Broken Up – Ferry TOR HOLLANDIA (1966-2010) – 11.09.2010
One of the West German built ships that was built for the Scandinavian Area was the 1966 built ferry TOR HOLLANDIA. She was built as yard number 559 by Lübecker Flender Werke at Lubeck in West Germany. for Tor Line service from Immingham to Amsterdam and Gothenburg. She was built launched and christened by Godother […]
Preserved Ships – SS ROTTERDAM (The Netherlands)
The famous ocean liner SS ROTTERDAM currently a hotel ship in Rotterdam, the Netherlands since 2010 was the last great Dutch “ship of state”, employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13th September 1958, and was […]
Coronavirus – Ropax EL VENIZELOS hit by COVID-19 – 10.04.2020
Earlier this month more than 120 positive cases of COVID-19 amongst the 383 crew of the Anek Line’s ropax EL. VENIZELOS was officially confirmed. EL VENIZELOS underway to Malta around 25 nautical miles back to 11th October, 2017 She was going to serve as a floating hotel for Navantia shipyard workers in Cadiz, who had […]
Coronavirus – Floating Hotels in Singapore readies for workers as coronavirus spreads – 17.04.2020
Singapore is preparing to house hundreds of foreign workers in accommodation vessels typically used for offshore and marine industry staff as it races to find alternatives to dormitories where the novel coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. Tens of thousands of migrant workers, many from South Asia, live in cramped dormitories across Singapore, which have become […]
