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BC FERRIES: Ready for retirement

24 January 2013

Canada’s BC Ferries is planning to retire another two of its older ferries, the 1960s-built Queen of Nanaimo and Queen of Burnaby, which are...

TANKERS: Scorpio adds to its tanker fleet

24 January 2013

Scorpio Tankers Inc is one of the world’s newer tanker companies, having been launched in 2010 through an initial public offering on the New...

CONTAINER SHIPS: First LNG-burning container ships ordered

24 January 2013

America’s TOTE Inc has finalised a contract with the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard at San Diego, California covering the construction of two liquefied natural...

FERRY – Destination Turkey?

4 January 2013

A near two year lay-up on the Thames for former P&O Ferries vessel Pride of Dover (1987/26,433gt) ended on 29 November 2012 with departure...

PRESERVED SHIP – HMS Belfast celebrates 75 years

28 December 2012

St Patrick’s Day in mid-March will mark 75 years since HMS Belfast was first launched in 1938. Ordered by the Admiralty in 1936 and...

Bulker – Delayed exit for bulker

28 December 2012

The Chinese-flagged bulk carrier Hua Heng 166 (2011/32,965gt) arrived at the port of Portland (pictured below) in November 2012 for emergency repair work, assisted...

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