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SURVEY SHIP: Back to the ice for Scott

10 March 2011

HMS Scott has deployed to the Antarctic a century after her eponym Captain Scott’s final expedition to the area. The deep-water survey ship will...

HISTORIC FERRY: Bid to bring Dover home

10 March 2011

A public meeting in February officially launched the Dover Steamship Company, which aims to bring former cross-Channel turbine-powered car ferry Dover (1965/3,641gt) back to...

REFRIGERATION SHIP: A future for the Reefer?

10 March 2011

Refrigerator ships have long been some of the most graceful ships at sea, but their future is in doubt as container carriers continue to...

CRUISE INDUSTRY: Cruise incidents cause concern

10 March 2011

Equipment failures on two well known cruise ships, Carnival Cruise’s Carnival Splendor and Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, have been serious enough to generate international...

SHIPPING CASUALTIES: Casualties of the hard winter

10 March 2011

Mid-November 2010 saw the winter start to take its toll on coastal shipping. Arklow Raider was leaving the Irish port of Drogheda on 16...

IRISH SEA: Stena Line spells it out

10 March 2011

Passengers travelling on the Birkenhead-Belfast ro-pax service have been handed copies of a letter explaining Stena Line’s position while formal approval of the purchase...

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