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Thoughts on the loss of the Euroferry Olympia

Early in the morning of Friday 18th February, about ten miles north of Corfu and 25 miles west of Albania, a fire broke out on the vehicle deck of Grimaldi…

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2018 in images. Part 2 ? Southern Europe

The second part of the 2018 photo review, this time favourite images taken in Southern Europe during the year.

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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…

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Blast from the past: Appia

The Appia of 1961 was the first car ferry of the Italian state-controlled operator Adriatica. She joined the equally new Greek (Hellenic Mediterranean Lines)-owned Egnatia on a ground-breaking joint service…

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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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