SHIPPING
NEWS
MORE NEWS
ROYAL NAVY SIXTH AND FINAL TYPE 45
DESTROYER 'HMS DUNCAN' SETS ON SEA TRAILS
HMS Duncan, the Royal Navy’s sixth and final Type 45 Destroyer, sailed from Scotstoun to conduct her successful second set of Contractor Sea Trials. ( Tuesday 04 December 2012 )
CMA CGM MARCO POLO: WORLD'S BIGGEST
MAKES MAIDEN CALL TO SOUTHAMPTON
Today ( Sunday 09 December 2012 ), the world's largest and newest vessel CMA CGM Marco Polo made her maiden visit to Southampton. This Southampton largest caller in history
VOLGO BALT 199 SINKS OFF THE
COAST OF TURKEY ON TUESDAY
Two rescuers have died while searching for the crew of a cargo ship that sank in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast, and 10 people remain missing. One sailor dead.
SHIPPING GIANTS MAERSK LINE TO
ORDER 10 NEW CONTAINER SHIPS
Mearsk, the world's largest container-shipping line, is ordering ten huge container ships valued at $5.7 billion from South Korea with a delivery date of 2014
MEARSK DRILLING NEWBUILD
DRILLSHIP ORDERED
Maersk Drilliing’s newbuild drillship, Deepwater Advanced 2, will head to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico upon completion in 2014 after being secured in a three year, $694 million contract.
BALTIC ACE COLLISION ASKS THE
QUESTION: ARE RO/RO'S SAFE?
After the fatal sinking of the Baltic Ace in the North Sea off the coast of Rotterdam on Wednesday ( 05 December 2012 ), the question asked now is are Ro/Ro's safe?
MSC EUGENIA LEAKS 10 TONNES
OF OIL INTO BAHAMIAN WATERS
MSC Eugenia leaks ten tonnes of oil in Bahamian Waters.
South African Man Sues MSC
Cruises for Medical Negligence
Doctor on board the MSC Cruise Ship MSC Sifonia
got the company sued
WHAT NEXT FOR STRICKEN
ITALIAN SHIP CONCORDIA?
The Italian Costa Cruises owned Costa Concordia that hit a rock and sank
in January 2012, has now been laying on her side for almost a year. What happens to her next?
SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER
BERTH BUILDING STARTS
Three months ago Southampton container berth building started to get some of the world's biggest container ships in like today, as the world's biggest container ship CMA CGM Marco Polo, who arrived yesterday, proved...
SOUTHAMPTON SECURES
MARITIME DREDGING LICENCE
Associated British Ports has secured a marine licence to widen the channel at Marchwood Moorings by 30m (98ft). The decision means larger container vessels will find it easier to turn around
NEW SHIP FOR VOYAGES OF
DISCOVERY: M/V VOYAGER
New cruiser christened at naming ceremony. The new ship for Voyages of Discovery ''Voyager'' set sail from Portsmouth International Port on Tuesday ( 04 December 2012 ) on her 147 day maiden voyage.
PASSENGER DIES ON SHORE
AFTER SAILING ON QUEEN MARY 2
Last Night ( Monday 10 December 2012 ), a passenger was taken off on board the Queen Mary 2 and taken ashore after an emergency, the passenger later died. The Cunarder departed 4hrs and 15mins late
NORTH KOREAN CARGO SHIP 'DAK GAK BONG' LEFT ALONE AND ADRIFT
SVITZER, who own nearly 50% of the world's tugs and now own the two new 'Eco-tugs' have been hired to
remove 500 tones of oil from the Ro/Ro Baltic Ace, that sank in the North Sea last Wedesnday ( 05 December 2012 )
SMALL BRITISH CARGO SHIP 'BEAUMONT'
RUNS AGROUND IN SPAIN ON TUESDAY
Small British cargo ship 'Beaumont' runs aground on Spanish coast on Tuesday 13 December 2012 and is freed 8 hours later...
ANOTHER COSTA CRUISES DISASTER
Costa Cruises Costa Pacific cruise ship damaged in Pier Allision in Marseilles, what's worst, she is another Costa cruiser and sister to Costa Concordia...
300 PASSENGERS ILL ON BOARD ORIANA
CRUISE SHIP AFTER 10 DAY VOYAGE
Southampton docks prepares for the scrub down of the year as Oriana must be spotless and clean by 2000 tonight after the cruiser caught a bug on a 10 day voyage
Ten years ago today on 14 December 2002, the massive 50,000 tonned Wallenius Lines owned 'Tricolor' Ro/Ro Vessel sank in the North Sea following a collision... 10 Years on, another Ro/Ro goes down to... Read more here >>
WHY HAS HISTORY REPEATED ITSELF 10
YEARS LATER IN THE NORTH SEA?
APL PARIS IS FINAL BRAND NEW CONTAINER
SHIP TO CALL AT SOUTHAMPTON
APL Paris is now the final brand new container ship to call at Southampton this year. She is docked in Southampton today. Rise in APL, CMA CGM and Hapag Lloyd vessels will show in 2013
HYUNDAI AMBITION WINS SHIP OF THE YEAR 2012
Hyundai Ambition won 'Ship of the Year' on December 7, she was delivered to Hyundai on June 29, 2012 and Ambition is the last of a series of five containerships for Hyundai
EUKOR CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AT SEA AND IN BUSINESS
Last week, vehicle shipping company Eukor celebrated their tenth year in business, close partners with Wallenius Lines...
CRUISE LINE GIANTS ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL
WINS 'BEST CRUISE LINE OVERALL' TEN YEARS RUNNING
£1.2 billion contract has just been awarded for a new attack submarine for the Royal Navy...
You can read more via the Royal Navy's official website:
ROYAL NAVY GETS A NEW SUB
SVITZER HIRED TO REMOVE 500
TONNES OF OIL FROM BALTIC ACE
MEARSK LINE TO CUT BULBOUS BOW OFF OF FRONT OF THEIR SHIPS
Maersk Line to cut off some container vessel bulbous bows as part of undertakings already performed across its fleet to reduce fuel expenses. These main changes are being made at China’s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry
CMA CGM GROUP NAMED BEST OPERATOR IN 2012
CMA CGM have been named best operator in 2012 at Mombasa portby, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) which manages Mombasa port
MEMORIAL PLANNED FOR THE LIVES LOST IN THE FELIXSTOWE FERRY DISASTER 30 YEARS AGO
A memorial is being planned for those who died in a ferry disaster off the coast of Felixstowe 30 years ago. Five years before the worst ferry disaster ever happened when the 'Herald of free Enterprise' capsized killing 193, six people were killed when the 'European Gateway' ( Below ), operated by Townsend Toresen, who also operated 'Herald of free Enterprise' that capsized outside of Zeebrugge, capsized about a mile out of Felixstowe on 19 December 1982, after colliding with 'Speedlink Vanguard', which was a British Rail Sealink ferry heading into port. 'European Gateway' had 70 people and four crew on board
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE NAMED 'WORLD'S LEADING
LARGE SHIP CRUISE LINE' FOR 2012
Norwegian Cruise Lines have been named 'World's Leading Large Ship Cruise Line' for 2012 by World Travel Awards
WHAT CRUISE SHIPS TO EXPECT IN THE CLOSE FUTURE -
CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN 2015 READY FOR 2020
Future cruise ships of the world, soon to cruise the Seven Seas... Do we like, my answer is No, what's yours?