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ICE PATROL: To survey and protect

The Royal Navy has a new interim Antarctic patrol vessel. The leased icebreaker was commissioned HMS Protector on 23 June, a date that coincided...

RESEARCH SHIP: Canadian hybrid

British Columbia’s University of Victoria has been collaborating with BMT Fleet Technology of Ottawa, Canada on the conversion the former Canadian Coast Guard vessel...

FRENCH NAVY: The sovereignty enforcer

DCNS has launched its first Gowind type offshore patrol vessel. The 87m L’Adroit is unusual in being an entirely self-funded showcase project with eleven...

BULK CARRIER: Indian Navy foils pirates

A bulk carrier that featured in a well-publicised grounding off the Norwegian coast in 2009 (see SM, Oct 2009), the 26,758dwt Full City, has...

TANKERS: Istanbul Canal to be expanded

Turkey plans to build a canal from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea, turning Istanbul into two peninsulas and an island in order...

GOUROCK-DUNOON: Argyll Ferries get Clyde route

The Gourock-Dunoon ferry link becomes a passenger-only service under a £10.6 million six-year contract awarded by the Scottish Government to present operator Argyll Ferries,...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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