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22/01/2009
HMS PORTLAND meets P&O liner in Gulf

22/01/2009
RFA ARGUS in £23m refit at Falmouth

22/01/2009
RN Police in milestone change

22/01/2009
No more giants from Lindø shipyard

22/01/2009
Coincidental fate for English-built ships

20/01/2009
CSL ARGOSY refloated

20/01/2009
Only one foreign ship detained in December

20/01/2009
Wood spill ship drops anchor

19/01/2009
Dover Harbour Board approves new services

19/01/2009
Glasgow-managed bulker grounds in Chesapeake Bay

19/01/2009
Glasgow-managed tanker attacked off Nigeria

18/01/2009
Sonar locates sunken MONARCH

18/01/2009
Steam Packet Co website back online

16/01/2009
£90million contracts for new carriers awarded

16/01/2009
HMS DARING leaves Clyde for Portsmouth

16/01/2009
Launch of car carrier at Japanese shipyard

16/01/2009
Supply vessel sinks in Alaska

16/01/2009
Pirates release ship owners confirm

15/01/2009
Hebei Spirit Two released on bail

14/01/2009
PRIDE OF CANTERBURY report published

14/01/2009
London rally for jailed Hebei Two

14/01/2009
BVT looks to wind farms future

13/01/2009
ABB wins $30m order for electric propulsion systems

13/01/2009
Ulstein delivers new vessel to owners

12/01/2009
Hamburg Sud first as ship named in Chile

12/01/2009
UK docks face crisis over business rate changes

12/01/2009
QUEEN MARY 2 celebrates fifth birthday

12/01/2009
Tyne is runner up cruise port of the year

08/01/2009
Happy New Year Danaos from SHI

08/01/2009
DAUNTLESS completes first set of sea trials

08/01/2009
Felixstowe welcomes new container ships

08/01/2009
World LNG fleet hits 300 mark

08/01/2009
STX Europe to modernise ms SENSATION

22/12/2008
MSC DANIELA - biggest ship classified by GL

22/12/2008
Dover's busiest ever winter day for outbound traffic

22/12/2008
Hutchison takes majority stake in CTE

22/12/2008
Felixstowe South Piles Ahead

21/12/2008
Seafarers are being used as scapegoats

21/12/2008
Drydock for BEN MY CHREE in New Year

19/12/2008
MacGREGOR contracts multipurpose and heavy-lift ship projects in China

19/12/2008
Bookings being taken for new Rosyth ferry service

19/12/2008
Bulk shipping firm goes to the wall

19/12/2008
Navy escorts Somali aid vessel through pirate waters

19/12/2008
Indian transport workers protest against Hebei Spirit judgement

19/12/2008
More woes for New Zealand's Projector programme

19/12/2008
Submarine fails to sell on Ebay

17/12/2008
MOL COSMOS maiden call at Southampton

17/12/2008
Chinese ship escapes pirates in Gulf of Aden

17/12/2008
Hapag Lloyd's Adolf Adrion retires

17/12/2008
Deep Sea pleased with new ship from India

16/12/2008
Doubts over mv DOULOS' future

16/12/2008
Mega boxship opens historic China-Taiwan shipping routes

16/12/2008
SMIT raises profits with heavy lifts

16/12/2008
Dockwise takes delivery of mv TRIUMPH

15/12/2008
Construction Support Vessel named at Vigo

15/12/2008
TBS takes delivery of first heavy lift tweendecker

15/12/2008
Aberdeen chairman retires after 24 years on Board

15/12/2008
Port of Felixstowe to start further rail upgrades

15/12/2008
Odfjell makes net gain of $18m on tanker sale

15/12/2008
STX delivers mega cruise ship MSC FANTASIA

13/12/2008
Welcome awaits aircraft carrier CLEMENCEAU

13/12/2008
Polishing the Diamond

13/12/2008
Queen Victoria celebrates first year at sea

11/12/2008
Royal welcome for HMS KENT

11/12/2008
Clyde base gets Type 45 visitor

11/12/2008
Aircraft Carriers delayed by up two years

11/12/2008
Baltic Dry Index up but conditions 'grim' : Shipping chief

11/12/2008
Bullish Seaspan takes delivery of new boxship

11/12/2008
Dryships 'cancels' purchase of bulk carriers

10/12/2008
HMS DARING handed over to the MoD

10/12/2008
New-builds swell UK Ship Registry

10/12/2008
End of an era as marine engineering firm closes

10/12/2008
Royal Navy Admiral leads EU anti-piracy mission

10/12/2008
Dover gives cautious welcome to EU ferry plans

10/12/2008
Union says no justice for Hebei two

09/12/2008
Somali pirates release Greek ship

09/12/2008
Pirate attack sets Maersk container ship on fire

09/12/2008
15 Foreign flagged ships detained in October

08/12/2008
VIKING's centre in Thailand toured by Crown Prince Frederik

08/12/2008
Happy New Year as RCL suspends fuel supplement

08/12/2008
Saudi Arabia gifts to Egypt arrive from Austal

08/12/2008
Final type 45 Bow arrives in Glasgow after 500 mile journey from Portsmouth

05/12/2008
STX Europe launch huge ferry BALTIC QUEEN

05/12/2008
Passengers safe after cruise ship USHUAIA grounds

04/12/2008
PD Ports say Government transport plans are mis-directed

04/12/2008
Cunard owners sue Rolls Royce over Mermaid pods

04/12/2008
Maersk mothballs container ships

04/12/2008
Bulk carrier orders cancelled at Chinese shipyard

04/12/2008
French shipping group to pay bonus to Gulf of Aden crews

04/12/2008
New contracts for STX Europe

04/12/2008
Shareholders urged to vote for General Maritime and Arlington merger

03/12/2008
Scottish-built submarine for sale on Ebay

03/12/2008
HMS LEDBURY concludes deployment with a bang

03/12/2008
Wärtsilä inks deal for Chinese engine production

03/12/2008
Fred Olsen reveals 2009 cruises from Scotland

03/12/2008
Keel laid for second of two giant cruise ships

03/12/2008
UN mandates war on pirates

02/12/2008
PIRACY! Time for the Q-ships return?

02/12/2008
HMS LANCASTER escorts QE2 into Dubai

02/12/2008
IBF extends high risk area to cover entire Gulf of Aden

02/12/2008
Russian frigate escorts convoy to thwart pirates

02/12/2008
Massive sea search for missing crewman

01/12/2008
Give danger money for seafarers in Gulf of Aden

01/12/2008
Pirates attack cruise ship

30/11/2008
Suez Canal charges may be reduced

30/11/2008
Dover sees increase despite strike

30/11/2008
Online auction of BARAGOOLA concludes

27/11/2008
Bulk shipping charter rates collapse

27/11/2008
Two new North Sea vessels named at Aberdeen

26/11/2008
Saatchi & Saatchi Design hosts unqiue photography exhibition

26/11/2008
Craig Group celebrates strong growth

26/11/2008
Take a cruise - for only a pound!

26/11/2008
Second strike at Dover cut short

26/11/2008
Hamburg Sud identity replaces Costa Container Lines

26/11/2008
World's largest cruise ship takes to water

26/11/2008
Supporters' gift of light to paddle steamer

26/11/2008
Tackle piracy from Scotland says shipping lawyer

22/11/2008
Maersk tankers to avoid Gulf of Aden

22/11/2008
Shipping company says 2009 will be grim

18/11/2008
Nine dollars, no reserve. Bidding starts for historic ferry

18/11/2008
SIRIUS STAR at anchor off Somalia say owners

18/11/2008
MOL training ship conducts anti-piracy drill

17/11/2008
Thousands gather to see launch of HMS DRAGON

17/11/2008
Pirates attack super tanker off Kenyan coast

17/11/2008
Frustrated shipping company avoids pirate-infested waters

17/11/2008
Hospital Ship Charity Celebrates 30 Years of Saving Lives

17/11/2008
Six months is a short time in the shipping world

16/11/2008
Celebrity Solstice Named in Sparkling Celebration

15/11/2008
BAE Systems announces £500,000 sponsorship of Glasgow Riverside Museum

14/11/2008
Orange giant becomes Viking Poseidon

14/11/2008
Pirates shot dead by British warship crew

14/11/2008
Calling all seafarers - Calmac needs you!

14/11/2008
Eleven foreign flagged vessels detained in September

14/11/2008
Credit crunch squeezes out shipping services

14/11/2008
Aker becomes STX Europe

14/11/2008
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Update

20/08/2008
Port of Felixstowe Invests in New Equipment

20/08/2008
Shipping welcomes Japan’s move to eco-label

20/08/2008
Innovative new way to beat hull fouling

20/08/2008
Container payload scams cost billions and risk lives

16/08/2008
Maritime Accident Casebook Takes On The Storm

15/08/2008
Largest Shipbuilding Order Ever Placed

15/08/2008
340 Miles of Caravans to Pass Through Dover

14/08/2008
Loss of FALLS OF CLYDE could be imminent

14/08/2008
Remontowa shipyards deliver latest AHTS

14/08/2008
Fleet Flagship Returns to Portsmouth With New Commanding Officer

14/08/2008
Cruise ship undocks from Meyerferft shipyard

14/08/2008
Keel laying of new cruise ship at German shipyard

20/06/2008
Six of the best but scrap the rest

20/06/2008
320,000 DWT bulker named Ship of the Year

20/06/2008
Nine foreign vessels under detention in May

20/06/2008
SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE makes first call at Cardiff

20/06/2008
Port welcomes first cruise ship in years

20/06/2008
Largest ever channel ferries ordered from Aker shipyard

10/06/2008
Aker Yards delivers new fast day ferry for Oslo Line AS

10/06/2008
Aker shipyard delivers VOLSTAD PRINCESS

10/06/2008
5900 TEU container ship RIO DE JANEIRO christened in Korea

28/05/2008
HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and USS COLE arrive Portsmouth on Friday

28/05/2008
New designs on the world's biggest container ships

28/05/2008
Hijacked ship arrives safely in port, say Somali officials

28/05/2008
Island Offshore welcomes latest ship from Ulstein

28/05/2008
Submarine forced to surface after grounding

28/05/2008
Customer confidence secures MacGREGOR RoRo conversion contracts

28/05/2008
BC Ferries ship wins award for Outstanding Ferry Technology

28/05/2008
Command 2008 – The 14th International Command Seminar Series

28/05/2008
Youngest ever speaker to address Nautical Institute AGM

28/05/2008
Shipping and transport companies launch Port Community Fund

27/05/2008
Relief as world's oldest complete steamship avoids scrapyard

27/05/2008
Warnings of job cuts at loss-making famous Danish shipyard

27/05/2008
Belfast: World's first port with 'zero carbon footprint'

27/05/2008
Bodies in ship's hold may have been stowaways

27/05/2008
Dover steps up a gear with port growth plan

27/05/2008
NORCAPE returns to service after Tyne refit

26/05/2008
Horror as bodies found in ship's hold

26/05/2008
Jimmy fixed it for Apostleship of the Sea

26/05/2008
Fuel costs push British fishing fleet to brink

25/05/2008
HMS MANCHESTER returns home on Tuesday

23/05/2008
Union concerned at Evergreen threat to leave UK register

23/05/2008
Ship on the Clyde in strike action

23/05/2008
Navy Ensign marks resting place of two WW2 ships

23/05/2008
CMA CGM maintains calls in French ports

22/05/2008
Six foreign ships detained at UK ports in April

22/05/2008
Latest RFA ships likely to be built abroad

22/05/2008
William Everard joins Port of London Board

22/05/2008
Six vessels in operation for Isle of Man TT Races

20/05/2008
Ulstein in sales of design for 12 China-built ships

20/05/2008
PRIDE OF AMERICA $4.1 million refit completed

20/05/2008
At Last! Green Light for Aircraft Carriers Contract

19/05/2008
Newcomer will be biggest catamaran on the Irish Sea

19/05/2008
Pirates hijack aid ship on anniversary of lethal attack

19/05/2008
Aircraft carriers announcement imminent

17/05/2008
Diplomatic spat as Ambassador accuses France of sending a warship

17/05/2008
New Clyde National Park Ferry Service calls for 2008

16/05/2008
BG Group orders further two LNG Carriers

16/05/2008
Cruise ship BRAEMAR in dock for lengthening

16/05/2008
Tall ship in celebrations at Port of Tyne

16/05/2008
Clyde naval base to trial extraordinary Smart Water

16/05/2008
HMS ILLUSTRIOUS stars in her own TV series

16/05/2008
Evergreen chairman given Belgian Royal honour

13/05/2008
MOL embarks on huge newbuilding programme

13/05/2008
Odense Shipyard launches MARCHEN MAERSK

13/05/2008
Study shows importance of Clyde shipyards to Scottish economy

13/05/2008
Red arrows illustrious display

13/05/2008
Hundreds expected to welcome frigate back home

13/05/2008
World famous paddle steamer in drydock for repairs

13/05/2008
Photo: Grounded ship off Melbourne

09/05/2008
HMS ARGYLL to play key role in Atlantic yacht race

09/05/2008
Zimbabwe arms ship leaves Angola

09/05/2008
Port of Felixstowe expansion continues

08/05/2008
Wallenius welcomes latest giant car carrier to its fleet

08/05/2008
First Polish-built LNG carrier launched

08/05/2008
Converted tanker delivered to Dockwise

08/05/2008
Three transatlantic services return to Thamesport

02/05/2008
Chemical tanker detained at Falmouth

02/05/2008
Heineken Cup Final brings flood of ferry bookings

02/05/2008
Giant containership named in Malaysia

02/05/2008
Fred Olsen's BALMORAL begins Med cruises

02/05/2008
Calmac representatives meet EU Commissioner

02/05/2008
Aberdeen sees busy season with specialist cruise ships