Design / Architecture
Ship shape
Milanese architect Claudio Dini was handed a brief to create a residence with a maritime feel, without going overboard on the nautical theme, so that the occupants could feel all at sea in their city dwelling.
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Design / Environment
Overseas export
Netherlands shipbuilder Damen manufactures the boats that keep navies and coast guards up-to-speed worldwide. A near-century old success story, theirs is a contribution to a local tradition stretching back even further.
Edits / Business Hubs
Expo 22: Ship wrecked
Viking line’s M/S Gabriella and M/S Mariella ply the route between Helsinki and stockholm daily. Except for some backpackers getting cheaply from a to b, the 48-hour round trip is used for one chief purpose: the intensive…
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Monday 3 May
The ‘no-frills’ shipping format arrives
When the Taicang Dragon docked in the Port of Los Angeles yesterday at the end of a 16-day voyage across the Pacific and unloaded its cargo of Chinese bicycles, woolly blankets and umbrella strollers, Oslo ship-broker Jakob…
Business / Luxury
MIPIM and Cruise Shipping
Monocle hops from the property fair in Cannes to the cruise show in Miami.
Design / Start-ups
Far sighted
Set up nearly four years ago by three engineering graduates, Aptomar is one of the many innovative young start-ups thriving in Trondheim, the tech capital of Norway. The firm’s latest maritime navigation equipment is not…
Affairs / Politics
Oceania Briefing
New Zealanders believe there's gold in them there mudflats, Australia has too much wine, Fiji's diplomatic relations with Wellington get resolved on the rugby pitch.
Business / Travel
Monocolumn
Friday 22 March
Time for some cruise control
With a focus on quantity not quality and some high-profile safety embarrassments, the cruise line industry needs to get back to being ship shape.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 26 August
Remembering the past requires respect
Scattered around the cities, towns, villages and hamlets of Great Britain and most of Europe, sit memorials to those who gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars.
Edits / Travel
Expo 46: Boat people
The ship that leaves from South Africa for St Helena has a practical purpose – it’s the only means of reaching the isolated island. But the ‘RMS St Helena’ is also a place where time stands still – harking back to the…
Business / Innovation
Buoyed up
The world’s second largest container transporter, the Mediterranean Shipping Company, has managed to sidestep the global slump in trade by diversifying into pleasure cruises.
Affairs / Innovation
Future lab
Global leaders may be lacking in ambition but that hasn’t stopped us doing the heavy lifting for them. Monocle presents 10 grand projects that would make a big difference.
Affairs / Economics
Briefing Oceania
Australia's economy is all at sea; plus conflict on happy island.
The Globalist, episode 140
A report on ship salvage – both legitimate and less so, we do the business in Asia, and learn about a new mosque in the West Bank.
Business / Economics
Monocolumn
Saturday 18 December
Forecast 2011: India’s chance to smooth choppy waters
Half the world’s container ships and two-thirds of its oil shipments make their way across the Indian Ocean – a vital link in global trade.
Business / Manufacturing
Thanks for the rides
Work is fun, literally, for Italian firm Zamperla, which has been making fairground rides big and small since the 1960s for places ranging from Coney Island to Pyongyang. Monocle fastens its seatbelt.
Affairs / Politics
Oceania briefing
Australia scales down its military, French Polynesia has a big day ahead, and New Zealanders jump ship.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The British Queen's motorcade, a European space ship, the first direct flights between Russia and Brazil and the Turkish prime minister's branding potential
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
A NATO shipping deal looks set to provide some welcome good news in Latvia, how a think tank is shaking up German politics, and France's pioneering stance on transsexuality.