STEVE PINK

Available for talks on ships & shipping from 1950s to current developments

Webspace borrowed from ~Ships~Dorset~ where Steve acts as editor, promoter and webmaster


Steve is branch secretary and events organiser at WSS Dorset and a member of the Ocean Liner Society.

A Nautical Studies graduate with a background in passenger & cargo shipping, ferries and cruising - Steve also acts as editor & promoter for ~Ships~Dorset~ facebook group and website content. 

Contact: steve@telecommerce.co.uk  or  07831 111 589   


~ IMPRESSIVE MARITIME VISTAS ~ 

Outlining the construction & development of 11 successful cruise ships built in the first decade of the 21st century.  

The story of eleven successful cruise ships from the “noughties”.  For the new millennium Carnival Corporation worked with Italian shipbuilders Fincantieri to design and construct a class of ships for four of their cruise brands.  In this talk Steve  compares and contrasts the ways in which those four lines configured the ships to suit their particular offers to passengers and the consequent development of the platform.

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IMPRESSIVE MARITIME VISTAS ... summary of Steve Pink's talk to WSS Dorset in September 2020 about 11 cruise ships built 2002-2010 https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/XN4k8etChYMmD33z9RaViqO-FOARxoZjrbNnYP9Lda9vjHmIoBAbxfYiLyihvb7_.uC4V1sV-vzTWgDUc


~ VISIONS OF THE NINETIES ~ 

A class of six RCCL cruise ships delivered 1995-98 … if 1988 saw their first “megaship” – what came next? 

When Royal Caribbean’s 73,000 ton, 2,276 passenger Sovereign of the Seas entered service in 1988 it was hailed as a new "megaship" concept and introduced resort-style cruising to the US market. Entering the nineties the group targeted worldwide cruising by initiating “Project Vision” – similar tonnage, lower passenger capacity, larger cabins, more balconies. Steve tells the story of the project and the six ships delivered from 1995’s Legend of the Seas to the eponymous Vision of the Seas.


~ 154 DAYS ABOARD 4 POST-WAR LINERS ~ 

Nevasa, Edinburgh Castle, Pendennis Castle & Reina del Mar … ship facts, brochure graphics, images & stories

An educational cruise at age 15 in the late sixties led Steve to a brief career at sea in the seventies. Whilst sailing as a junior Navigating Officer aboard two passenger-cargo liners and a cruise ship by the age of 21 - little thought was given to a camera! So relying on personal recollections, borrowed images, research and a few ship facts - Steve tries to bring these four liners to life.   


~ DORSET OFFSHORE 2020 ~ 

Ships calling at Poole & Portland - plus those anchored in Weymouth Bay & Poole Bay … recalling an “unprecedented” year. 

Cruise ships suddenly stopped trading and sought safe havens where they could be serviced easily. The world slowed and experienced all kinds of restrictions and changes as the global pandemic spread. Day-to-day life still had to go on ashore, at our ports and onboard ship. 

Steve regularly collates good quality images from maritime social media sites featuring Port of Poole, Portland Port UK, Weymouth Bay, Poole Bay and all along the Dorset coast to record the ships that visit throughout the year. Once edited and combined with an informative commentary the talk provides a interesting photo-diary.

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DORSET OFFSHORE 2020 ... Steve Pink takes us on an hours journey around the ships at anchor and the Dorset ports during this unprecedented year. This 5 minute summary gives a flavour of the talk presented February 2022 ...

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~ DORSET OFFSHORE 2021 ~ 

Ships visiting Dorset ports and anchorages … a voyage “seeking recovery” from a global pandemic.  

The world was learning to live with the pandemic. Trade picked up ... cruise lines made tentative steps to prepare their fleets for the return of passengers ... British Isles coastal cruising saw an unexpected boom.

Steve regularly collates good quality images from maritime social media sites featuring Port of Poole, Portland Port UK, Weymouth Bay, Poole Bay and all along the Dorset coast to record the ships that visit throughout the year. Once edited and combined with an informative commentary the talk provides a interesting photo-diary.