No. 346 December 2018

December 2018

Front cover

The 140,259gt MSC Filomena of Peter Dohle. She was built in 2010 by Samsung at Koje.
See article on p age 24.

Photo by Fotoflite

Contents

FEATURES

18 MEMORABLE SHIPS
City of Benares

24 THE PETER DÖHLE GROUP
The largest shipmanagement company in Europe

32 CREST SHIPPING
Part Two

42 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
Elder Dempster Line – Part Two

50 PORT OF CALL
Stavanger

58 FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Witherington and Everett

REGULARS

4 NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

8 CRUISE NEWS
Captains in Cadiz, Farewell Hanseatic

11 CRUISE SHIPS PORTS OF CALL
Cruise ship calls around the UK in December

12 FERRY NEWS
Rebranded Raptor, Former Earl Godwin goes for scrap

14 NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
Le Lapérouse

34 PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Perama Bay

62 READERS’ CORNER
Identify the Unknown Ship

64 BOOK REVIEWS
My Friend the Sea, Changing Course, Recollections of an Unsuccessful Seaman, Masters of the Italia Line