World Ship Society - Torbay & East Devon Branch: 2018

December 2018 Meeting

Our December meeting is a members evening - contributions of 20-30 minutes on a maritime subject are invited. Please let David Walker know in advance if you would like to present something. 19:30, 13th December, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

November 2018 Meeting

For our November meeting Rodge Musselwhite will present "Update 2018", his annual roundup of the local shipping scene. 19:30, 8th November, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

October 2018 Meeting

Our October 2018 meeting marks the 40th anniversary of the first meeting of the Torbay & East Devon branch. Ian Wells, who founded the branch, will be our guest speaker for the evening, and will present "London Docks 1972 (Part I)". 19:30, 11th October, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

September 2018 Meeting

Our September meeting is a members evening - contributions of 20-30 minutes on a maritime subject are invited. Please let David Walker know in advance if you would like to present something. 19:30, 13th September, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

"A Maritime Review of 2017"

New WSS book by Krispen Atkinson, David Walker and Andrew McAlpine - A4 softback, 100 pages, 186 colour photos.

This book provides a snapshot of the events that occurred in the shipping industry during 2017 including ownership changes, notable deliveries, demolitions and losses. Changes in fleets are illustrated, including the transfer of ships within the Hyundai Merchant Marine fleet and the sale of Brazilian container ship operator Mercosul Line. 2017 saw the title of "world's largest container ship" change three times, as the latest generation of ships entered service. The AIDAPERLA and MSC SEASIDE are amongst the cruise ships that entered service throughout the year, and are illustrated. In other sectors, new ro-ros and general cargo ships entering the fleet, including Cobelfret's CELINE and the EGBERT WAGENBORG, raised the bar in their corresponding markets. Alongside high profile incidents of the year, including the grounding of container ships KEA TRADER and CSCL JUPITER which gained high media interest, some lesser-known incidents such as the sinking of the coastal tanker AGIA ZONI II and SOUTHERN PHOENIX are covered. This year saw the delivery of the UK's aircraft carrier QUEEN ELIZABETH, the German Navy rejecting the first of its F-125 frigates, and the Peruvian Navy decommissioning the last gun cruiser in service. In December the disappearance of the Argentine submarine SAN JUAN triggered an international search effort. The story of this interesting year is told using a selection of high quality photographs supported by informative deep captions.

Available now from booksales@worldshipsociety.org or WSS, 274 Seven Sisters Road, Willingdom, Eastbourne, BN22 0QW, United Kingdom, price £10 to members (quoting membership number) or £15 to non-members plus P&P £1.64 (UK) £4.90 (Europe) & £4.85 (RoW). Payment may be made by GBP cheque or credit card. For the latter please state whether Visa or Mastercard and quote card number, exact name on card, card expiry date, card validation number and address of cardholder.

August 2018 Meeting

For our August meeting, Ken Cload will be showing some of his photos taken on recent trips to the Hook of Holland. 19:30, 9th August, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

July 2018 Meeting

The subject of our July meeting is "British Rail Steamers and Topical Ships", by David Eeles. 19:30, 12th July, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

Branch Notes - June 2018

LNG tanker Margaret Hill at Southampton in 2009.

At our June meeting Chris Matthews gave a presentation on LNG tankers. Chris worked on various LNG tankers during his career with Shell, many of which he showed during the evening. He began with a description of the origins of the LNG trade, and described the technical aspects of dealing with LNG in detail. He provided a deep insight into the workings of a trade that most members present agreed they knew very little about. The talk included various amusing anecdotes about his time at sea. Many thanks to Chris for his efforts in putting together a most interesting evening.

June 2018 Meeting

At our June meeting, Chris Matthews will present a talk on LNG tankers. 19:30, 14th June, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

Branch Notes - May 2018

At our May meeting we saw two presentations. In the first, we heard about the regulations surrounding emissions from ships as Kathleen Goddard spoke about this important and topical issue. She described the various regulations, both existing and incoming, what authorities and companies were doing to meet them, and Emission Control Areas. Kathleen’s talk provided a highly interesting insight into a subject that is of great importance to the shipping industry at present. She was followed by David Walker, who showed photographs taken on two recent cruises with Cruise and Maritime Voyages – a Christmas Markets cruise on Magellan to Amsterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp, and an Amsterdam and Antwerp weekend on their newest vessel Columbus. Thanks are due to both speakers for a very interesting evening.

Ronez

The bank holiday continues - Ronez arrived on this morning's tide from Port Talbot with a cargo of blast furnace slag, to be loaded into the warehouse behind her. She has been bringing slag from Port Talbot since the end of 2017 and has made several trips. Her arrival brings a tally of three ships in port ahead of the week starting on Tuesday morning.

Roseburg and Uttum

An excellent start to the bank holiday weekend - Roseburg and Uttum arriving at Teignmouth, from Newport and Belfast respectively. At the same time, vehicle carrier Carnation Ace landed a pilot at Brixham, and container ship MOL Emissary boarded one. Maersk Kentucky will land a pilot early this afternoon.

May 2018 Meeting

At our May meeting, Kathy Goddard will present "Reducing Air Pollution from Ships", followed by David Walker, who will show some photographs taken on recent trips with Cruise and Maritime Voyages. 19:30, 10th May, Alice Cross Centre, Teignmouth. Non members are most welcome.

Alecto

Alecto arriving at Teignmouth on this morning's tide. Her last port was Rotterdam. She was completed by Damen in the Netherlands during 2007. While she was berthing, Brixham pilots serviced two vessels - Stena Impero, a tanker on her way to Cristobal in Panama, and Maersk Seletar, a container ship on her way to Bremerhaven from the US.

Marcel & Linnau

Two callers at Teignmouth in the last ten days are photographed leaving the port. Marcel departed on the evening tide of 15th April for Antwerp. She was built in 1993 at Wolgast in Germany, a few miles from the border with Poland. Linnau departed on the morning of 17th April for Plymouth. She is one of a large class of vessels delivered by the Komarno shipyard in Slovakia, and was completed during 2006.

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