May 2009
On sale: Thu, 16 Apr 2009
Warships to box boats - A look back at the history of shipbuilding in the Polish city of Szczecin.
Allan Ryszka-Onions
Maritime Mosaic - Reader gallery of old hulks in the Falklands.
Gordon Turner
From landing craft to ferry - How the modern ro-ro ferry owes its existence to the World War II army landing craft.
Philip J. Cone
Ships pictorial - Featuring images of ships around the world.
Datafile - Moby Lines - Profile of the family-owned Moby Lines company, and looks at some of the ships they have operated.
Russell Plummer
Trip on a Suez survivor - Voyage report from the early 1980s round Africa on the cargo liner Hellenic Patriot.
Jim Shaw
The mighty Mitschers - Profile of the US Navy’s Mitscher destroyers.
Patrick Boniface
Waterfront - Standards remain high on QE2, last lightship in Ireland, and UK cruise figures climb.
Ferry - News of May’s ‘Ferry Fortnight’, P&O challenging LD aid, and record for Pont-Aven.
Russell Plummer
Cruise - Cruise business in China and Taiwan, Oceanic becomes Peaceboat, and news of Mein Schiff.
Tony Davis
Cargo - Maersk restructure fleet, cargo ships avoid Suez, and Goole bucks the economic trend.
Naval - Submarines in collision, news of Taurus 09 deployment, and HMS Rame Head departs.
Gary Davies
Preservation - Catalina scrapped, and Bembridge moved.
Nick Hall
News feature - When will the first cruise ship be laid up?
Jim Shaw
