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Contributors this month

ASD SPEEDY DELIVERY • NEW TUG

NEW FOR GRIMALDI LINES • VEHICLE CARRIER

BLAST DAMAGES NUMEROUS SHIPS • INCIDENT

NEW OWNERS FOR SKANDI GIANT • OFFSHORE SUPPLY

CELEBRITY APEX MAKES HER DEBUT • NEW CRUISE SHIP

WALLENIUS DEVELOP WIND SHIP • TECHNOLOGY

BOILER EXPLOSION AND FIRE • TANKER FIRE

COLLISION ENDS SEASON • WAVERLEY

BRIEF NEWS

WORLD’S LARGEST LNG BUNKER VESSEL NAMED • LNG NEWBUILD

THREE PSVs TO BE SCRAPPED • OFFSHORE VESSELS

CLIPPER BACK AT POOLE • RO-PAX FERRY

TRIP NEWS

200 CONDOR FERRIES STAFF TO GO • ENGLISH CHANNEL

GLEN SANNOX’S THREE-WEEK DRY DOCKING • FERGUSON MARINE

FERRIES IN THE NEWS…

P&O CLOSE ROUTE AND SELL VESSELS • HULL-ZEEBRUGGE

NEW VESSEL CELEBRATION • DFDS SEAWAYS

BRIEF NEWS

OLSEN VETERANS LEAVE THE FLEET • FRED. OLSEN

THE CRUISE CULL CONTINUES • CARNIVAL

WHO HAS STARTED CRUISING AGAIN? • INDUSTRY NEWS

MINERVA KEEL-LAYING • SWAN HELLENIC

DELAYS FOR NEW SERVICE • HAVILA KYSTLINK

VETERAN’S FINAL JOURNEY TO THE BREAKERS • INDIAN NAVY

AUTUMN ADVENTURE • ROYAL NAVY

CANADIAN CARE PACKAGE • CANADIAN NAVY

THE FINAL HURDLE • ROYAL NAVY

SPEARHEAD TO SPEARFISH • ROYAL NAVY

BEIRUT BLAST SURVIVOR • BANGLADESH NAVY

BRIEF NEWS

BRIEF NEWS

HMM’S DOZEN MEGASHIPS • CONTAINER SHIPS

CAUGHT IN TYPHOON • LIVESTOCK CARRIER

LIFE EXTENSION FOR DREDGER • RIVER TEES

ETHANE CARRIERS ORDERED • NEWBUILD

APL NAME DISAPPEARS • INDUSTRY NEWS

NEW FACILITY OPENED • PORT NEWS

2,000 HOURS ON BIOFUEL • HOPPER DREDGER

CORONAVIRUS IMPACTS SHIP PRESERVATION • PANDEMIC

INVESTORS NEEDED IN DRESDEN • GERMAN PADDLERS

MIXED FORTUNES IN SWITZERLAND • SWISS PADDLERS

SPARTAN OPENED FOR FIRST TIME • CLYDE PUFFER

VIKING SHIP • BURIAL SITE

BENEATH HMS VICTORY • SHIP OF THE LINE

PADDLER FOUND • PHOENIX

MOVING TO PORTSMOUTH? • HMS CAROLINE

SAFMARINE TO MERGE INTO MAERSK • As the Moller-Maersk Group merges Safmarine into the Maersk fleet, Jim Shaw looks back at Safmarine’s history and recalls some of their well-known ships.

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DOVER’S FINAL STEAMER • Daniel Geare reviews the long career of turbine steamer Caledonian Princess both in operation and later in static roles on the Tyne at Newcastle and Clyde in Glasgow.

STORMY FINALE FOR DOVER’S LAST TURBINE STEAMER

PASSAGE TO PAPUA • Thomas Rinaldi recounts a voyage on two ships operated by Pelni, the Indonesian state ferry system, whose routes span thousands of miles across the Indonesian archipelago.

PELNI ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

PIONEERING SPIRIT THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP

Cruise pioneer marks 50 years of operations • Allan E. Jordan recalls Royal Caribbean’s heritage, looking at its growth and pioneering mega-ships.

MARITIME MOSAIC • The busy Irish Sea ferry scene was captured by David Fairclough during August and September. A variety of freight and passenger vessels cross the Sea, from Heysham, Liverpool and Birkenhead, heading to Dublin, Belfast and Warrenpoint.

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN PROFILE AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY • Conrad...