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  • Shocking Footage of Australian Live Sheep Trade +

    Awassi Express Read More

  • Stena Confirms Three E-Flexers for the Irish Sea +

    Stena E-Flexer Read More

  • W.B. Yeats Further Delayed +

    W.B. Yeats Read More

  • The Captain of the AIDAsol +

    Nicole Langosch Read More

  • Three Rescued After 21 Days Adrift +

    Skiathos Read More
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Top 10 Books and DVDs 2017

Maritime Log

  • Launch of New Ship For Antartic Work +

    The launch party Shortly after noon on July 14, the new polar research ship Sir David Attenborough was launched at the Birkenhead shipyard… Read More

  • Barrow Takes Port of the Year Title +

    Barrow Port Barrow has won the prestigious Port of the Year Award at this year’s 10th annual UK Ports Conference in London. Read More

  • Port Air Plan Fights HGV Charge +

    Southampton Port Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a new air quality strategy setting out its proposals to improve the air quality… Read More

  • 100 Firefighters Tackle Ore Carrier Blaze +

    Iron Chieftain More than 100 firefighters were sent to deal with a fire on the self-unloading iron ore carrier Iron Chieftain, 50,587dwt,… Read More

  • Focus on Giant Saudi Arabia Complex +

    Ras Al Khair The International Maritime Industries giant shipyard complex at Ras Al Khair, on the Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, will come… Read More
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North America

  • Wartime Wreck Checked For Oil Leak +

    Coimbra In mid-June, the US Coast Guard carried out a special survey to see if a fully-laden tanker sunk by a… Read More

  • LNG-Fuel Ferry in Service +

    Spirit of British Columbia The BC Ferries’ Spirit of British Columbia returned to service on June 6 after a major mid-life upgrade which included… Read More

  • Three Rescued After 21 Days Adrift +

    Skiathos In June, a Liberian-flag bulk carrier and the US Coast Guard were involved in the rescue of two women and… Read More

  • Seabed Mining Venture Starts from California +

    Maersk Launcher The Maersk Group, of Denmark, has ventured into seabed mining. Read More

  • Cranes Boost Capacity of Elizabeth Terminal +

    Zhen Hua 20 Four new giant gantry cranes arrived at APM Terminals at Elizabeth, New York, at the end of April as part… Read More
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Asia-Pacific

  • Giant Collier Third to Trade With Japan +

    Port Kembla The first liquefied natural gas import terminal in New South Wales, Australia, is to be built at Port Kembla by… Read More

  • ONE Commitment Enters Service +

    ONE Commitment The first of the magenta-coloured container ships of the Ocean Network Express (ONE) entered service in May. Read More

  • Union Appeals for Jobs at Port Kembla LNG Choice +

    Port Kembla The first liquefied natural gas import terminal in New South Wales, Australia, is to be built at Port Kembla by… Read More

  • China Set to Ban Foreign Ships from Breaking Yards +

    Chittagong Shipbreaking Yard China is to ban overseas ships being broken up at its demolition yards from the start of next year. Read More

  • Carnival Wins Conditional Approval for Terminal +

    Brisbane Cruise Terminal Model The plan by the world’s largest cruise ship operator, the Carnival Group, of Miami, to build an Au$158mn cruise terminal… Read More
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Naval Focus

  • F-35 Stealth Fighters Land in UK +

    F-35 British News The first four of Britain’s next generation F-35 Lightning supersonic fighter jets touched down in the United Kingdom… Read More

  • Upgrade Planned for Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier +

    Admiral Kuznetsov Russian News Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, will be refitted to prolong the warship’s operational life. Read More

  • HMS “Astute” in Cat-And-Mouse Pursuit by Russian Ships +

    HMS Astute British News Ahead of the American led missile strikes against suspected chemical weapon manufacturing plants in Syria in early April,… Read More

  • Busy Period for Japanese Navy +

    JS Asahi Japanese News It has been a particularly busy period for the Japanese with a number of new vessels being accepted… Read More

  • Historic Port Visit to Vietnam +

    USS Carl Vinson US News In a significant move in March, the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson made an historic port… Read More
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Ferry World

  • Condor Looks to the Future +

    Condor Clipper Condor Ferries has faced some speculation in recent months as its owner, Macquarie European Investment Fund 2, winds down and… Read More

  • W.B. Yeats Further Delayed +

    W.B. Yeats The delivery of Irish Ferries’ new €144 million cruise ferry W.B. Yeats from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has been… Read More

  • Stena Confirms Three E-Flexers for the Irish Sea +

    Stena E-Flexer Stena Line has confirmed that the first of its new RoPax ferries currently under construction in China is planned to… Read More

  • By Brittany Ferries from Ireland to Spain +

    Connemara As Irish Ferries ramps up its Dublin to Cherbourg service with the arrival of the new purpose-built WB Yeats, Brittany… Read More

  • Transport Scotland Buys Northern Isles Ropax Trio +

    Hamnavoe The Hamnavoe, Hrossey and Hjaltland had previously been chartered by Transport Scotland from Royal Bank of Scotland and operated by… Read More
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Sail Review/Coastal Comment

  • New Bridge Challenges Melissa +

    Melissa The organisers of the charter barges working from Ipswich are worried by plans to build a road bridge across the… Read More

  • German Schooners +

    Thor Heyerdahl Two German schooners based at Hamburg are regularly making voyages under sail with general cargoes across the Atlantic. Read More

  • RFA Pearleaf +

    RFA Pearleaf Thanks to Orkney Image Library for this view of the RFA Pearleaf. Read More

  • Nostalgic for Oil Fuel Depots +

    BP Distributor A collection of fine images of coastal tankers delivering fuel to the Southern Scottish town of Kirkcudbright took my eye. Read More

  • The Benefits of Wheel Spokes +

    Will Everard The Anna (see the print edition for details), like all Dutch craft, has a band around the outside of her… Read More
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From the Lookout

  • Kerne Preservation Receives Queens Award for Voluntary Service +

    Steam Tug Kerne I was delighted to hear that in the Queen’s Honours List, published at the beginning of June 2018, the Merseyside… Read More

  • UK P&I Launched Safety Competition +

    UK PandI Logo UK P&I Club, a leading provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, has launched its… Read More

  • Shocking Footage of Australian Live Sheep Trade +

    Awassi Express In May 2018, the future of Australia’s live sheep export trade was again under the spotlight when appalling new footage… Read More

  • P&O Ferries Set to Lift Capacity at Teesport +

    Bore Song In May 2018, P&O Ferries announced that it plans to lift capacity on its Zeebrugge-Teesport route by almost 25 per… Read More

  • New Generation of RoRo’s by Knud E. Hansen for Grimaldi +

    Grimaldi Hybrid Over many years Knud E. Hansen has been one of the world’s leaders in terms of ship design, with a… Read More
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Cruise News/Superyacht News

  • Great Perseverance +

    Meira Behind the construction of every great yacht there is a story and in the building of Meira, it is one… Read More

  • Keel Laid for Hapag-Lloyd’s First Expedition Cruise Ship +

    Hanseatic Inspiration A keel-laying ceremony was held on June 20 2017 for Hanseatic Nature, the first of two expedition cruise ships being… Read More

  • Superyacht Season - Cannes +

    Numarine 26 XP Loved and hated in equal measure by those who exhibit at the Cannes Yachting Festival, as it is correctly known,… Read More

  • Superyacht Season - Southampton +

    Targa 43 OPEN The season begins with Southampton, now celebrating its 50th year which, following the demise of the London Boat Show becomes… Read More

  • The Captain of the AIDAsol +

    Nicole Langosch Nicole Langosch has been named captain aboard the AIDAsol, becoming the first female captain in the AIDA Cruises fleet, according… Read More
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Ships, Ports and Places

South Steyne

"South Steyne" - The Greatest Manly Ferry

Well into the 1930s, Manly Harbour Pool was a popular summer destination for both Sydney-siders and local residents. Read More
Kaskelot

Kaskelot

“Kaskelot” was once a Baltic Trading vessel built in 1948 by one of the world’s most famous shipyards and commissioned… Read More
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Companies, Events and Other Features

Tasman Bridge

Tasman Bridge Disaster

Around the world on a minute by minute basis, the vast fleet of cargo ships and tankers go about their… Read More
Northern Star

Dr Danny's Diary - Northern Star, 1968

When a good friend from the Shaw Savill Society in the UK, Captain Harry Hignett, recently visited Sydney in November… Read More
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