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Beyond Sealink: A final sailing on the Horsa
In August 1970, the British Treasury approved the construction of a pair of new multi-purpose passenger car ferries for operation by British Rail from a new Folkestone car ferry terminal….
Picture of the week: Ionian Spirit
Ionian Spirit (ex-Viking 3, Wasa Express, Roslagen) arriving at Brindisi. Previous image
Things Seen – September 2009
Firstly, apologies to regular readers for the month or so of no updates – hopefully the break will have been worth it, with plenty of new material gathered during a…
Hengist, Horsa & Senlac, Summer 2009
Although Ventouris Sea Lines’ unprepossessing website gives little away, the Agios Georgios (ex-Hengist) remains the key conventional ship on operations from Piraeus to the Western Cyclades. New competition has emerged…
Farewell Doric Ferry, Kapetan Alexandros
Quietly, the Kapetan Alexandros A ex-Doric Ferry, last of the ships of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, left her lay up in Keratsini under tow of the tug Christos XIV…
Kapetan Alexandros A (ex-Doric Ferry) – an update
Perhaps I spoke too soon with the comment in the previous post that it seemed the Kapetan Alexandros A was coming around to Brindisi for a further Summer! Agoudimos have…
Last of the line: the Kapetan Alexandros A (ex-Doric Ferry)
The six purpose-built ships of the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company were completed at British shipyards between 1957 and 1968 for ASN’s North Sea and Irish Sea operations and all had…
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…
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