Farewell Svealand, Stena Seatrader, Seatrade
. . . A couple of weeks ago Ventouris Ferries’ Seatrade departed for scrapping, under the name Sea Project. The ship, originally delivered in 1973, had operated for the Greek…
That Was The Year That Was – 2011
If, as I do, you attribute to passenger ferries some of the characteristics of human beings, the cycle of life can be unsettling and, occasionally, brutal. How did those jumbo…
Things seen – October 2011
The Villandry is captured on Youtube in the 1960s in these timeless home movie reels – she is seen at Newhaven here and here and at Dieppe here. The ship…
Picture of the week: Villa
Villa arriving at Villa san Giovanni. Click for larger image. Previous image
Separated at Birth
… It is unusual in the ferry industry for sisterships to be ordered from the same shipyard by unrelated operators. Whilst there is often a degree of plagiarism in design…
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