The September 2024 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 – HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Solent gun salute, X-Press Feeders’ green methanol network, new ferry Spirit of Tasmania floated out in Finland, and Hebridean Isles set to be retired by CalMac.
Ferry – Award for the Isle of Man Steam Packet’s new ferry Manxman, Stena Futura set for Heysham service, and changes to Isles of Scilly services with new operator never getting going.
Cruise – New direction for Crystal Cruises, contrasting fortunes for German cruise companies, and first 200,000-tonners ordered by Carnival Cruise Line.
Naval – Militarising the Arctic with ‘combat’ icebreakers, Canada’s new destroyers, and joint Belgian-Dutch vessel on trials.
Cargo – New rotor sails for Berge bulker, MSC fleet reaches six million TEU, new Arctic route, and two tankers collide near Singapore.
The Big Picture – The former RFA Diligence leaving Portsmouth for the last time to go for scrapping in Aliaga, towed by the tug VB Hispania.
FEATURES
Isle of Arran – Looking back over the long career of CalMac’s ferry Isle of Arran, which has served the Scottish west coast for 40 years.
Spirit sisters – Spotlight on P&O Ferries’ Dover-based sisters Spirit of Britain and Spirit of France, with the former now running for Irish Ferries as Oscar Wilde.
Leander frigates – A photographic review of the Leander class frigates, which were among the Royal Navy’s most numerous and long-lived warships.
The New Cunarder – A detailed overview of the new Cunarder Queen Anne, which welcomed her first guests on board in May.
Maritime Mosaic – Photographic feature of shipping in Denmark, Germany and Sweden.
Bank Line – The careers of three liners delivered to Bank Line for Indian Ocean service 90 years ago during the inter-war period.
Killarney – The career of Coast Lines’ steamship Killarney, which offered cruises around the beautiful Western Isles of Scotland.
Calshot Spit – The lightships at Calshot Spit marking the entrance to the Solent.
SS Rotterdam – Ton Wesselink, General Manager of the Museum Ship Rotterdam, talks about the classic liner which is now moored in her namesake city.
Bridge Visit – Captain Viktor Stoica on board the cruise ship Borealis.
