No. 392 November 2022

November 2022

Front cover

The 8,448gt Egelantiersgracht of Spliethoffs at Southampton on 14th January 2006. She was built in 1994 by Van der Giessen-de Noord at Krimpen a/d Ijssel. In 2019 she became Sinaa operated by Transport Nanuk Inc. See article on the Spliethoff Group.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS The Ellerman Quartet

THE SPLIETHOFF GROUP OF THE NETHERLANDS

80 YEARS AGO British Merchant Ships lost in November 1942

THE EXXON VALDEZ An Environmental Disaster

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST Everards around Britain

PORT OF CALL Bluff Harbour

FORGOTTEN FLEETS Harrisons of Liverpool

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT The latest news from around the world

CRUISE NEWS Postponed Ambition, Seabourn in Portsmouth

FERRY NEWS CalMac update, Viking to sell Amorella

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH Willfreedom

PHOTO OF THE MONTH Avonmouth in September 1967

BOOK REVIEWS The Noble Boatbuilders of Fraserburgh, Irish Sea Ports on the River Mersey and the River Dee, Maritime London, White Funnel Steamers in the Bristol Channel