 A set consisting of two magazines describing the best ships and best small ships of the year 2000. The first volume covers such interesting projects as the Astrakhan - Russia built tanker intended for operations in Polar region, British Progress crude oil tanker featuring deadweight of more than three hundred thousand tons, Costa Atlantica cruise ship, Aurora combination tanker and cruise ship with the same name, European Causeway Irish Sea ferry delivered in Japan, Olympic Champion and Olympic Voyager ferries, Millennium cruise ship with the gas turbine power, Raphael and Ubud VLCCs, Vasco da Gama dredger, Ming Plum container vessel, Polar Snow coaster, Royal Clipper cruise liner with full rigging, Prospero chemical tanker and others.
In turn, the second part of this set has been arranged in four section covering fishing vessels including Remoy Viking shrimp trawler of quite unique design, Cu Na Mara and Ardent twins, Atlantic Challenge, Arctic Endurance, several tug designs including Ajax and Palmiet, offshore vessels such as Jaya Commander and Highland Scout, pilot and patrol boats, for example Griffon H-181 hovercraft and Chinook all-weather pilot boat, and Speedy, The Lynx, Aremiti 4, Highspeed 2 and Flying Cloud fast ferries, and this is not a full list of the ships covered in the pages of these two volumes.
 The 2001 release of the Significant Ships magazine supplemented with the Significant Small Ships published on the annual basis. This set will provide all readers interested in the shipping industry with a excellent opportunity to check a good selection of the shipbuilding output for the particular year. This will help them better consider the technological developments and changes occurred at that time.
Among the ships covered in this edition there are Belisaire, Utik and Bertora tankers, Agios Anastatios bulk carrier, British Energy product tanker, Esperanza Del Mar hospital ship, Gran Canaria Car car carrier, HAM 318 suction hopper dredger, Normand Cutter and Tycom Reliance cable laying ship, Radiance of the Seas cruise vessel equipped with the COGES power installation, Nora forest products coaster, Mega Express ferry, Westermoor container ship, Silver Whisper cruise liner, Stena Victory very large crude oil carrier featuring redundancy propulsion, and many others.
In turn, the second volume of the set addresses Bharathiar and Taurus tug ships, Altair and San Francisco pilot boats, Amindivi and Laig Bay passenger crafts, Aaltje Postma and Saint Piran fishing ships, Khulood and Wes Bordelon offshore suppliers, and other interesting ships.
 Another release of the annually published Significant Ships and Significant Small Ships magazines. The issue of the year 2002 traditionally consists of two volumes. The first volume covers such vessels as Asean Explorer cable laying ship, Arkflow Rally cargo ship, Bonga FPSO, British Trader and Fernando Tapias LNG tankers, Carlos Fischer fruit juice carrier, Cimbria and CMA CGM Claudel containerships, Coral Princess liner equipped with gas turbine power installation, Euro Sun and Maritea product carriers, Finnmarken cruise ferry, Greta-C combination freighter.
There are also Hurst Point ro-ro ship, Kaishuu hopper dredger, Luzon Strait reefer featuring the innovative cargo loading system, Toisa Proteus OSV with the heavy lift capacity, St. Apostle Andrew river-sea cargo ship, Rene Descartes cable layer/repair ship, Stena Caribbean LPG/product tanker, Sunbelt Spirit car carrier also featuring reefer capacity, Tenerife Car vehicle carrier and other vessels.
The second book of the set provides information on the interesting vessels of smaller size. All ships addressed in its pages are arranged in five groups covering passenger ships, fishing boats, offshore supply vessels, pilot and patrol ships, and tugs and workboats.
 The 2003 release of the Significant Ships. That year was marked by delivery of such interesting vessels as Alnoman, Bianca Amoretti tankers, Amaranta, BG Ireland, Manukai container ships, Arklow River cargo ship, Berge Everett and Inigo Tapias LNG tankers, Bitflower and Bow Sun chemical tankers, Capricorn Star VLCC, Coasta Fortuna cruise ship, Cinnamon Lakesize tanker, Grande Nigeria flexible ro-ro freighter, Courageous Ace energy saving car transporter, Lobo Marinho and Norrona ferry links, Franceso Di Giorgio suction hopper dredger, Nevskiy Prospect ice strengthened Aframax tanker, Queen Mary 2 passenger liner, FPSO Searose, Nordic Stavanger Suezmax shuttle tanker, and so many others featuring remarkable and innovative designs.
The second book of the set is devoted to the smaller ships such as the Aora and Celtic Explorer research ships, Bocayna Express fast ferry, OSV C-Leader, Farset of Belfast and Nipper workboats, EGE-5 tug boat, Red Jet 4 passenger ferry, Viking Energy supply ship fuelled by gas, Swift high speed vessel built for the American Navy fleet, OSV Sarah Pearl and others. As usual, the book provide technical details, descriptions and images of the vessels.
 Significant Ships and Significant Small Ships of 2004. That year was very interesting one for so many shipbuilding technology innovations - those innovations were mainly of evolutionary nature. Have a look into this issue of the Significant Ships and you will get to know technical features of such remarkable vessels as Caribbean Princess Grand-class passenger liner, British Liberty product tanker, Birka Paradise - passenger liner designed for the Caribbean cruises, Anangel Innovation double skin Capesize bulk carrier delivered by Daewoo.
There are also Mirelva Lisa Aframax tanker, Disha liquid natural gas tanker built for the Qatar-India trade, Mary Arctica special purpose container vessel, MSC Stella container liner, President Heydar Aliyev - large Russian tanker, Geestsroom container vessel build to transport 45ft boxes, Teh May bulk carrier, Nuranghes ro-ro ferry, World Lion VLCC carrier, Primera inland waterways tanker and other ships.
The second part of the set traditionally focuses on the smaller ships and provides information on such crafts as Batello Ecologico craft assisting during environmental clean-ups, Di Bartolo patrol ship, Lexington cutter suction dredger, Prince Rock workboat, Lake Express passenger and vehicle ferry, Vea fishing vessel, and so many others.
 Significant Ships & Significant Small Ships of 2006. Traditionally these books will provide you with the information about most interesting ships delivered in a particular year. The books cover the ships of different designs and types.
For example, the first book covers the Arctic Voyager liquid natural gas tanker, Berge Nantong and Clipper Carina tankers, Bit Okland tanker featuring twin skeg design, BW Sombeke gas ship, Bossclip Trader bulk carrier, Cosco Guangzhou container liner, Cote D'Albatre ferry, Industrial Diamond heavy lift cargo vessel, Naftocement XI built cement carrier delivered in Turkey, Nganhurra self propelled floating production and storage unit, Meltemi Suezmax tanker, Marida Boreas tanker delivered in Romania, Otello vehicle carrier, YM Intelligent container vessels and so many others.
In turn, the Significant Small Ships book will tell readers about such designs deserving attention as the Arrowpilot boat and Alert intervention vessel, Bergen Start product tanker, Axebos 1 and 2 concept boats, CAP Siglli azimuth tractror - first in Algeria, Gavea I ferry, Gleann Mor and NB543 interceptors, MS Clyne, The Evans supply ship, Olympic Octopus anchor handling vessel, UP1000 patrol boat, WP 950 prototype seismic survey vessel, OISS Patroller, Milenium Tres high-speed cat and others.
 Another issue of the set consisting of the Significant Ships and Significant Small Ships of the year 2007. Have a look in the first volume and you will get a lot of interesting technical information, sketches and details on such projects as Al Gattara and Al Ruwais Q-flex LNG designs of Hyundai and Daewoo, Anne Sibum and Cala Pancaldo container vessels, British Emerald LNG tanker built for BP, Atrotos product carrier, Deo Volente heavy-lift ship, COSCO Asia and COSCO New York container liners.
You will also get to know about the famous Faust car carrier delivered at Daewoo shipyard, China Steel Team bulk carrier, Histria Giada product tanker, Lamentin LPG tanker, Libertas Panamax bulk carrier featuring double-hull construction, Dubai Star tanker, Coastal Renaissance ferry, Orange Trident Panamax bulker, Queen Victoria cruise liner, Vasily Dinkov Arctic tanker, Yacht Express semi-submersible yacht carrier, Sigas Margrette LPG carrier, Saracena product/chemical tanker and many others.
The second volume concentrates on the remarkable designs of the ships of smaller size delivered in the same year. Among such small ships we would recommend you to check Bocas Del Toro tug boat, Guan Xiao Yi Hao fire-boat, Edda Fram - first ship featuring integrated drilling system design, and others.
 Two more volumes of the popular Significant Ships and Significant Small Ships. This set was issued ten years ago and covers the most interesting vessels delivered in 2008. Among the ships constructed that year there were the world's largest ore carrier Brasil Maru delivered at Mitsui shipyard, Al Ghuwairiya liquid natural gas carrier, City of Hamburg vessel designed specifically for the Airbus concept and built in Singapore, Clipper Mars liquid petroleum gas carrier and Clipper Point ferry, Combi Dock 1 heavy lift ship.
There were also such remarkable vessels as Fair Seas tanker, Emirates Star and Horizon Armonia product tankers, Cruise Roma and Island Sky ferries, Korsaro chemical tanker, Mariloula bulk carrier, MSC Poesia cruise liner, Mystic Capesize bulk carrier, Mozah LNG tanker, Mari Ugland tanker, RN Arkhangelsk Arctic tanker featuring DEICE notation, Seven Seas pipe laying vessel, Sepid Suezmax tanker, West Polaris drillship and so many others.
The second volume traditionally covers smaller ships and this release will tell readers about such ships as America escort tug designed and built to be used in North America, AHTS Ark Tori and Greatship Anjali, Don Osiris crew supply boat, Hirta patrol ship, Iliria patrol craft, Island Constructor multi-purpose OSV featuring DP2 notation, Solway Spirit catamaran, OSV Messico, LOS 116 pilot craft, Vivax tractor tug, Wave Ranger workboat and others...
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