To Tangier on the Marrakech
COMANAV, then the state-owned shipping company of Morocco, established operations between Sete in Southern France and Tangier in 1974 following the acquisition of the former Vikingfjord, later Prinz Hamlet II,…
Farewell Viking Voyager, Pride of Cherbourg, Banaderos, Barlovento, Samothraki
Top:The Samothraki leaving Mytilene in July 2007. The recent arrival of the Samothraki (ex-Viking Voyager) at Aliagia in Turkey for scrapping was perhaps not in itself a surprise but her…
Picture of the week: Silja Serenade & Princess Maria
Silja Serenade & Princess Maria at Helsinki. Click for larger image. Previous image
Deckplans
About six months late, and with thanks to all contributors, some more deckplans have been added to the collection: http://www.hhvferry.com/deckplans
Piraeus – signs of the times
Piraeus, the city whose vast harbour serves as the port of Athens is, arguably, the greatest port in the world. To the enthusiast, the vast array of passenger ships of…
Picture of the week: Veterans in Bari
Rigel (ex-Bore I, Ilich, Baltic Kristina), Sveti Stefan II (ex-Prinz Hamlet, Nieborow) and Adriatica I (ex-Silesia) at Bari. Click for larger image. Previous image
ANEK-Superfast
The recent news of the combination of the primary routes of Greek operators ANEK and Superfast marks a significant step towards consolidation in the Greek ferry industry. The agreement sees…
To Tunis on the Carthage
Between 1995 and 2001 the Fosen shipyard in Norway delivered a sequence of six large overnight ferries to Southern European operators, five of which were for Adriatic use by Minoan…
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