Ships Monthly August 2021 issue out now
29th July 2021
Ships Monthly August 2021
The latest issue of Ships Monthly is out now, and as usual it is packed with news and in-depth features, including a focus on the ro-pax ferry Cotentin, the Soviet Navy Project 1144.1 Heavy Nuclear-Powered Missile Cruisers, and P&O’s classic liners Canton, Carthage, Chusan and Corfu.
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News
WATERFRONT • New era for Cook Strait ferries, end of the line for Fred. Olsen’s Boudicca, MSC acquires 60 ships in ten months, and former ferry Patricia ends her days.
FERRY • Ambitious plans for Isles of Scilly link with two new ships, summer start for various new routes, and Stena Scandica enters service in the Baltic.
CRUISE • Scarlet Lady becomes the largest ship ever in Portsmouth, Carnival fleet changes continue in the wake of the pandemic, and SH Minerva floated out.
NAVAL • British-built tanker sinks in the Gulf, the US Navy carries out Shock Trials on USS Gerald R. Ford, and South Korea wants F-35B jets for its ships.
CARGO • Stolt Tankers partners with Tufton, Arriva buys cargo vessels from Arklow, and Global Ship Lease buys ‘old’ container ships
NEWBUILD • Edda Wind’s latest CSOV launched, Japanese LNG-fuelled icebreaker to be built, and the last of Grimaldi’s seven PCTCs completed.
Features
COTENTIN: Brittany Ferries’ ro-ro workhorse A look at the career of the 2007-built Cotentin, the largest ro-ro freighter linking the UK and France. [see gallery below, showing the bridge and mascot]
P&O FAR EAST • Stephen Payne looks at the various ships operated by P&O on the ‘Far East Service’ between London and Australia via Cape Town from the 1930s.
BIG PICTURE • Pictorial spread featuring Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady, the company’s first ship, which became the largest ship ever to dock in Portsmouth.
TERNEUZEN: SHIPPING MECCA • The Dutch port of Terneuzen has been a mecca for ship enthusiasts, with opportunities to see ships close up. Phil Kempsey
VOYAGE ON VERDI • Jim Shaw recalls a voyage on Italia Line’s passenger/cargo ship Verdi from Chile to the Canary Islands in 1970.
MEDWAY MEMORIES • A look at the ships and shipping that have visited the River Medway.
MARITIME MOSAIC • The shipping of Barrow in Furness, home to a thriving shipbuilding industry for many years.
KIROV BATTLECRUISERS • The Soviet Navy Project 1144.1 Heavy Nuclear-Powered Missile Cruisers, which were Conceived during the Cold War.
