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WATERFRONT
End of the road for historic tug Cervia?
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Meercats escape on Scilly trip
Latest cruise ships delivered and ready to enter service
Electric-powered Ellen establishes distance record
Hybrid heavylifter
Hydrogen tug
Storylines begins the Narrative
WATERFRONT
Hound Point Terminal and changing trade in crude oil
Sovcomflot’s tanker sell-off
An unlikely Laker taking shape
FERRY
Route switch for latest E-Flexers
Ex-Irish Sea craft in Spain
Princess Anastasia moves again
New stage in Manxman building
CRUISE
Russian links cause finance problems
Another sale as significant ships set to leave fleet
NEWS IN BRIEF
NAVAL
Capital programme milestone for new SSBN
Kiwi Anzacs modernised
First joint MCMs in build
CARGO
NEWS IN BRIEF
Stenersen acquire four from Maersk
Fuel cell retrofit for tankers
Four VLCCs for Latsco
Ellerman adds additional ship
NEWBUILD
Climate-friendly train carrier
Twin CSOVs
Hydrogen-ready CSOVs
LNG-fuelled Polish ferries
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SURFACE RAIDER THE BATTLESHIP GNEISENAU • James Hendrie traces the history and career of the German battleship Gneisenau, which was decommissioned 80 years ago after a short career, having been laid down in May 1935, launched in December 1936 and completed in May 1938.
MSC MERAV GLIA Caribbean cruising… Italian style • Andy Hernandez recently sailed on the cruise ship MSC Meraviglia, one of the newest ships in the MSC Cruises fleet, and reports on what she has to offer.
ON BOARD MSC MERAVIGLIA
AURA SEAWAYS First new passenger ship for DFDS Seaways in 40 years makes her Baltic debut • In January DFDS Seaways welcomed the first of two large ferries to their Baltic fleet with the arrival of the newly built Aura Seaways after a delivery voyage from China. Richard Seville describes the impressive new vessel.
VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE • Richard Seville met Captain Vytautas Valteras on a sailing from Karlshamn, Sweden to Klaipeda, Lithuania during Aura Seaways’ first weeks in service.
ON BOARD • AURA SEAWAYS
The UK’s next-generation research ship • As the research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough embarks on her scientific career, Edward Ford looks at the ship’s capabilities and traces her entry into 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.
FUTURE FUELS • Jim Shaw examines developments being made by shipping companies to converted to such ‘future fuels’ as Methanol, Ammonia and Hydrogen.
CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
HYDROGEN-FUELLED BARGE CARRIER
TWIN HYDROGEN-POWERED FERRIES
MISSED AN ISSUE? RIVER MERSEY • COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION
SUPERFAST’S DYNAMIC DOZEN • Russell Plummer looks at the impressive careers of 12 ro-pax vessels built from 1995 to 2002 that are still running in fleets around the world, along with the story of the man who was the inspiration behind them.
SUPERFAST I
SUPERFAST II
SUPERFAST III
SUPERFAST VI
SUPERFAST IV
SUPERFAST V
MARITIME MOSAIC TUGS AT WORK • In 2008 Trevor Boult was invited to join the tug Gray Test, owned by Felixarc Marine, to observe the operation of...