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- P&O Ferries turns up the heat in battle of the channel
- TOTE christened the first of their two new Orca Class ships, the Midnight Sun, on August 3, 2002 at NASSCO in San Diego, California since when the vessel has been delivered
in April 2003
- Danish domestic operator Mols Linien operate two gas turbine Seajet fast ferries on their long established service
- Built at Hyundai Heavy Industries yard the impressive Stena Britannica has recently displaced the vessel of the same name on the Harwich-Hoek van Holland service.
- The Japanese operate some fine vessels, a mixture of fast conventional 'liners' on long-distance services to those operating on the shorter routes where a number have been replaced in recent years with bridges. Here we see the Camellia in Hakata Port as
in March 2003
- It is the turn of the Offshore industry to get a look in this week with vessels depicted lying calmly in a Scottish port awaiting orders. These sophisticated vessels perform duties ranging from standby, supply and safety through to oil exploration where
- The waterway that links New York with New Jersey has spawned a number of differing vessels designed to move many thousands of foot passengers freely around the City every day, a facility emphasised following the events of 9/11
- Washington State Ferries have an impressive fleet ranging from the conventional double-ended ferry through to some impressive fast craft......
- Malta represents a crossroads within the Mediterranean basin and as such attracts a good deal of interesting tonnage represented here by a simple cross section of laid-up Incat fast craft - the 78m 28 knot Thundercat 1 (035) and her sister Thundercat 2 (0
in February 2003
- Balearia has made tremedous strides in developing a diverse fleet comprising new and old, conventional and fast ferry culminating in vessels such as the Federico Garcia Lorca and the Ramon Llull seen here on the stocks.
- IHC Holland and Van Oord ACZ signed the contract for the building of the Volvox Olympia in December 2000
- Last weeks golden Channel oldies contrast with this weeks youngest short-sea fleet. Norfolkline charter the Midnight Merchant, Northern Merchant and Brave Merchant from the troubled Cenargo Group. The service, which has been operating between Dover and D
- Time for a few golden oldies as we see here the Earl Leofric in Dover's Eastern Docks, the Stena Scandinavica whilst on charter to Sealink British Ferries and the Champs Elysee, a Dover favourite for many to this day
in January 2003
- This week is the turn of fast craft and seen here are Hoverspeed's Italian built Superseacat, SNCM's French built Asco plus the old time favourite, the Incat built Stena Lynx III
- The graceful beauty of ANEK's Olympic Champion is captured here as she eases her way into Patras harbour. The vessel was built in Norway by Fosen and has been well maintained by her Greek owners.
- There can be little to compare with the beauty of a Viking Line vessel. The red hulls and superior service standards have had a profound influence on others within the industry apart from the fact that Viking spawned Sally Line, a company than in 20 shor
- With so much tooing and froing on the southern North Sea it is no wonder that the transfer of routes and vessels between P&O and Stena as part of their disentanglement of the Dover services has been the subject of confusion.
in December 2002
- We feature here the very impressive Euroferrys operation, a service that came from nowhere achieving tremendous growth in a relatively short period of time
- Dover Eastern Docks continues to develop with more berths whilst utilising the existing fast ferry facility for Mols Linien
- Elefsis Bay harbours many fascinating vessels laid-up for anything from short-term to forever!
- SNCMs new vessel for their Mediterranean routes operating out of Marseille was launched on Saturday 26th October from Van der Giessen-de Noords
in November 2002
- Although fewer in number the Greeks still have much of Europes ferry history in their waters
- Greek Fast Craft represent such a diverse range of technical progress
- Southport New York offers a great deal for anyone remotely interested in the sea and ships
- DFDS vessels under construction in Germany will boast 4,000 lm
in October 2002
- One of the most graceful and 'ship-like' fast craft afloat
- Deep Sea RoRo pictured this week with an ACL Transatlantic giant
in September 2002
- Silja Line's tradition lives on as one of world's most well established operators
- Freighters from the Western Chaanel, Short-Sea and Irish Sea
- The Seafrance Cezanne has given SeaFrance good service although like her running mate, P&O's Canterbury, she is showing signs of tiredness
- Hascosay makes her debut on Caledonian MacBrayne charter