February 2008

On sale: Fri, 1 Feb 2008

Blue is the colour - The story of Norfolkline, which can trace its ferry origins back almost half a centruy, and now runs in the Channel and Irish Sea.

Liners for a new nation - A history of Zim Line, a company founded for Israel in 1948, and a look at some of the passenger ships it operated.
Peter Newall

Fuelling the war effort - Recalling the various types of tanker built in British yards during World War II.
Roy Fenton

Datafile - Aberdeen port and harbour - Profile of the busy port of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and looks at how it has developed from a fishing harbour into the North Sea oil rig support capital.
Gary Ritchie

The County Set - A look at the Royal Navy?s County class, the first true warships of the missile age.
Nick Hall

By the Docks of the Bay - Pictorial memories of cargo vessels in San Francisco docks in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jim Shaw

Waterfront News - Last of the Papenburgers, Napoli salvage latest, largest shipbulding crane in the world, plus a report on the new Cunarder Queen Victoria making her debut at Southampton.

Ferry News - Stormy debut for Oscar Wilde, Cotentin debuts and Sardinia Vera heads to Greece.
Russell Plummer

Cruise Ship review - Details of Saga Rose mystery cruise and Norwegian Crown becomes Balmoral.
Tony Davis

Cargo vessel focus - Cargo news comes from Plymouth, Hull, the Trent, Bremerhaven and Gdansk.
Roy Cressey

News feature - Profile of the Astute class, the Royal Navy?s new and most complex submarine ever.
Gary Davies