Some more details from Micke/www.soefart.dk :
The website has grown too large to work with, considering a demanding full-time job and a family life as well.
The contents of the server has been preserved for a possible future project.
The site contained updated and historical data on 5700 ships - primarily ferries, ro-ro's, and cruise vessels.
27000 photos, 13200 interior/yard photos, and further a lot of general arrangement plans/drawings.
Daily readers 4000, hobby folks as well as professionals.
On some occasions - like the pilgrim ferry Al Salam Boccacio disaster in 2006 - more than 15000 readers/day on the site.
Agree with you, Phil, would have been nice to have access still to this vast pool of information even with no updates, however, respect of course for Micke's decision.
Btw: some members with close contacts to Micke?
Niels