The UK’s Christmas break grows shorter and shorter, with new vessels arriving alongside late in the evening of Christmas Day – here’s MSC Bhavya arriving at Felixstowe from the Eastern…

With the first day of a strike scheduled for 27 December, HPUK’s Port of Felixstowe and engineers represented by Unite trade union have decided to pull back and talk some…

On the sunny and bright morning of 23rd December, feeder Escape arrives a Felixstowe very lightly laden – she’ll be sailing again on Christmas Eve, heading off toward the icy…

Yes, it’s sunrise over the 366m Cosco Shipping Himalayas on Christmas Eve morning at around 8.20am, as she sails from Felixstowe on her way to her next Northern European port…

2011-built container ship Maersk Evora arrives at the Port of Felixstowe, rounding Beach End turn and heads towards the mouth of the River Orwell and berth 7.

2019-built container ship MSC Kanoko sails from the port of Felixstowe after completing her maiden call, mid-morning of 21 December 2019.

Slowing down as she enters Harwich Harbour, 366m container ship MSC Kanoko makes her swing and very gently comes alongside at Felixstowe’s berth 9.

MSC’s latest vessel to arrive from Colombo and the Far East, MSC Kanoko, arrives at Felixstowe just as the sun is about to rise from behind a cloud bank. https://youtu.be/HaxfLbhRGCk

What’s happening at the UK’s biggest container port – every berth empty, while DP World’s London Gateway and Southampton Container Terminal both have plenty of trade, and Liverpool 2 has…

Feeder container ship Henneke Rambow outbound from Tilbury, and LNG- fuelled feeder Containerships Aurora inbound for the same port, on the morning of 11 December 2011.

With a 20 – 25 knot breeze blowing, ultra large container ship OOCL Germany employs 3 tugs to lift her immense bulk away from the quayside at berth 9 at…

As OOCL Germany prepares to sail for her next call at Zeebrugge, tugs Svitzer Kent and Svitzer Deben make fast astern, ready to ease her away from the quay, and…

On the breezy morning of 12 December, tug Gray Test cruises out to make fast astern of feeder Spica J, as she arrives at Felixstowe from her last call at…

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With a strong breeze blowing from the South West, container ship MSC Rapallo sails from Felixstowe on the morning of Friday 6 December 2019.

Looking almost empty as she arrives at Felixstowe on the late afternoon of 4 December 2015, Regulus rounds Beach End turn and makes her way towards her berth. If you…

I’ve always liked ships with slightly odd names, and this geared container ship, Barry, just hits my funny bone. In reality, of course, she’s probably named for the Welsh coal…

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With tugs made fast fore and aft, Shotley forward and Deben astern, the ultra large container ship OOCL Indonesia uses her thrusters and tug power to move out into the…

On the beautifully sunny morning of 30 November, tug Svitzer Shotley hustles to make fast to OOCL Indonesia, as she prepares to sail for her next port – Zeebrugge. More…

On the rainy and dull morning of 27 November, 2010-built Maersk Eindhoven heads out into the cold North Sea, on the next leg of her never-ending journey between East and…