Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Ships Monthly

    MAGELLAN TO THE AMAZON

    May 28, 2021 5 minutes

    letter of the month

    In January 2016 I travelled on the cruise ship Magellan from Tilbury to Manaus, deep in the Amazon Rain Forest. It was an unforgettable experience cruising up this huge river in a 46,000gt cruise liner. One evening we had a very sharp and unexplained jolt. I thought we might have hit a sandbank as these were constantly shifting. I was in the restaurant at the time and the jolt resulted in a considerable amount of broken crockery

    The ship docked in the centre of Manaus and it was a short walk to the famous Opera House, only achieved after an interesting journey ashore. Because of the continuously shifting river levels in the Amazon, the original gangway became unusable, as it was so steep, so we had to disembark through the food store access. As the day progressed, this

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Ships Monthly

    Ships Monthly1 min read
    Heavylifter Delivers Tugs
    Tugboats usually proceed from the builder’s yard to their new home on their own, but multiple orders and long distances are seeing a growing number transported by heavylift vessels. Such was the case earlier this year when the new all-electric tugs S
    Ships Monthly1 min read
    Longship Orders
    Dutch shortsea operator Longship expects to take delivery of two new 3,690dwt general cargo ships from the GS Yard in Waterhuizen, the Netherlands later this year. The 88m by 13.4m vessels will be managed by Norwegian broker Wagle Chartering and tech
    Ships Monthly1 min read
    Three Sails To Be Retrofitted
    On 22 February Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) signed a contract with bound4blue for wind-assisted ship technology to be fitted, with three 22m eSAILs® to be fitted on the 2019-built tanker Pacific Sentinel. The ‘suction sail’ technology, which drags

    Related Books & Audiobooks