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.

Ships Monthly

VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF FERRIES

Contributors this month

NEWS IN BRIEF

Bleak future for historic Royal Iris

Fire on freighter in Zeebrugge

Speedy ship

Collision and sinking in Vietnam river

Minehunting

New life-saver for Troon

Largest battery-electric ship

Sustainable fuel on the Irish Sea

The last boxboat from China

Crowley’s first of four

Formidable visits London

Merci Normandie… bienvenue Guillaume de Normandie • Kieran Lewis and George Holland say farewell to Channel stalwart Normandie and look at the major changes to Brittany Ferries’ fleet with the introduction of two new E-Flexers.

On board Guillaume de Normandie

NEWS IN BRIEF

Cross-Channel stalwart departs

Battery-powered speedster

Debts revealed

Fast boat from China

Slow start for Jersey newbies

Grimaldi Group ro-pax order

NEWS IN BRIEF

Residential expansion planned

New passenger/cargo ship

New ships and old names

First disposals by NCL since the pandemic

Largest to date floated out

Hydrogen-fuelled ships

Operation High Mast sets sail

New OPV fleet for JMSDF

Greece to overhaul naval forces

Russia builds underwater force

LPDs heading off to Brazil

Type 31 ramps up firepower

NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS IN BRIEF

Wan Hai Lines fleet expansion

TS Lines leaves transpacific trade

Fire damaged ship scrapped

Chipolbrok classified as state-controlled

Houston sets traffic record

Belgian’s Golden merger

Stolt-Nielsen takes full control

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THE NORTH SEA’S FIRE ENGINES • Drilling for oil and gas has always been dangerous. The risk of a blowout is always present if a sudden kick in reservoir pressure overwhelms the drilling mud and sends a geyser of oil and gas into the air. Any hot surface can turn it into a fireball, fed by an inexhaustible flow of fuel until the well is capped. Steve Barron describes the fire-fighting and dive support vessels ready for any emergencies.

THE PIPER ALPHA AND OCEAN ODYSSEY DISASTERS

TWO CENTURIES OF BUILDING SHIPS • This year marks 200 years of business by the Canadian shipyard now known as Davie Shipbuilding, which has operated under various names. Patrick Boniface traces its history and looks at some of the ships built there.

FERRY GUIDE 2025 • Overview of ferry services connecting the British Isles to Europe and Ireland

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Irish Ferries

P&O Ferries

Stena Line

Transmanche

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