SHIPS MONTHLY April 2025
The April 2025 issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and is packed with all the usual news and outstanding articles and features, covering every aspect of the shipping world.
NEWS
Waterfront – MSC continue to build up fleet, Shields Ferry looks to renewable fuel, UK Dredging expands fleet, and Stena Connecta launched.
Cruise – Earthquakes and taxes impact Santorini, sea trials for MSC World America, and Mein Schiff Relax set for TUI.
Ferry – End of the road for British veteran Pride of York, Star goes back to the Baltic, and IOW services not good enough.
Ferry Extra – Profile of the new Saint-Malo, with a look on board at her facilities. George Holland
Naval – Drone carrier commissioned for service, USS Harry S. Truman collision, and Saab relaunches HSwMS Halland.
Cargo – CMA CGM buy series from Chartworld, dredger David Church leaves for Denmark.
News Feature – Farewell to the ss United States, as she departs Philadelphia.
Ships Pictorial – Ships from around the world, including in Scotland, the Netherlands, France and Vancouver, and at Gibraltar and Sydney.
FEATURES
Rodney and Nelson – A review of the eventful careers of HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson, two the Royal Navy’s most powerful battleships.
Bringing the oil ashore – Since the first oil was landed in 1975, much has been shipped by shuttle tanker. These tankers have now been working in the North Sea for 50 years.
New Baltic ferries – In the past few years a new generation of exceptionally large and technologically advanced ferries has entered service on routes across the Baltic Sea.
Mistley coasters – Mistley, on the River Stour in Essex, is one of the smaller ports in the UK, but welcomes a steady stream of coasters.
Operation Anadyr – The ships involved in the Soviet Union’s Operation Anadyr, which ended in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Trip on a liner – Remembering a trip on board the 1938-built liner Queen Elizabeth in 1950, when the ship was calling at Cherbourg.
Twilight of a Queen – More memories of the famous liner Queen Elizabeth when she was on her fourth-last westbound voyage from Southampton in 1968.
Queen Elizabeth – Commemorating 15 years of service of Cunard’s current Queen Elizabeth, which has been operating worldwide since she made her debut in 2010.
Maritime Mosaic – Photographic feature covering the small to medium-sized cruise ships visiting the port of Poole.
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