Ships Monthly

Ships Monthly is the world’s number one shipping magazine and Britain’s best-selling monthly magazine for ship lovers. Read by seafarers and enthusiasts all over the world, it contains a unique mix of shipping and maritime news, broken down by ship type, with sections focussing on ferries, cruise ships, warships, preserved vessels, tugs and cargo ships. The features, written by experts in their field, cover ships old and new, historic shipping companies and their vessels, modern cruise liners and passenger ferries, warships and naval vessels, profiles of docks and harbours in the UK and around the world, and personal accounts of voyages on ships round the world. Every issue contains an interview with the captain of a ship. In addition to the latest happenings in the shipping industry, the Ship of the Month feature goes behind the scenes on a significant ship to give readers an all-round insight into the world of ships and shipping.

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MSC continues to expand fleet

UK Dredging expands fleet

Tenth year of preservation

NEWS IN BRIEF

Shields Ferry looks to renewable fuel

Historic visitor

Altera becomes Maran

Another new LNG Capesizer

Move halted

Stena Connecta launched in China

Aground but no pollution

Grampian Tweed named

Earthquakes and taxes have an impact

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sea trials for World America

New for German market

End of the road for British veteran

Channel Islands ferry furore

Simply not been good enough

NEWS IN BRIEF

Wandering Star goes back to the Baltic

New fast craft on the horizon

Viking’s shuttle alternative

Bienvenue Saint-Malo • George Holland went aboard Brittany Ferries’ impressive new E-Flexer as she made her debut in the Western Channel.

Drone carrier commissioned for service

Arafura’s delayed debut

One of the best made better

Carrier collision could have been worse

Type 23 frigate concludes LIFEX

Underwater defence system

NEWS IN BRIEF

CMA CGM buy series from Chartworld

Golar sells its last ship

FPSO named in Singapore

NEWS IN BRIEF

HMM look to buy SK Shipping

New boxboat Sparkles

Off to Norway for new life

Grande Brasile suffers fire

Farewell SS United States

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BRINGING THE OIL ASHORE • Most people assume that North Sea oil comes ashore by pipeline. A lot of it does, but since the first oil was landed in 1975, much has been shipped by shuttle tanker. These tankers, and their ingenious offshore loading systems, have worked safely and reliably for 50 years. This anniversary is a good time to acknowledge a small group of ships which have made a huge contribution to the economy, as Steve Barron explains.

THE NEW GENERATION OF BALTIC FERRIES • In the past few years a new generation of exceptionally large and technologically advanced ferries has entered service on routes across the Baltic Sea. Bruce Peter looks at the most significant vessels that have recently entered service.

PICTORIAL • Have you an outstanding photo that would grace our gallery? Send your image to Ships Monthly for inclusion in these pages, which showcase the best in ship photography around the world.

COASTERS CALLING MISTLEY • Mistley, on the River Stour in Essex, is one of the smaller ports in the UK, but a steady stream of coasters brings a variety of cargoes. This selection of photos from Derek Sands shows some of the ships that have visited.

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