Category: Blog posts
The ‘new’ Stena Caledonia
. . . In January 2009, Stena Line confirmed they were continuing their recession-busting modernisation programme by investing £1.8m in a thorough upgrade of the Stranraer-Belfast route’s single conventional vessel,…
The great ports: Igoumenitsa
Major ferry ports in the UK and much of Northern Europe tend to be accessible only to travellers; gone are the days when ships formed an easily accessible part of…
The Ancona (ex-Knossos, Saga, Hispania, Svea)
From Ancona to Split with the Ancona of Blue Lines. Blue Lines’ Ancona is the former Knossos of Minoan Lines, and before that the Saga, Hispania and originally the Svea…
To Sifnos and back
July 2007 We arrived in Piraeus on board the Theofilos of NEL Lines, all the way from Mytilene, up in the distant north Aegean. Our ship was originally TT Lines…
Moby Dreams
Moby’s vivid hull colour schemes aren’t to everyone’s taste but, in a market where the most energetic opposition is screaming at potential customers in bright yellow, it doesn’t hurt to…
Gone but not forgotten: Gabrielle (ex-Prinsessan Desiree, 1965)
From time to time I’ll dig out some older pictures from classic ferries which are no longer with us, having been scrapped – or worse. No. 1 is an interesting…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year & Welcome to 2009! With special reference to the website this blog is supposed to support, I suppose I should mention that this is the 40th year…
The Southern Adriatic – a new Golden Age?
Michele Lulurgas’ epic 20-year trek through the ferries of the Adriatic highlights what in many ways can be seen as the sad decline of the area’s ferry operations as an…
Genesis
Welcome to the new blog at HHV Ferry. Although there will be comment and observation on the current ferry scene, this is primarily intended as a more flexible and easily-managed…
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