A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COLLECTION GOES ONLINE
FIRST LARGE CRUISE VESSEL DOCKS IN ABERDEEN SOUTH HARBOUR
The Port of Aberdeen said it had welcomed the first cruise ship into the “transformational” £400 million Aberdeen South Harbour expansion. The 203-meter-long AIDAaura, with a capacity for more than 1,000 guests, is the longest vessel to visit the Port of Aberdeen to date.
Dunedin was an iron sailing ship of 1,320 tons built in 1874
Over one million maritime archival records, documenting nearly 100,000 ships, are now available online for the first time following a five- year digitisation programme by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre (HEC).
The collection includes maritime technical records such as ship plans and survey reports for famous ships including the Carpathia – the Cunard passenger liner that rescued survivors of the Titanic – and other material such as wreck data, correspondence, photographs and certificates. Alongside the digitised collection of Lloyd’s Register of Ships from 1764 to 2000, it provides a fascinating insight into the history of maritime safety, the development of Lloyd’s Register, and the working lives of surveyors, shipbuilders, engineering firms and associated trades throughout the last two centuries. The material is also of unique interest to family historians through the inclusion of the names of shipowners, builders, surveyors and masters, all of which are searchable via HEC’s online research tools.
Archivist for the centre Max Wilson said: “It’s extremely unusual for such an extensive private sector collection such as this to be digitised unless it’s a statutory requirement. It captures a wealth of maritime history including from Lloyd’s Register, the world’s first maritime classification society which was created more than 260 years ago to improve the safety of ships.”
The online collection is freely available via the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage and Education Centre’s website and can be viewed at
https://bit.ly/3K8dmaZ.
The AIDAaura berthed on Castlegate Quay, and the guests were greeted by a 50-strong pipe band and Highland dancers from Robert Gordon’s College and ‘Welcome to Aberdeenshire’ volunteers.
“Together with today’s arrival of the polar expedition ship National Geographic Resolution into Aberdeen’s North Harbour on its maiden call, the port’s cruise season has kicked off to a strong start. Aberdeen will welcome 39 cruise calls between May and October this year, with up to 31,000 guests visiting the region which could boost the local economy by £4.2 million,” Port of Aberdeen said.
The expansion of Port of Aberdeen is expected to catalyze year-on-year growth in cruise tourism. More than 50 calls are already booked for 2024, including the AIDAdiva which measures more than 250m in length and accommodates over 2,000 guests.
RED ENSIGN GROUP BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTISE TO FOCUS ON SUPPORTING MARITIME
An ongoing commitment to pioneering technology, sharing resources and continuing improving the expertise it offers to the maritime world at large as well as its own members was the focus of the recent REG Technical Forum.
The Red Ensign Group Technical Forum was held in Southampton (UK) and included delegates from Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands and the UK.
As well as the main REG Technical Forum, there were also specific meetings for representatives from what’s known as the Category 2 Shipping Registers for their own Working Group and also a Surveyor Standards Working Group. Co-chairs Richard Pellew (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) and Greg Evans (Cayman Islands Shipping Registry) steered the group through a busy agenda.
The Report • June 2023 • Issue 104 | 15
UK Marine News
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