Words by Robert Straughton. Pictures by John Wright and Elisabeth Christopher aboard the Fred Olsen cruise ship "Braemar".
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The Ramsgate harbourmaster Rob Brown had to call the Ramsgate RNLI Lifeboat Station for help to prevent the historic tug… Read More
For only the third time since she arrived in 1802, the famous lifeboat Zetland has left her home town of… Read More
The Port of Liverpool, part of Peel Ports, has been praised for the efficient way it handled a new primary… Read More
The world's first fully automated ferry has been demonstrated by the UK technology giant Rolls-Royce and the Finnish state-owned ferry… Read More
The contract for the design and build of the port handling facilities on Teesside for Sirius Minerals Plc, owners of… Read More
Large ships berthed at Vancouver, Canada, can now switch off their diesel engines and connect to an electrical grid ashore… Read More
The first of four new ships for the US container line Matson Inc arrived at Hawaii on her maiden voyage… Read More
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the completion of the first of the famous Victory type standard ships built… Read More
All fifteen people were rescued from a listing self-propelled self-elevating jackup platform, known in the US offshore industry as a… Read More
For the second year running, the Port of Long Beach, California, has broken its record for the volume of cargo… Read More
What is claimed to be the world’s first ‘intelligent very large ore carrier’ has been delivered to the China Merchants… Read More
The Australian Federal Government has given the final environmental approval to the Cairns Shipping Development Project which aims to attract… Read More
The Rotterdam-based marine services provider Smit Lamnalco has won an exclusive licence from the Gladstone Ports Corporation in Australia to… Read More
A simulated collision - known as a tabletop drill - involving a LNG carrier and a fishing boat in Japanese waters has… Read More
The major Japanese shipping group Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has come up with a new concept of how a ship… Read More
British News It has been announced by the Brazilian Government in early December that the Falklands Patrol ship HMS Clyde… Read More
American News In what might be seen as a return to the heady days of NASA’s Apollo moon program, the… Read More
British News Many people never thought they’d see it happen, but F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters have finally flown… Read More
American News The Zumult class destroyer USS Michael Monsoor was in dockyard hands at Bath in Maine for the removal… Read More
British News The assault ship HMS Albion, at time of writing, had just completed a five day visit to Tokyo… Read More
It is depressing to follow the sad story of ferry building in the UK, especially involving Ferguson at Port Glasgow… Read More
The major new vessel for Irish Ferries, delayed at the Flensburg builders, is at Dublin and very impressive she looks… Read More
The impending closure of the Appledore Yard is another loss of merchant ship-building capacity even though its bread and butter,… Read More
The first three of the large ro-ros on order by Stena, from the Avic Co’s Weihai yard in China, are… Read More
A country well used to tragedy, saw another, on Lake Victoria in September.
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On a recent visit to Gravesend just before Christmas, I witnessed a parade of tankers of various shapes and sizes.
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Since she was rebuilt in 2011, the mulie barge Cambria has been based in Kent, but in September, after her… Read More
At the end of the Southampton Boat Show in September, the barque Kaskelot, which had been on display, was sold… Read More
I am amazed the port industry has not made more thorough and timely comments about the potentially negative impact of… Read More
Apart from the Whitstable Harbour Barge Race, all the other barge races have a yearly points system that counts up… Read More
The world's leading hovercraft builder Southampton, UK-based Griffon Hoverwork staged the official global launch of its new 995ED model, at… Read More
Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird says it is delighted to have been shortlisted, as part of a syndicate of British firms,… Read More
As a great admirer of the work carried out by the charity Mercy Ships, I was delighted to hear that… Read More
I was impressed by the positivity and optimism of a recent press release from the Norwegian Shipping Association which I… Read More
The Fjords DA has announced it plans to add another all electric passenger vessel to its award winning fleet, with… Read More
It appears that the phrase ‘One for the road’ needs an update, particularly where travelling on the ocean wave is… Read More
Most readers will be aware of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines and many, in fact, would have travelled on one of… Read More
Turquoise Yachts, the Turkish based shipyard under the same ownership as the Dutch Oceanco shipyard, has commissioned Ken Freivokh Design… Read More
When Ali Sayakci, the Turkish businessman, set out to build his new yacht Rock, his primary concern was how to… Read More
Following the example of the Lindblad Cruise Line and National Graphic in the USA, Ponant, the French cruise line which… Read More
