No. 347 January 2019

January 2019

Front cover

The 42,705gt train and vehicle ferry Skane of Scandlines was built in 1998 by Ast Espanoles at Puerto Real.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

18 MEMORABLE SHIPS
Waiwera, Waipawa and Wairangi

24 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAIN FERRIES

38 THE RHODESIA STAR
Paid off ‘Under Protest’

40 THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST
CMB Part One

46 PORT OF CALL
Dunedin and Port Chalmers

52 FORGOTTEN FLEETS
Straits SS Co. of Singapore

REGULARS

4 NEWS REPORT
The latest news from around the world

8 CRUISE NEWS
Princess in 2020, Delivering the ‘Edge’

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

12 FERRY NEWS
All change at Woolwich, Excellent collision

14 NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH
El Coquí

34 PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Train ferries at Messina

61 EDITOR’S MAILBOX
Readers’ Letters

62 READERS’ CORNER
Unknown Ship

64 BOOK REVIEWS
London’s Docklands, Goldsmith of Grays, Into the Abyss, Brunel’s Ships and Boats