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1 month ago | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
Editor's Log Following my comments about not preserving the great American liner United States in the February edition, I feel that I should make some positive comments about the preservation of well-loved ships in other parts of the world. Luckily, due to various preservation societies often aided by the governments of countries and cities, some great old ships are still preserved.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
I was deeply sorry to hear that the great American liner, the SS United States, is to be sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida. This iconic vessel, built in 1952 was the fastest liner on the North Atlantic route. On her maiden voyage she averaged 35.59 knots eastbound and 34.51 knots westbound and in doing so, won the Blue Riband of the Atlantic. Her speeds have never been beaten by a Trans-Atlantic liner. In the 1950s and 1960s there were some beautiful passenger ships.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
There seems to be growing protests in some ports about the visits of cruise ships and the supposed effect of the cruise ships and tourists have on the local environment. The most publicised recently of such protests, mainly organised by Extinction Rebellion, has been at the locks at Noordersluis and Zeeslius at Ijmuiden preventing ships from going further down the River Ij to the cruise terminal situated in the heart of Amsterdam.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
In 2023, 221 of the 250 million containers transported were lost in incidents at sea, the lowest by far since reporting started in 2008, according to the latest report from the World Shipping Council (WSC) which stated, “From a liner shipping industry perspective, every container overboard is one too many.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Donna K Cooke
Cruise Ships, World News American Cruise Lines’ 3,344gt/2024-built American Liberty, (above) the company’s third Coastal Cat, was announced on 24th July as having completed her sea trials so American Cruise Lines accepted delivery of the 100-passenger ship from Chesapeake Shipbuilding early.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
Piracy is on the rise in key global shipping lanes. There were 120 incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships reported in 2023, compared to 115 in 2022, according to the annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). The IMB also found increased threats to crew safety, with the number of crews taken hostage rising from 41 to 73 in 2023, and crews kidnapped from 2 to 14. These numbers have continued to rise during the current year.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
Editor's Log The Houthi attacks in the Red Seas are having a large impact on economies in different ways. The consumption of fuel used by ships avoiding the area has increased dramatically with many vessels avoiding the Red Sea and sailing around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, which can add several thousand miles and two to three weeks of travel time compared with a voyage through the Red Sea.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Donna K Cooke
The following is a selection of Cruise News focusing on the new ships joining cruise lines. Celebrity Cruises’ 130,818gt/2018-built Celebrity Edge has made her debut in Alaska on 20th May from Seattle for her inaugural season in the region. The Celebrity Edge also became the first from her namesake series of ships to sail in Alaska (above). Sistership Celebrity Apex (130,818gt/built 2020) made her first departure from Southampton for her inaugural season at the port on 15th May.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Nigel Lawrence
The NGO Shipbreaking Platform have announced that 446 ocean-going commercial ships and offshore units were scrapped in 2023 with 325 of them being dismantled in Bangladesh, India or Pakistan. In these days of trying to cut down on pollution, the way that most of these ships are dismantled has a dreadful effect. These Asian yards do not comply with the requirements of European yards with respect to toxic fumes and waste leaks.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
shippingtandy.com | Donna K Cooke |Ian Sebire |Nigel Lawrence
The following are just a sample of what can be found in our July 2024 issue of Shipping T&Y. from NOTABLE INCIDENTSMultiple injuries were reported amongst passengers waiting to disembark the high-speed ferry Isola di Procida after it collided with the pier whilst berthing at Naples on 19th April 2024. Initial reports suggest 44 passengers were injured with 29 of those requiring hospital treatment and the impact caused several dents and gashes to the vessel’s hull.