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Maritime Log

  • More Warehousing to Meet Cargo Demand +

    Newport More warehousing to meet the growing demand for agriculture-related cargo is being built at Newport by the port’s owners Associated… Read More

  • Cyber Security Put to the Test at Sea +

    Zim Genova The testing of a cyber security system for the classification society Lloyd’s Register has been successfully completed by the Israel-based… Read More

  • Container Cranes to Boost Port Business +

    HHL Lagos Two new ship-to-shore gantry cranes worth £10.5mn are due to come into operation this month at the Hull Container Terminal,… Read More

  • Ports Look To Future +

    BPA Logo A new Port Futures project to examine emerging threats and opportunities for British ports has been unveiled by the British… Read More

  • River Barges Go Electric +

    Electric River Barge The Dutch inland barge operator Port-Liner is working on Europe’s first electrically-powered inland container ship with the Dutch electrical firm… Read More
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North America

  • Icebreaker Delivers Two Supply Ships to US Antarctic Base +

    Polar Star The US Coast Guard’s only operational heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, arrived at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, after completing her mission… Read More

  • US Navy Plots its Course +

    images/content/news/201804/Ronald Regaan Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz In February, the US Department of the Navy submitted its long-range ship acquisition plan to Congress as part of the… Read More

  • Five Hurt in Engine Room Blaze +

    MOL Prestige Five crew were injured when the container ship MOL Prestige, 71,902gt, suffered an engine room fire more than 200 miles… Read More

  • Commanding Officers Face Collisions Courts-Martial +

    USS Fitzgerald The US Navy destroyer Fitzgerald, which lost seven of her crew and was seriously damaged in a collision off Yokosuka,… Read More

  • Anti-Drugs Patrols Seize Cocaine Worth $721m +

    USCG Stratton The US Coast Guard unloaded more than 47,000lbs of cocaine worth more than $721mn from the cutter Stratton at San… Read More
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Asia-Pacific

  • Eight More for Evergreen +

    Evergreen| The Evergreen Marine Corp of Taiwan, has ordered eight 11,000 teu container ships from the South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy… Read More

  • Andaman Islands Used for Trial Transshipment +

    Trina Oldendorff The trial transshipment of coal between two bulk carriers was carried out in the Andaman Islands in the Bay of… Read More

  • Three Days of "Violent Fighting" on 10-Day Cruise +

    Carnival Legend The cruise ship Carnival Legend, 85,942gt, of Carnival Cruise Line Australia, had to put into the port of Eden on… Read More

  • World’s First Cyber Container Ship Completed +

    COSCO Area The first container ship to have an energy management system that has been cyber-certified by the classification society Lloyd’s Register… Read More

  • Two New Ferries Ordered for Bass Strait Service +

    Spirit of Tasmania II The TT-Line has ordered two new ferries for its Bass Strait service between Melbourne and Devonport on Tasmania’s north coast. Read More
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Naval Focus

  • 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

  • Russian Minesweeper Fleet Expands +

    Alexander Obukhov Russian News By 2027 the Russian Federation Navy is expected to have acquired a total of ten Alexandrit class minesweepers… Read More

  • New Patrol ship for Danes +

    HDMS Lauge Koch Danish News On 11 December, in a ceremony held at Naval Station Korsør, the Royal Danish Navy commissioned the third… Read More

  • Royal Navy ‘Cannibalising’ Ships for Parts +

    HMS Artful UK News Once again, the Royal Navy was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the closing months… Read More

  • New Oiler for Canada +

    Asterix Canadian News The Royal Canadian Navy’s long wait for a new replenishment oiler for the fleet is nearly at an… Read More
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Ferry World

  • Superfast Stena +

    Superfast VII Superfast VIII The issue of ferry operation, subsequent to the UK leaving the EU, will rather, regretfully, but unavoidably, continue to feature… Read More

  • Sanctions Eased for Mangyongbong 92 +

    Mangyongbong 92 Ever since the 1950s when I was aware of the Soviet merchant marine’s Baltic SS Co vessels which linked Leningrad… Read More

  • Estonian Arrow +

    Arrow Viv Llewellyn’s image of the IOM Steam Packet’s chartered Arrow at Poole indicates how advantageous her long term charter to… Read More

  • A Classic Calais Blockade +

    Spirit of Britain A sign of worse to come? The 25th of January this year, saw French fishermen blockading the Port of Calais… Read More

  • Lake Cruising +

    Western Belle In the English Lake District, on several of the Lakes, there are lake operations all year round. Read More
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Sail Review/Coastal Comment

  • Focus on Freshspring +

    Freshspring Severn Sea The Scandinavian connection this month, continues with the welcome reappearance of the magnificently versatile Severn Sea 147gt of Bideford seen… Read More

  • Fame for Sandgrevstur +

    Vestborg and Sandfrakt I followed up the casualty Fame which featured in my last Coastal Commentary. Read More

  • Hollow Shore Sails +

    Alberta The Hollow Shore yard had been bought by the Testers who totally rebuilt several smacks including Primrose, Lily May, Ethel… Read More

  • Nellie +

    Nellie The 75ft stumpie barge Nellie can be sailed single-handed by her owner Prof Diana Montgomery, because she doesn’t have a… Read More

  • Ocean Troll +

    Ocean Troll Meanwhile, as the oil price is showing signs of recovery and the future of other oil and gas fi elds… Read More
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From the Lookout

  • 2018 Spring Quilliam Lecture +

    Qilliam Lecture Poster "Quilliam Today" is is this year's title for the Spring Quilliam Lecture on Thursday 5th April in Arbory Church. Read More

  • Sydney – A Truly Magnificent Harbour +

    Sydney Harbour Recently, a friend visiting Australia sent me a few photographs of Circular Quay in Sydney. Read More

  • UK Chamber of Shipping Annual Dinner 2018 +

    Northlink Table The annual UK Chamber of Shipping Dinner is very much an occasion when ‘the great and good’ of the shipping… Read More

  • The "Wahine" Disister +

    TEV Wahine 10th April 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the TEV Wahine in Wellington Harbour with the… Read More

  • Medway Queen +

    Medway Queen As a result of a contact made thorough the Steam Boat Association of Great Britain in 2017, artist Mick Dean… Read More
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Cruise News/Superyacht News

  • The Bridge +

    Queen Mary 2 QM2 vs the Super Yachts race results between the St Nazaire Bridge and the Verrazano Bridge in New York Read More

  • Just A Storyline? +

    Marco Polo Notwithstanding a number of attempts to emulate “The World” by other operators, any past thoughts of competing with the only… Read More

  • Ocean Liners Speed and Style +

    Ocean Liners: Speed and Style For those readers of this magazine who have a specific interest in ocean liners, and who live in greater London,… Read More

  • The Beauty In The Beast +

    Ngoni The world of superyachts lost a great designer when Ed Dubois died in 2016. Read More

  • Slice Of The Action +

    YachtQuarters For those who find reading about yachts is not enough, and seek a slice of the action, here is news… Read More
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Ships, Ports and Places

HMS Beagle

HMS Beagle - Voyages and Legacy

For one of the most famous vessels in the history of the Royal Navy and, arguably, the most influential ship… Read More
SS Manipur

A Troubled Voyage on the SS Manipur

The last of my three deep-sea trips on the Brocklebank ship SS Manipur was as Junior Third Engineer offi cer… Read More
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Companies, Events and Other Features

HMS Vindictive

The Zeebrugge Raid

Prime Minister David Lloyd George spent the night of 22 April 1918 wide awake. He was noticeably on edge all… Read More
The Mary Rose Museum

The Mary Rose

The discovery and raising of the wreck of Henry VIII’s flag ship the Mary Rose is one of the greatest… Read More
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