TITANIC and LIVERPOOL, the untold story

To mark the 100 years of the sinking of "TITANIC", the Merseyside Maritime Museum will explore Liverpool's central role in the TITANIC story, this exhibition will start on the 30Th of March and will run for at least one year, please for all information visit www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

The CUNARD building in Liverpool

The prestigious CUNARD building in Liverpool was built between 1914 and 1917, it was once the headquarters of the shipping company CUNARD STEAMSHIP, the building provided administration, accommodation and ship design facilities. In 1960 CUNARD vacated the buiding and moved their operations for Southampton, the property was purchased in 2001 by Merseyside Pension Fund and today is occupied by private organisations developing local business, photos from 26th August and 15th September during the visit of QUEEN MARY 2 to the city

Liverpool seen from woodside ferry terminal

Liverpool seen from the Woodside Ferry Terminal, photo from this last summer

HMS LIVERPOOL to retire

HMS LIVERPOOL built by CAMELL LAIRD at Birkinhead in 1980 is to be withdrawn from active service, the ship returned in November to Portsmouth after a seven months deployment in Lybia. Photos of the vessel at Portsmouth on the 27th November 2011

Cruise ships visiting LIVERPOOL in 2012

Not long now for the new season to start, please click to enlarge and pencil in your diary

DE WADDEN another Liverpool resident

Please click link on post below to find out about DE WADDEN´s history, photos included were taken last September

Search the registers · National Register of Historic Vessels · National Historic Ships

Search the registers · National Register of Historic Vessels · National Historic Ships:

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Port of Liverpool, the largest of the PEEL PORTS group

The port of Liverpool handles an average of 33 millions tons of cargo per year making it the largest of the PEEL PORTS group, the port is the main gateway for trade with the USA and CANADA. Some of the commodities exported are steel, metals, crude oil, edible oils and liquid chemicals. For more information on the Port of Liverpool, please visit official website, www.merseydocks.co.uk. Seen here on the 15th of September is the container ship "PERSEUS"

"EDMUND GARDNER" LIVERPOOL pilot cutter

Please click link on post below to find out all about the History of this amazing beauty. Photos from September 2011

Liverpool museums - Edmund Gardner, Liverpool pilot cutter number 2, 1953

Liverpool museums - Edmund Gardner, Liverpool pilot cutter number 2, 1953:

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