The first event building up to the 300th anniversary of one of the Clyde’s most famous shipbuilders, the Scott’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co, of Greenock, takes place at Greenock this month.

The main attraction will be the Royal Fleet Auxiliary stores ship Fort Rosalie, 23,382 tonnes, which was completed by the shipbuilders in 1978 as the Fort Grange and renamed in 2000.

An initial investigation into a major fire onboard the 8,200-TEU Charlotte Maersk off Port Klang has indicated damage done to hatch covers, lashing bridges and cabling.

At the height of the blaze, containers were burning at 1,000 degrees Celsius. Thankfully there were no reported injuries among the 21 crew.

A welcome and regular visitor to Dover recently has been the fine looking Disney Magic. Although the vessel was built twelve years ago this is the first time that Disney has operated a cruise programme from the UK.

This is part of an extended season of special Mediterranean and Northern Europe itineraries and reflects Disney’s global expansion in the family cruising market.

Stena Bulk followed its recent order at Samsung Shipyard for six in-house designed Sueymax tankers for delivery in 2011/2012 by placing an order for another Suezmax tanker - the seventh in the series.

The vessels have been designed by Stena’s own design department in accordance with the most advanced technology available today.