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CLIPPER: City of Adelaide Rescue

There have been calls to rethink plans to move the world's oldest surviving clipper, City of Adelaide, to Australia. The Sunderland-built ship is due...

NAVAL CATAMARAN: USN takes Hawaii Superferries

Under the US Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the US Navy has been authorised to acquire the former Hawaii Superferry vessels Alakai and Huakai...

RESCUE TUGS: China’s Two Emergency Rescue Tugs

While the UK government is scrapping its emergency tug service, China’s Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding Company, part of the state-controlled China State Shipbuilding Corporation, is...

SUPPORT VESSEL: First Purpose-Built Lightering Support Vessel

International petroleum tanker owner-operator AET has taken delivery of the world’s first purpose-built lightering support vessel (LSV). The new craft, designed by Elliott Bay...

SHIP AGROUND: Rena Stranded Off New Zealand

On 5 October the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Rena (1990/37,209gt, ex-Andaman Sea, Zim America, pictured) struck the Astrolabe Reef off New Zealand at full speed...

FRED OLSEN: Big Winner At ‘Cruise International Awards’

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has swept the board at the first-ever ‘Cruise International Awards’, held at the Soho Hotel, London on 14 September. The...
Ships Montly - January 2024
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