened a new Boluda Lines service from mainland Spain to the Canary Islands. Reyes...

PORT NEWS: Rosyth Dockyard’s Goliath crane arrives

On 3 March the UK’s largest crane passed under the Forth bridges in Scotland after a 14,000-nautical-mile sea voyage, bound for Babcock’s Rosyth Dockyard...

MEDITERRANEAN: Ferries in Libyan evacuations

With strife in Libya continuing, two ferries were used as hospital ships early in April. Ankara, the Turkish vessel which with sister Samsun evacuated...

HEAVYLIFT: Restructuring for Beluga

The blue-hulled ships of Germany’s heavylift specialist Beluga Shipping are continuing in employment, but the company is undergoing a substantial financial restructuring after its...

PORT NEWS: Dover plan unpopular

Residents of Dover have given a massive thumbs-down to Dover Harbour Board’s privatisation plans. In a referendum organised by the Dover People’s Port Trust,...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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