Maritime History and Museums

Springtime in Attica: the celebration of nature!

April2022

ATTICA PRESENTS

The advent of spring whets our appetite for day trips to the countryside. We enjoy the wonderful sunny days at the parks and groves in and out of Athens, for outdoor activities with children and delightful picnics; at the forests of Attica for their breathtaking routes and lush hiking trails; at the villages, the farms and wineries in Attica mainland, at the stunning seaside destinations and nearby islands of the Argosaronic Gulf for truly memorable escapes! . (…) More

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/18/springtime-in-attica-the-celebration-of-nature/

J Class Svea Set To Return To Race In Europe With Swedish Syndicate

A group of successful Swedish entrepreneurs and businessmen who are all passionate about sailing, will campaign JS1 Svea and plan to start racing this summer in Europe with a mostly Swedish crew.

J Class ​Svea Set​ To Retu​rn To Ra​ce. Phot​o Credit​: J Clas​s/Studio​ Borleng​hi

Svea is under new ownership and due to be shipped from Charleston, USA to arrive in Palma in May where the new team will prepare the boat in time for June’s Palma Superyacht Cup where she is set to line up against...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/15/j-class-svea-set-to-return-to-race-in-europe-with-swedish-syndicate/

Chelsea Pensions visit Museum of London Docklands

Chelsea Pensioners visit the Museum of London Docklands for a tour of ‘London: Port City.’ The exhibition, organised in partnership with the Port of London Authority, is available until 8th May.

The Museum of London Docklands today welcomed a group of Chelsea Pensioners on a tour of its major exhibition London: Port City . 

Developed in partnership with the Port of London Authority, London: Port City traces more than 200 years of extraordinary experiences and intense activity on a river that has...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/30/chelsea-pensions-visit-museum-of-london-docklands/

Greek Shipping Hall of Fame announces Induction Ceremony & Dinner 2022

Greek Shipping Hall of Fame announces Induction Ceremony & Dinner 2022

[March 10, 2022] The Greek Shipping Hall of Fame has announced that this year’s annual Induction Ceremony will take place as an outdoor dinner event on the evening of Tuesday 5 July 2022 at Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall.    

Caroline Lowry, Director of Phoebe Media & Events Ltd, the exclusive event organiser comments: “We are very pleased to return to the Megaron’s outdoor event space, the Atrium of the Muses, for the 2022...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/10/greek-shipping-hall-of-fame-announces-induction-ceremony-dinner-2022/

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Vital Statistics for the 2021 100 Top Women in Shipping

Anny Zade

By Anny Zade

We have not experienced anything like this and never witnessed or heard anything to be as closely followed as the international mega-spread talk, gossip and social media communication, as the aftermath of our third international 100 Top Women in Shipping. It was more than touching to see how women reacted in uploading the results and making presentations individually or in groups in many regions all over Planet Ocean....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/07/vital-statistics-for-the-2021-100-top-women-in-shipping/

Historic items from legendary warship displayed at The Historic Dockyard Chatham

Historic items from legendary warship displayed at The Historic Dockyard Chatham 

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Dave Parham (Bournemouth University Lecturer)

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has inspected a number of important and historic artefacts from the shipwreck HMS Invincible recovered by a team of experts from Bournemouth University (BU), the Marine Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST) and the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN). 

His Royal Highness was visiting The...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/02/07/historic-items-from-legendary-warship-displayed-at-the-historic-dockyard-chatham/

Bouboulina: Untold

Bouboulina: Untold

The story of Laskarina Bouboulina, the first female admiral in naval history and a heroine of the Greek War of Independence, is in the making.

This original play will shed light on the concealed corners of her life. The production will take place in summer 2022, in Bouboulina’s 300-year-old mansion, which is now a museum on Spetses island.

A crowdfunder page to help with the production has been launched. For further information and to support to this initiative, please click on...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/22/bouboulina-untold/

AAL makes history with the ‘Alma Doepel’

AAL makes history with the ‘Alma Doepel’

The Alma Doepel being lowered back into the water after extensive refurbishment

AAL SHIPPING HELPS BRING AUSTRALIAN MARITIME HISTORY BACK TO LIFE WITH THE ALMA DOEPEL

Singapore, Thursday 16th December 2021: In October, AAL Shipping (AAL) freely donated its operational and engineering expertise to help re-launch a historic Australian sailing ship, the Alma Doepel, a 118-year-old three-masted topsail schooner that was in dry dock for rebuilding, having served...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/16/aal-makes-history-with-the-alma-doepel/

UK imposes new travel barrier…

UK imposes new travel barrier… 

Good Morning Monaco – Monday, December 6, 2021

UK imposes new barrier to travel
All passengers arriving into the UK from 04:00 on Tuesday, December 7, will have had to take a PCR or antigen test showing a negative result within 48 hours prior to their departure, the UK authorities announced on Saturday.

Just six more coronavirus cases
Six Monaco residents tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, December 5. Twenty were declared fully-recovered on Sunday. There were...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/12/06/uk-imposes-new-travel-barrier/

Destination Greece!

Destination Greece!

Mrs. Eleni Skarveli

Greece’s two main pillars of the economy are Shipping and Tourism – including its combination of Maritime Tourism in its entirety.

Following the World Travel Market exhibition at London’s ExCel centre earlier this month, where the success of Greece was outstanding as symbolised by its well displayed and busy pavilion, and amid a critical moment in the current geopolitical, financial and health concerns in an ever-changing scene on Planet Ocean – we present...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/18/destination-greece/

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