Full Ahead : the podcast about ships and shipping

In this episode of Full Ahead, we’re joined by master maritime photographer Mike Louagie, whose striking images capture the power, scale, and atmosphere of ships and ferries around the world.Mike shar...

3 Apr 31min

We explore how air bubbles are being used to reduce ship drag and improve fuel efficiency in modern shipping.Known as air lubrication systems, this technology is helping vessels cut emissions and impr...

22 Mar 38min

We've been aboard the innovative Stena Connecta which is now in service on the Irish Sea.Stena's ‘New Max’ RoRo ship has 2,848 lane metres across its 147-metre length and the ship's profile is distinc...

3 Mar 45min

Welcome from Alistair and Nigel to the February edition of The Full Ahead Podcast!As well as getting out to meet people from all walks of life we look forward to spending time with some the maritime i...

22 Feb 38min

In this special feature-length edition of Full Ahead, we meet a man whose remarkable career has taken him from fishing boats and the harsh realities of life at sea to the bridge of a passenger ferry —...

25 Jan 50min

The UK's coastguard and rescue teams respond to everything from emergencies in the middle of the Atlantic to dramatic cliff-top rescues — and a new Channel 5 documentary series gives viewers a front-r...

23 Des 202534min

We're back in the UK after our trip to the Ferry Shipping Summit in Sweden, where we recorded five special episodes of Full Ahead.This time, we're looking at two very different UK ports — Portsmouth I...

17 Des 202524min

At this year’s Ferry Shipping Summit in Malmo the theme was ‘Cutting-Edge Ferries Future Ready Ports' and in this final, bumper episode recorded in Sweden we look to the future.One of the recurring th...

21 Nov 202556min