No. 408 March 2024

March 2024

Front cover

The largest passenger ship ever built, the 248,663gt Icon of the Seas of Royal Caribbean International arrived in Miami on 10th January as seen here. See Cruise News. Photo: Nigel Lawrence

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

NEW WORLD No1 IN SHIPPING? – Who dominates which sector…

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Brazilian ‘White Swans’ – Part One

REMEMBERING ILL-FATED AUSTRALIAN COASTERS

EARLY YEARS AT SEA – Ellerman’s Wilson Line

WARSHIPS ON THE TYNE IN 2023

A SHORT TRIP THAT GOT LONGER AND LONGER – MV Larchbank – July 1961 to September 1963, Part One

80 YEARS AGO British Merchant Ships lost in March 1944

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – Everards around the Coast – South Devon

PORT OF CALL – Clydeport

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Newbigin Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Norwegian Viva christened; Maud battered, Icon of the Seas

FERRY NEWS – Battle in the Isles of Scilly, P&O Liberte arrives

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Medina Class lifeboat for Caister

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in March 2023

BOOK REVIEWS – RMS Queen Mary, The Norwegian Merchant Fleet in the Second World War, BP Shipping Pictorial, Ships Launches