HMS LIVERPOOL docking at Portsmouth

Seen here last tuesday at the Magical Waterfront City of Portsmouth is the HMS LIVERPOOL, the ship is due to be decommissioned this year and a campaign is under way to take the ship back to the Mersey for a peaceful retirement, please visit my LMC blog for further details http://vmf-liverpoolmaritimecity.blogspot.com   tugs SD BOUNTIFUL and SD RELIABLE can also be seen assisting the LIVERPOOL

Portsmouth, different types of vessels

Photos taken last tuesday the 17th January, place Maritime Portsmouth, known has the Waterfront City

"ARMORIQUE" at Portsmouth yesterday seen from SPIRIT OF GOSPORT

The cruise ferry "ARMORIQUE" operated by BRITTANY FERRIES was once again at Portsmouth yesterday, the vessel has joined NORMANDIE on the Caen to Portsmouth route, while MONT ST MICHEL is undergoing a refit in Poland, the ship captured here from the Gosport Ferry SPIRIT OF GOSPORT is normally operated on the Plymouth to Roscoff service

"CAP FINISTERE" arriving Portsmouth today

Seen here arriving Portsmouth this afternoon on a cold but serene day is the elegant BF cruise ferry "CAP FINISTERE", the ship is now alone securing the crossings from the UK to Spain, ("PONT-AVEN  is in dry dock undergoing a refit), sailing weekly both to Bilbao and Santander, photos taken from Gosport

SEAFRANCE to suspend DOVER / Calais service

Please click link below for latest news on this ongoing saga, more news shortly, photos of a beautiful ferry, the 2005 built SEAFRANCE BERLIOZ

BBC News - Ferry company SeaFrance to shed 127 Dover jobs

BBC News - Ferry company SeaFrance to shed 127 Dover jobs:

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My new blog about cruise ferry "BRETAGNE"

Today saw the launch of my new blog about cruise ferry "BRETAGNE", much more than words, this is a photographic account of this beautiful ship operated by BRITTANY FERRIES. Please click image on the right to access the blog

Tall Ships at Saint-Malo this summer

Saint-Malo in Brittany is welcoming once again the Tall Ships Races this summer, the event will take place from the 5th to the 8th of July, famous in the middle ages for being a fortified island controlling the estuary and the open sea and later, particulary during the 18th century when it became the home of the French privateers and Pirates, today Saint-Malo is the most visited place in Brittany, tourists look for the walled city, the tomb of Chateaubriand, Saint-Vicent's Cathedral, and the Aquarium, also Saint-Malo has one of the greatest concentration of restaurants in Europe, I have visited the place many times and can hardly think of a better place to be during this period, please visit my tall ships blog for all information on this fantastic event http://vmf-tallships.blogspot.com.

ACCIONA ferry "FORTUNY"

Built in Spain in 2001 the "FORTUNY" is 26.912 GRT and has a top speed of 23.5 knots. She is operated by ACCIONA TRASMEDITERRANEA on the Barcelona to the Balearic Islands. This Ferry in 2006 was used on the Portsmouth to Bilbao route but the service didn't last one year, she was at the time competitor to P&O's "PRIDE OF BILBAO", today how things changed, no ACCIONA no P & O, but the service is still guaranteed by BRITTANY FERRIES with the very smart "CAP FINISTERE" better tailored for the service, faster, more comfortable inside and with better facilities for the passengers. Photo of "FORTUNY" at Barcelona last October

ACCIONA ferry "MURILLO" arriving at Barcelona

"MURILLO" was built in Spain in 2002 by IZAR CONSTRUCIONES NAVALES for TRASMEDITERRANEA, she is 25028 GRT and has a cruising speed of 20 knots, she served her operator on the Barcelona to Minorca and Ibiza routes, in 2005 she changed her livery to the the newly created ACCIONA TRASMEDITERRANEA colours, she is sometimes used on the Cadiz to the Canaries route. "MURILLO" is seen here in July 2007 arriving Barcelona