MBL News – Norwegian built lady SERENISSIMA at Malta – 24.09.2019

One of the Classic Ladies built in Norway back to the 1960 around is the SERENISSIMA. SERENISSIMA was built in Norway at Aker Trondelag AS in Trondheim for Hurtigruten as HARALD JARL sailing on itineraries along the Norwegian fjords and coastline. Extensively refurbished in 2003, the 100 passenger vessel was renamed ANDREA and chartered exclusively […]

Cable Layer – OCEAN LINK

OCEAN LINK is one of the cable layer vessels around the Mediterranean Sea, currently off Haifa, Israel. She was built as CLAYMORE, a car and passenger ferry built in 1978 at Robb Caledon at Leith, Scotland as Yard no 522 for Caledonian MacBrayne. For ten years, she operated between Oban and the Outer Isles. Between October 2002 and March 2009, she […]

Ship of the Week – AL HUSSEIN. Car and passenger ferry built by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen, that entered service, Mallaig to Armadale (Skye), in 1964 for David MacBrayne as Clansman. In 1972 she was rebuilt so that she could carry larger lorries, involving heightening her and giving her a new bow door. Then Ullapool […]