Norwegian mini-liner BRUVIK of 1949

BRUVIK is a beautiful 307 gross tons Norwegian passenger and cargo ship built in 1949 for regular service between Bergen and Mo, in the Osterfjord, a service she performed until 1979 when she was sold to Finland.

Dhe is a surviver of an important and historic type of local ship and so in 1994 there was the opportunity to repurchase her back to Bergen where she returned to the original name and livery.

BRUVIK is now part of the historic shipping waterfront in the port of Bergen, where I was able to photograph her in September 2008.

To read more about the BRUVIK check the company's official site here.

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MELODY in Lisbon

MSC Cruises oldest fleet member, the MELODY (marketed as MSC MELODY) arrived in Lisbon this morning for another full day call. She was built in La Seine, France for Home Lines in 1982 as their second ATLANTIC, a name changedto STARSHIP ATLANTIC in 1988 following sale to Premier Cruises. She was purchased by Mediterranean Shipping Company in 1997 and renamed MELODY. By then she was MSC Cruises largest and most modern ship, but in the meantime the company built an impressive new fleet and so the MELODY is now the oldest ship in company's cruise service. Photos taken in Lisbon on 6 November 2010.

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COSTA FORTUNA and MARKO POLO off Dubrovnik

Passenger ships COSTA FORTUNA and MARKO POLO arriving at Dubrovnik, early in the morning of 26 October 2010.

A remarkable and intereing ship, the passenger ro-ro ferry MARKO POLO is a veteran, she was built in Le Havre as the Norwegian PETER WESSEL (6.801 GT / built 1973) for the Larvik - Frederikshavn service. She was sold to Stena Line in 1986 and resold in November 1988 to Jadrolinija. As MARKO POLO she visited Lisbon twice while cruising in the late 1980s.

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BEWARE OF THE BULB

B - BRAVO flag of the International Code of Signals at the bow of  COSTA's cruise ship COSTA FORTUNA signaling the bulbous bow nearby.

Photograph taken at Dubrovnik on 26 September 2010.

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NRP BARRACUDA

Submarino NRP BARRACUDA atracado à Base Naval de Lisboa, no Alfeite, fotografias registadas a 10 de Outubro de 2010. Seria muito interessante que pelo menos esta unidade visse concretizados os planos de preservação que nestes últimos anos têm sido referidos por diversas autarquias com maior sensibilidade marítima, como Viana do Castelo ou Cascais.

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ALBACORA e DELFIM 10-10-2010

Os submarinos da classe ALBACORA NRP ALBACORA e NRP DELFIM fotografados na manhã de 10 de Outubro de 2010 atracados no antigo estaleiro da LISNAVE, na Margueira, já depois de abatidos.

Será interessante acompanhar o fim destes submarinos que tão relevantes serviços prestaram à Marinha e ao País. Será que se concretiza alguns dos projectos de preservação destes submarinos? Pelo aspecto do ALBACORA, muito canibalizado e em notório mau estado físico, será difícil preservar esta unidade. O melhor candidato será o BARRACUDA, resta aguardar...

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Abate do NRP DELFIM

Abate do ALBACORA

MANHATTAN restaurant onboard NIEUW AMSTERDAM

The NIEUW AMSTERDAM is named after the city of New York, Nieuw Amsterdam being the original name given by Henry Hudson when the first Dutch settlers moved into Manhattan Island.

So decorative motifs can be found aboard the new Holland America cruise ship including the main restaurant apptly named MANHATTAN restaurant. 

Photographs taken onboard the NIEUW AMSTERDAM on her inaugural call in Lisbon, 28 October 2010.

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NIEUW AMSTERDAM art onboard

It is a must on board the newest NIEUW AMSTERDAM: to see the paintings displayed on the forward stairway showing Holland America ships past and present in the best of Stephen Card style.
One of the more interesting is partly reproduced in this post, showing the full ship in black hull in the 1950s. Also of notice is the Rotterdam Lloyd's flagship WILLEM RUYS on the foreground...

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SAGA RUBY in Lisbon 2010-11-02

Two photographs depicting the arrival of SAGA RUBY in Lisbon on 2 November 2010.

The first photograph shows her passing the Belém tower while on the second she is about to reach the Alcântara passenger ship terminal where she berthed. It was also in this terminal that the SAGA RUBY berthed on her first call to Lisbon in September 1973, by then the proud flagship of Norwegian America Line VISTAFJORD. 

The SAGA RUBY was reflagged-out to the Malta registry in June 2010.

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SAGA RUBY registado em Malta

VALLETTA é o novo porto de registo do navio de cruzeiros SAGA RUBY (24.492 GT / construído em 1973), como verificámos ontem durante a mais recente escala deste belo paquete clássico no Tejo. VALLETTA (Malta) é assim o quarto porto de registo deste navio depois de OSLO (Noruega), NASSAU (Bahamas) e LONDON (Reino Unido).

O SAGA RUBY foi construído em Inglaterra no estaleiro Swan Hunter para a companhia Norwegian America Line, de Oslo, tendo sido o último navio de passageiros construído por aquele armador. O navio pertenceu depois à Norwegian American Cruises e à Cunard antes de ser adquirido pela SAGA. O registo do SAGA RUBY foi transferido para Malta a 1 de Junho de 2010.

Fotografias tiradas em Lisboa a 2 de Novembro de 2010. 

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Rebocador MONTE DA LUZ

Rebocador MONTE DA LUZ atracado junto à eclusa do cais da Rocha no dia 2 de Novembro de 2010. Construído em Alverca no ano de 1969 pelo estaleiro Argibay por encomenda da Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões, o MONTE DA LUZ foi reparado recentemente em Peniche de onde seguiu para Lisboa.

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ALA and SEADREAM II

Lisbon docks scene on 2ns November 2010: the old tug ALA, built in Germany in 1922, and the cruise ship SEADREAM II udergoing a refit at the NAVALROCHA shipyard.

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ARION em Rodes 28-10-2010

Depois de uma temporada iniciada em Fevereiro no Mar Vermelho passando pelo Mar Negro, Mediterrâneo e Adriático, o ARION está agora a fazer o último cruzeiro de 2010, que terminará no Pireu a 31 de Outubro, ficando o navio em lay up para terminar os trabalhos requeridos pelas novas regras SOLAS.
Estas fotografias foram tiradas a 28 de Outubro em Rodes e enviadas pelo Comandante do ARION, capitão José Vilarinho, mostrando as linhas clássicas do paquete mais pequeno da Classic International Cruises, em contraste com os gigantes actuais, o AIDA DIVA o GRAND CELEBRATION num dia de muito vento. Devido a este forte vento a atracação do AIDA foi atrasada cerca de 2 horas aguardando melhoria nas condições atmosféricas.

O ARION está neste momento fazendo o seu último cruzeiro da temporada 2010, fretado a Voyages Piel, um operador francês.
Informação e imagens enviadas pelo Cte. Vilarinho de bordo do ARION, a quem agradecemos a colaboração.

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Cia Colonial passenger services in 1958

In 1958 the passenger fleet of Companhia Colonial comprised five recent liners: The luxury liners SANTA MARIA and VERA CRUZ and the three Africa liners, PÁTRIA, IMPÉRIO and UIGE.

A new flagship was already being planned, yhe INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE. 

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Stephen Card artwork on the NIEUW AMSTERDAM

As usual with all new Hoilland America cruise ships, the artist Stephen J. Card, of Bermuda, has contributed with several magnificent paintings and line drawings to the newest NIEUW AMSTERDAM.

The originals are much better than the pictures reproduced here just for the record: from top to bottom, the passenger steamer ZUIDERKRUIS, the cargo liners DRECHTDIJK (1923-1940), BLOMMERSDYK (1916) and ARKELDYK (1946-1966).

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ROYAL CLIPPER in Lisbon

The 4.425 GT sail cruise ship ROYAL CLIPPER called in Lisbon again on 28 October 2010 on her way to the Caribbean after the european season of 2010.

An interesting ship, she was introduced as the only five-masted ship in July 2000, but her origins date back to 1991 whwn she was launched in Gdansk, Poland as GWAREK. She was never completed and in 1998 Star Clippers purchased the hull which was lengthened by 23 meters before fitting out in Holland by the de Merwede shipyard.

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THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM in Lisbon

The latest addition to the fleet of Holland America, the fourth NIEUW AMSTERDAM paid her first visit to Lisbon on 28 October 2010 at the end of her maiden season in European waters while starting the first transatlantic crossing, from Lisbon to Port Everglades.

I had the great pleasure of  paying a visit to the new Dutch cruise ship and I enjoyed it very much.

A sister ship to the EURODAM and the last of Holland America Vista-class newbuildings, the NIEUW AMSTERDAM of 2010 is the third ship of this illustrious name that I am able to see. I still have very fond memories of the NIEUW AMSTERDAM of 1938 on her final visit to Lisbon in September 1973 on a positional transtlantic cruise from and to Port Everglades in order to be drydocked in Lisbon by Lisnave. Then in 1983 the French-built NIEUW AMSTERDAM was one of the first ships I featured in my magazine REVISTA DE MARINHA with a full article.  

Having paid a similar visit a few weeks ago to the very similar Cunard QUEEN ELIZABETH, whose dull interiores did nothing to impress me, it was very revigorating to have been on the NIEUW AMSTERDAM. Although both ships share the same original hull basis, the interiors are quite different, and the Holland ship is much much better than the last Italian Queen of Cunard.
On the HAL ship a contemporary interior was created with a most pleasant result. There is beauty everywhere onboard the NIEUW AMSTERDAM. So nice to realize that in 2010 it is still possible to be "Good to be on a well run ship".

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Cargo ships underway in Lisbon

Lisbon is still a busy port in terms of cargo ship movements, as can be seen on the ships photographed yesterday at Santa Apolónia, on 28 October 2010 when I paid a visit to the NIEUW AMSTERDAM: the cargo ships, from top to bottom, are the ARKLOW SAND, CORVO and LUDWIG SCHULTE.

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