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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Debut for first of two new Scilly ships

Sallaum Lines at the double

Gemini’s difficult season

Balaena consolidates UK shipyards

New-generation cranes arrive

Next generation LNG carrier

Global Ports Holding’s Mersey take over

LH2 power

Jumbo Marine contracts two

New Airbus charter ro-ro vessel

Channel services to be reorganised

Winner Wallem

Two LNG boxboats named

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New ships add fleet resilience

Incat’s 78m green evolution

Strategic rail link secured

Irish Sea network disruption

Fires strike the GNV fleet

GNV bolsters African connection

New concept for Vesterålen after makeover

Off to Indian breakers

Refinancing agreements

The RCI production line continues

Super yacht

Welcoming new fleet additions

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Towards Turkey’s national flagship

Tempers fray as Russia burns

Fifth minehunter for Ukraine

Stirling Castle commissioned

Economic with the truth

AUKUS agreement streamlined

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Boxboat converted to hospital ship

Tailwind reflags ship to Germany

Deregistered tanker intercepted

Shortsea consolidation

LNG carriers linked to Arctic sanctioned

Fourth Combi Freighter 3850

Bulker back in service

Sinking in Singapore Strait

CTVs heading for Brunei

Latest CSOV from Ulstein

Green light for fuel-flexibility

Multi-fuel bunkering in Iberia

Next generation cat for South Korea

Pusher design

Futuristic Superstar class

LUV to Blueshell Mussels

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WARSHIP EXPORTS • Conrad Waters examines recent British success in the global market for naval ships, with several nations looking to acquire British-built and-designed warships.

DREDGING THE NATION THE DREDGER FLEET SUPPORTING UK INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS • Around the United Kingdom, aggregate dredging is carried out by specialist dredgers that extract sand and gravel from licensed seabed areas and deliver essential raw materials for infrastructure and coastal defence projects. Tim Gibbs looks at the dredgers that are at the heart of this important industry.

UNLOADING THE DREDGED MATERIAL

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.

MALTA FERRY GALLERY • The ferries of Malta captured on camera by Matt Davies.

MALTESE FERRY ROUTES AND SERVICES

THE COLD WAR UNDER ARCTIC ICE • During the Cold War...