No. 357 November 2019

November 2019

Front cover

The 106,637gt Hyundai Pioneer approching the Miraflores Locks in the Panama Canal. She was built in 2009 by Universal Shipbuilding at Tsu. See article on page 48.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Ancon, Cristobal and Panama

BHP BILLITON AND VALE – The biggest charterers of Ore Carriers in the world

THE ROYSTON GRANGE TRAGEDY 38 80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in November 1939

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – Life on a Hull trawler

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Services to India – B.I. – The early years

PORT OF CALL – Balboa

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Hudson SS Co. Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Amera joins the Phoenix family, Scenic debut

CRUISE SHIPS PORTS OF CALL – Cruise ship calls around the UK November 2019

FERRY NEWS – Troubled waters on the Clyde, High-speed milestone

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Lady A and Lady D

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Malaga

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship

BOOK REVIEWS – Memoirs of a Seafarer, SS Great Britain, A Maritime Review of 2018, Shetland and Greenland Whaling