No. 366 September 2020

September 2020

Front cover

The 14,062grt Maersk Rotterdam at Santo Tomas, Guatemala in January 2010. She was built in 2002 by Peene-Werft at Wolgast and now sails as Horizon for Tom Warden GMBH.

Photo by Nigel Lawrence

Contents

FEATURES

MEMORABLE SHIPS – The Bustler Class Rescue Tugs

A.P. MØLLER MÆRSK – Part One of our history of the container ship company

MASTER ON THE FLY – A memoir of navigating the Fly River, Papua New Guinea

THE DUNEDIN STAR AND THE SKELETON COAST – A short story of the final days of this ship.

80 YEARS AGO – British Merchant Ships lost in August 1940

SAIL TO SAIL – The Imperial Star and the Cambria

FISHING TRIPS AND MERCHANT SHIPS – The Tremorvah

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST – American East Coast Steamers Part Three – The River Steamers

PORT OF CALL – Deltaport

FORGOTTEN FLEETS – The Nomikos Families

 

REGULARS

NEWS REPORT – The latest news from around the world including notable incidents, container fleets as well as bulk and tanker news

CRUISE NEWS – Pullmantur and Birka Cruises cease operation

FERRY NEWS – Moby Lines financial problems, Stena updates

NEWBUILD OF THE MONTH – Windea Jules Verne

PHOTO OF THE MONTH – Rhodes

READERS’ CORNER – Identify the Unknown Ship for a chance to win a book

BOOK REVIEWS – Rails Across the Sea, The Titanic and the City of Widows Left Behind, HMS Medway Queen – Memories of Dunkirk, William Doxford & Sons Ltd.