News Round-up. Including news of ship orders, the latest on the Royal Navy submarine problems; the Kursk recovery operation; and how a grain cargo eventually reached its destination.
End of a Liverpool era.
Merchant Navy 1932.
Terronst attack on US Destroyer.
The FotoRrte Fte: Sa pages of pictures from the world's leading photographers of ships underway.
Shipbuilders involvement in tramp shipping.
Incidents at sea.
Ships of Shame.
Falmouth odyssey-
Merchant Ships of Yesterday
Warships of Yesterday.
Letters and Readers Requests.
Books and Video reviews.
FRONT: The container ship Glucksburg, 18,037grt, built by Bremer Vulkan AG, Bremen, in 1988; the ship has had several names while on charter, and was recently the P&O Nedlloyd Chile.
BACK: The bulk carrier Stjepov, 30,868gdwt, of Dabinovic (Monaco) SAM, and completed by Nippon Kokan KK, Shimizu in 1981. This is her sixth name.