No. 367 October 2020

October 2020

Front cover

The 170,794gt Edith Mærsk arriving at Felixstowe. She was built in 2007 by Odense Staalskibs at Lindo.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – Bretagne and Provence

A. P. MØLLER MÆRSK – Part Two of our history of the container ship company.

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – Efficient deckhand on the Verconella

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in September 1940

CONTAINER SHIP RECOVERY AFTER COVID-19 –a look at how the container ship industry has been affected by the Coronavirus outbreak

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – American East Coast Steamships: Part Four – The Hudson River

PORT OF CALL – Muscat

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – Tanfield SS Co.

OBITUARY – Sandy Davidson (1926-2020)

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS – Cruising casualties, Swan Hellenic returns

FERRY NEWS – New ship for Isle of Man, Brittany Ferries changes

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Willem Barentsz and Willem de Vlamingh

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Southampton in August 1967

READERS’ CORNER – Unknown Ship