SHIPS MONTHLY April 2024
The April 2024 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features.
NEWS
Waterfront – Furetank orders more Vinga tankers, Chemship and EPS look to sails, hunting for unexploded ordnance on the seabed, and former Mersey ferry is set for new role.
Ferry – Glen Sannox finally starts trials, Stena begins Liverpool-Dublin freight link, and Harland & Wolff plans Scillies route.
Cruise – Royal Caribbean’s epic world cruise of 274 days, more mega ships on the way, one named and one ordered by Carnival, and Norwegian Dawn denied entry. William Mayes
Naval – Substitute aircraft carrier saves the day, France’s refurbished frigates return, and Russia’s Black Sea losses grow.
Cargo – World’s box fleet reaches 30 million TEU in capacity, bulker converted to juice carrier, and James Fisher orders more product tankers.
Newbuild – NYK orders twin-engined LNG carriers, eight energy efficiency bulkers in build, and world’s first ammonia-powered boxboat.
Ships Pictorial – Photos of ships around the world, including at Southampton, Rostock, Belfast and Oban.
FEATURES
Pont-Aven at 20 – George Holland looks back over the first two decades of service given by Brittany Ferries’ flagship cruise ferry Pont-Aven.
Blue Funnel P Class liners – The careers of Blue Funnel’s ‘P’ class ships, which were a groundbreaking design in the 1960s, but which soon became redundant as a result of the container revolution.
North Channel – Russell Plummer describes half a century of ferry travel on the Irish Sea’s North Channel, between Stranraer and Cairnryan in Scotland, and Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland.
RNLI at 200 – A look back at two centuries of voluntary life-saving by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, which marked this notable anniversary in March.
Maritime Mosaic – John Pagni turns back the clock with photographs of some of the fast craft which once operated from Helsinki to Tallinn.
Italian Navy – Conrad Waters reviews the growing capabilities of Italy’s Marina Militare and an assessment of the strength of its current fleet.
Chilean Lines – The careers of the liners Aconcagua and Teno, which were built a century ago for the Chilean Line and later served as troopships during World War II. Tomás Atria Mellado
Shipspotting – Photo feature showing the yellow-hulled car carriers owned by the Grimaldi Group.
