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COASTERS: Worrying time for upriver UK ports

Over recent years the size of vessels operating between the UK and the near continent has increased. This, together with the fact that many...

FINNISH NAVY: First for the Finns

The deployment of FNS Pohjanmaa, to take part in EUNAVFOR’s Operation Atalanta, sets a new precedent for the Finnish Navy. Although Finland has provided...

CARGO HANDLING: Offloading the old way

Before containerisation, vessels were equipped with cargo-handling cranes to load and discharge their cargoes. As dock cranes or mobile cranes became more widespread, so...

RAN: More care and attention

The hull of the first of the Royal Australian Navy’s two new amphibious ships was launched with a bottle of Canberra regional sparkling wine...

SERVICE SHIP: Wind farm ‘mother ship’

The booming offshore wind energy sector is continuing to generate new construction as well as new servicing vessel designs. One of the latest is...

ROYAL NAVY: The creditable hulks

The UK MoD has invited tenders for the decommissioned Type 42 destroyers Exeter, Nottingham and Southampton via its Disposal Services Agency auction website. This...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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