December 2008 issue

• Bombed, Mined and Torpedoed - A new series telling the story of Captain HL Wolley
• Yugoslavian Shipping - A special report by Norman L Middlemiss
• Shipping Costs - A bunker too far? By Mark Rowbotham
• Memorable Ships – Oxfordshire of 1957 by Michael Tootill
• Photo Gallery:
  Today - Koper
  Yesterday – Clan Line
• Port of Call - Split
  
• Forgotten Fleets – Sheaf Steamship Company

• Around the Ports – Southampton, Dover and Portsmouth
• News Report – Fedra wrecked, more piracy attacks, COSCO reduces service
• Cruise News – End of Island Cruises, drugs haul on Arcadia, Saga Rose to go
• Cruise Ships - Ports of Call for December
• Ferry News – Fast Ferries withdrawn, new operators for Woolwich Ferry
• Readers’ Corner – unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews

January 2009 issue

• Neptune Orient Line – The Singapore Tiger by Norman L Rowbotham
• Dalgonair – A Liverpool Windjammer by John Richardson
• From Russia with Love – The Ivan Franko Class by Mark Rowbotham
• Bombed, Mined and Torpedoed! – Continuing the series telling the story of Captain HL Wooey
• Memorable Ships – Orion and Orcades by Michael Tootill
• Photo Gallery:
  Today – Marseille
  Yesterday – Cunard Liners
• Port of Call - Liverpool (part 1) by Mark Rowbotham
• A Look Back to the 1940's – by James Main

• Around the Ports – Teeport, Dover and Aberdeen
• News Report – Piracy, container ships laid up and more
• Offshore News – World news on offshore vessels
• Cruise News – Farewell QE2, Celebrity Solstice, Regal Empress
• Cruise Ships – Ports of Call for January 2009
• Ferry News – Norman Voyager arrives, IOM ferry named
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Review

February 2009 issue

• The Lawhill Story – 65 years on the high seas
• Memorable Ships – Britannic and Georgic
• From Russia with Love – The Ivan Franko Class by Mark Rowbotham
• Bombed, Mined and Torpedoed! – The story of Captain HL Wooey
• Louis Dreyfus – The French family shipowners
• Photo Gallery:
  Lisbon and Federal/New Zealand
• Port of Call – Liverpool (part 2) by Mark Rowbotham

• Around the Ports – Southampton, Dover, Zeebrugge
• News Report – News from around the world
• Cruise News – New Pullmantur ship, Club Cruise bankrupt
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in February
• Ferry News – Superfast IX
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – RMS Queen Elizabeth, Coaster from the 1950s, etc

March 2009 issue

• Halewood and Fulwood – Two Liverpool full riggers
• Memorable Ships – Arcadia and Iberia
• From Russia with Love – The Ivan Franko Class by Mark Rowbotham
• Bombed, Mined and Torpedoed! – The story of Captain HL Wooey
• Photo Gallery:
  Lisbon and Federal/New Zealand
• Portuguese Liners – Companhia Nacional and Companhia Colonial
• Port of Call – Clydeport

• News Report –Piracy News, News from the Shipyards, Tug & Offshore News
• Cruise News – Record day in Port Everglades, Ventura nightmare
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in March
• Ferry News – Stena withdrawal, LD bring forward new route, etc
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – The Great Liners, Conway's Battleships, Blue Sailing, etc

April 2009 issue

• Memorable Ships – Vandyck and
  Voltaire
• Bombed, Mined and Torpedoed! – The story of Captain HL Wooey
• Torn and Norden – Two Danish success
  stories
• Photo Gallery:
  Amsterdam and Royal Olympic Line
• Royal Viking Line – The first word in luxury
• Wavertree – A conservation triumph
• Port of Call – La Havre

• Port News – Felixstowe, Southampton, London, Belfast
• News Report –Piracy, Shipbuilding, Offshore, Company and Bulk news
• Cruise News – United States for sale, Maxim Gorkily scrapped
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in April
• Ferry News – Armorique arrives, LD start Boulogne service
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – RMS Aquitania, SS United States, Titanic & Other Ships etc

May 2009 issue

• Memorable Ships – The Southern Cross and Northern Star
• A Purser's Tale – The story of Nelson French
• Swiss Shipping – The Landlocked Country's Fleets
• Cruising with British Rail & Sealink
  – Weekend cruises on BR ferries
• The Banana Boats – Bringing Home the Sunshine
• Hero of War Criminal? – The story of Charles Fryatt
• Photo Gallery:
  Amsterdam and Royal Olympic Line
• Royal Viking Line – The first word in luxury
• Wavertree – A conservation triumph
• Port of Call – Riga

• Port News – Bristol, Felixstowe, Grimaldi, Liverpool
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise News – Bahamas Celebration, Oceanic and Hebridean Spirit sold
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in May
• Ferry News – The latest Ferry news from around the world
• Forgotten Fleets – Harrison Line
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Gale Warning, Under the Red Ensign, 40 Years On etc

June 2009 issue

• Incidents at Sea – Canberra and Island Sky
• Memorable Ships – The Royal Mail 'A' class 1913-17
• A Purser's Tale – The story of Nelson French
  
• Red Duster Renaissance – The British Fleet after 10 years of the tonnage tax
• Photo Gallery:
  Manaus and Sovtorgflot
• North Sea Ferries – 40 years outward bound from Hull
• Port of Call –Zeebrugge

• Port News – Dartford, Hong Kong, Gothenburg, Piraeus, ABP
• News Report –News from around the world
• Cruise Report – Seven Seas Voyager abandons world cruise, Astoria not for Saga
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in June
• Ferry News – GA Ferry impounded
• Forgotten Fleets – Lamport and Holt
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Small Boats-Weak States-Dirty Money, New Cunard Queens etc

• The Purser's Tale – The story of Purser Nelson French
• Memorable Ships – The Carnarvon Castle of 1926
• A Purser's Tale – The story of Nelson French
  
• Grimaldi – Motorways of the Seas
• Photo Gallery:
  Esbjerg and Bristol
• Marine Propulsion – Constantly on the move
• Captain Richard Woodget – Master of the Cutty Sark and pioneer photographer
• Port of Call – Valencia

• Port News – Southampton, Felixstowe, Teesport, Charleston, DP World
• News Report –Piracy update
• Cruise Report – Expedition debut, Black Prince to survive, Mein Schiff
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in July
• Ferry News – Manannan arrives, Norfolkline for sale, Fastnet Line delay
• Forgotten Fleets – Brocklebank Line
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Coasters 2008, Cunard, School of the Sea,
  SS Leviathan etc.

• Norman Arrow – A Special Report
• Memorable Ships – The Media and Parthia
• A Purser's Tale – The story of Purser Nelson French
  
• Liquid Methane Gas Carrier – The biggest growth area in the world
  petroleum market
• Photo Gallery:
  Barbados and Messageries Maritimes
• Tanker Disasters – Oil on Troubled
  waters
• Death on the Rocks – The Wreck of the Schiller
• Port of Call – Silloth

• Around the Ports –Teesside, Portsmouth, Hong Kong, Tarifa,
  Invergordon etc.
• News Report –News stories from around the world
• Cruise News –Tilbury's largest ship, Celebrity Equinox, Seabourn Odyssey
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in August
• Ferry News –Fire on Italian ferry, DFDS ferry sale falls through
• Forgotten Fleets – Glen Line
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews –Port of Southampton, Sydney – Cipher and Search, Quit ye like men

• Newbuild of the month – Baltic Queen
• Memorable Ships – The White Star Big Four – Adriatic, Baltic, Cedric and Celtic
• A Purser's Tale – The story of Purser
  Nelson French
  
• Höegh Autoliners – The History of Leif Höegh & Company A/S
• Photo Gallery:
  Casablanca and Coasters in Poole
• A Voyage to Remember – The Benmacdhui
• Port of Call –Antwerp

• Port News –Cardiff, Newport, Larnaca, Rotterdam, Southampton
• News Report –Piracy update, Offshore ship tragedy, Car carriers scrapped
• Cruise News –Marco Polo cancels cruise, Costa Europa chartered
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in September
• Ferry News –New Norwegian Ferries, Waverley concerns
• Forgotten Fleets – Glen Line
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews –Britain's Historic Ships, Lighthouse of England & Wales etc

• Newbuild of the month – Combi Dock III
• Memorable Ships – Te Rex and the Conte de Savoia
• The Pilot's View – The story of Sydney Pilot Barrie Peters
  
• Lloyd Triestino – The Stylish Italians
• Photo Gallery:
  Bordeaux and Dover Ferries
• Bulk Carriers – A load off the mind
• Port of Call –Curaçao

• Around the Port –Tyne, Dublin, Fishguard, Portsmouth, Hamburg, Suez
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise Shops Reports – Saga get their ship, Easy Cruise sold, Rotterdam opens
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in October
• Ferry News –Ben-my-Chree sets record, Ferry sinks in Tonga
• Forgotten Fleets – FT Everard & Sons – Part two
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Ships of the Mersey, The White Star Line, Ocean Ships etc

• PSPS 5Oth Anniversary – Special cruise on the Waverley
• Newbuild of the Month – Multratug
• Memorable Ships – The Transvaal
  Castle of 1961
• The Pilot's View – The story of Sydney Pilot Barrie Peters
  
• Egyptian and Arabian Shipping – A Special Report
• Photo Gallery:
  Tankers at Fawley and Pilgrim Ships at Safaga
• United Arab Shipping Company – Where East meets West
• The Flowery Land Mutiny – The last mass hanging
• Port of Call –Dubai

• Around the Port – Southampton, Ngqura, Embraport, Hull
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise Ship Reports – Tranocean insolvent, Registry changes
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in November
• Ferry News – Viking sold, New Ferries for P&O, Phillipine ferry sinks
• Forgotten Fleets – Blue Star Line
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Ships of the Mersey, The White Star Line, Ocean Ships, etc
• Also included this month Ferry Guide 2010

• Newbuild of the Month – Clipper
  Pennant
• Memorable Ships – The Sagafjord and Vistafjord
• The Pilot's View – The story of Sydney Pilot Barrie Peters
  
• Egyptian and Arabian Shipping – A Special Report
• Costa – The Italian Cruise Line
• Photo Gallery:
  Miami and Union Castle
• The Shipping Forecast – Another gale warning
• The Weather Ships – A storm at sea
• Duncan Haws – The Merchant Fleets
  series
• Port of Call –Weymouth

• Around the Port – Southampton, Port Everglades, Aberdeen, Tyne, Zeebrugge
• Piracy Report – The lastest news on the Piracy issue
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise News – Artemis sold, Carnival collision, Herrod returns
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in December
• Ferry News – LD changes, Brittany Ferries lay up Armorique
• Forgotten Fleets – Cosens & Co. of Weymouth
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Aquitania, Bristol City Docks, Cargo Liners, Port of Southampton

• Newbuild of the Month – The Oasis of the sea
• Memorable Ships – GTS Finnjet
• The Pilot's View – The story of Sydney Pilot Barrie Peters
  
• The Fabulous Finns – Effoa and Finnlines
• Photo Gallery:
  Thames Tugs and Colliers on the South Coast
• Days of Sail – The Wanderer of Liverpool
• Port of Call – Goole

• Around the Port – Liverpool, Dubai, Immingham, Antwerp, Dover
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise Ship Report – All Leisure's new ship, Stuck in the Ice, Saga Peal II retif
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in January
• Forgotten Fleets – Shaw Savill & Albion
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – Ferries 2010, Shadow on the Moon, Cruise Ships etc.

• Piracy – The enduring nature of piracy in the 21st century
• Newbuild of the Month – CMA CGM Christophe Columb
• Memorable Ships – Pacific Princess and Island Princess
• The Wreck of the Metis – The birth of the rules of navigation
• The Pilot's View – The story of Sydney Pilot Barrie Peters
  
• A Chandris Century –A celebration of a famous Greek shipowner
• Photo Gallery:
  Melbourne and Manchester
• Port of Call –Felixstowe

• Around the Port – Newcastle, Liverpool, London Gateway, Portsmouth, Dover
• News Report –The latest news from around the world
• Cruise Ship Report – New ship for Orion, Royal Princess for P&O, Carnival order
• Cruise Ships Ports of Call – Cruise ship calls around the UK in February
• Forgotten Fleets – Caledonain Steam Packet Company
• Readers’ Corner – Unknown ship
• Editor’s Mailbox – Readers’ letters
• Book Reviews – The Sea King, Three Prices Armed, Ballycotton Lifeboats etc