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An Auction with no Buyer
I was reading recently about the unsuccessful auction to find a buyer for the Falls of Clyde, the last remaining four-masted sailing vessel, currently laid up in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Right Place - Right Time
Many readers may be acquainted with the truly unique story that involves the SS Warrimoo.
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Lindblad Signs Agreement for Second Polar Vessel
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc has recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein to build a new polar vessel.
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Memories of Sydney Harbour
On a recent business trip to Oslo, my younger son sent me some photos of the spectacular Opera House (Operahuset), situated on the city waterfront at the head of Oslofjord.
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The Art of Shipping
On my frequent trips back to Scotland, one of my favourite pastimes is a stroll down Dundas Street in the famed “New Town” area of Edinburgh which provides an opportunity to visit a wonderful array of art galleries.
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Damen Awarded Contract for Diving Bell Ship
I was interested to learn that WSA Koblenz (WasserSchiffahrtsAmbt) has awarded Damen Shipyards Group a contract to build a new diving bell ship.
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LR And UMAS Release ZEV Pathways Study
Lloyd’s Register (LR) and University Maritime Advisory Services (UMAS) have released ‘Zero-Emission Vessels Transition Pathways’.
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Madden Marine Charts 2019 Business Success
I was pleased to hear that Madden Marine, one of Northern Ireland’s leading specialist ship refit companies, has just completed work on the second of Stena Line’s five Irish Sea ferry refit projects at Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard.
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Maritime Log
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First Part of Huge Port Investment Completed +
The 20-year Master Plan for boosting trade through the Kent port of Sheerness has reached a significant milestone with the… Read More
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Ship Sinks After Fire Breaks Out in Cargo +
All 26 crew and one passenger were rescued after the roll-on,rolloff container ship Grande America, 56,642gt, caught fire and then… Read More
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Search For Shakelton's “Endurance” is Called Off +
This year's search in Antarctica for the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous expedition ship Endurance was called off for… Read More
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First Call at Finland’s Largest LNG Terminal +
The Finnish icebreaker Polaris, 10,961gt, refuelled with LNG for the first time at the country’s largest LNG terminal in Roytta… Read More
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New Ship's First Refuelling Carried out in Port +
The first LNG-fuelling of a ship in the fleet of the French line CMA CGM took place at Rotterdam on… Read More
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North America
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Four More Giant Cranes Arrive from China +
Four new Super-Post-Panamax container cranes arrived at Tacoma, Washington, from China in early March, just over a year after the… Read More
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Two Hurt as Lifeboat Falls Overboard +
Two crew members of the tanker Chemtrans Nova, 73,870dwt, had to be flown ashore for treatment after the lifeboat they… Read More
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Cutters Seize $466mn of Drugs on Patrols +
At Port Everglades, Florida, on Feb 5, some 34,780lbs of cocaine with a street value of $466mn was unloaded from… Read More
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Tragedy That Changed Coast Guard Forever +
The loss of the bulk carrier Marine Electric off the coast of Virginia on Feb 12, 1983, with just three… Read More
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Special Service Marks 160 Years of Lighthouse +
The 160th anniversary of one of northwest Florida’s best known landmarks was marked with a special ceremony on Jan 11… Read More
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Asia-Pacific
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Data Recorder Recovered From Ore Carrier Wreck +
The Stellar Daisy, owned by Polaris Shipping, of South Korea, was carrying a cargo of iron ore from Brazil to… Read More
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COSCO Acquires Stake in Major Chinese Gateway +
The Chinese port operator COSCO Shipping Ports has acquired a 4.34 per cent interest in the country’s Beibu Gulf Port… Read More
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Undamaged Section on the Way to be Rebuilt +
On Feb 2, the undamaged section of the container ship Maersk Honam left Dubai for South Korea where the ship… Read More
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The Fifth Special ONE +
The fifth magenta-coloured new container ship, the ONE Grus was handed over to the Ocean Network Express (ONE) group in… Read More
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330 Ships to be Deployed in Group +
The container grouping Ocean Alliance is due to start a new service next month which will deploy 330 ships.
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Naval Focus
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HMS “Dragon” in £75 Million Narcotics Seizure +
British News Whilst on patrol in the Gulf, the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon seized and destroyed ten tonnes of… Read More
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New Generation of Enterprise Confirmed +
American News On 31 January, the US Department of Defense announced the awarding of a block buy contract with Huntington… Read More
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Brazil to Take Over HMS Clyde +
British News It has been announced by the Brazilian Government in early December that the Falklands Patrol ship HMS Clyde… Read More
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Navy And NASA Complete Recovery Test +
American News In what might be seen as a return to the heady days of NASA’s Apollo moon program, the… Read More
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F-35s Touch Down on HMS Queen Elizabeth +
British News Many people never thought they’d see it happen, but F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have finally flown… Read More
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Ferry World
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Baltic Battery Power +
Scandinavian and Baltic operators seem to be leading the way in reducing ferry reliance on fossil fuels.
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Electric Solutions +
A new ferry will replace the 1992-built MF Herjólfur to the Westmann Islands and will be in line with Iceland’s… Read More
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Variety of New Builds +
I am gratified to hear at Cammell Lairds and Red Funnel have a particularly good record in ordering from UK… Read More
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Scottish Ship Shuffling +
To Scotland now, and Calmac continue their shuffling of ships between routes, this time Arran’s mainstay Caledonian Iles having rudder… Read More
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Welsh Port Activity +
I arrived in Holyhead late at night with no preplanning. There were no ferries in sight and the port was… Read More
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Sail Review/Coastal Comment
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Dry Rot and Dry Dock +
For some time Victory, the 110gun ship of the line, has had trouble with dry rot and is in danger… Read More
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Everards Eulogy +
Scottish maritime interests particularly may mourn the loss of Geo Gibson.
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Welsh Port Gentrification +
In the Victorian era, there were many coastal places where craft worked off open beaches.
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Sussex Sterns +
In the Victorian era, there were many coastal places where craft worked off open beaches.
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Sail Trade Revival +
The revival of interest in Breton traditional craft started in Douarnenez, North Eastern France and this is also the headquarters… Read More
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From the Lookout
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An Auction with no Buyer +
I was reading recently about the unsuccessful auction to find a buyer for the Falls of Clyde, the last remaining… Read More
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Right Place - Right Time +
Many readers may be acquainted with the truly unique story that involves the SS Warrimoo.
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Lindblad Signs Agreement for Second Polar Vessel +
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc has recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Norwegian shipbuilder and ship designer Ulstein… Read More
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Memories of Sydney Harbour +
On a recent business trip to Oslo, my younger son sent me some photos of the spectacular Opera House (Operahuset),… Read More
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The Art of Shipping +
On my frequent trips back to Scotland, one of my favourite pastimes is a stroll down Dundas Street in the… Read More
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Cruise News/Superyacht News
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Tradition Plays Its Part +
If ever proof was needed that traditionally built craft can still play a part in the luxury charter market in… Read More
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MV "Magellan Explorer" +
Yet another new and modern expedition vessel custom built for Antarctic air-cruises will make her debut in 2019.
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The Saga Continues +
SAGA Cruises has announced it is taking up an option for it’s second new ship to be built at the… Read More
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Reconstruction of “Danah Voyager” +
Reconstruction of redundant offshore oil industry tonnage turning them into luxury superyachts is not a new phenomena, but recent photographs… Read More
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Vitruvius N°5 is Launched +
The fifth in the line of Vitruvius motor yachts designed by London based Philippe Briand, has been launched by Feadship… Read More
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Ships, Ports and Places
Victoria High and Dry
Five-hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan sailed out of Seville, Spain, on one of the most memorable discovery voyages ever made,…
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From Warship to Superyacht
Rescued twice from the scrapheap, Captain Michael Howorth charts the fall and rise of one of the world’s best known…
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Companies, Events and Other Features
Westwards Around the World on Peleus
The nature of the world’s sea trade routes means that relatively few mariners have the opportunity of circumnavigating the globe…
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Last Passage of the Cutty Sark
One of the last tea clippers to be built, the Cutty Sark was the fastest of her time. She was…
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