Archive for month: March, 2020

Places I Love – Fremantle Beaches
The Coronavirus situation is changing each day, affecting each and every one of our lives in one way or another…
Message To Our Readers – In A Time Of Covid
Hello Friends, Followers and Subscribers- wherever you may be - and especially all Freo People! ‘In a time of Covid’.…
So What Happens To Passengers On Covid-19 Affected Cruise Ships?
Cruise Lines International Association, CLIA, and its cruise line members have issued the following statement indicating how they are responding…
More Crude Oil, Super Tanker Storage News
The vessel is one of two so-called ultra large crude carriers (ULCC), the largest tankers in the world. She was…
Seabourn Sojourn – Some Facts & Stats
This ‘mega yacht’ class cruise ship is tied up in Fremantle Port at the moment. She was on her way…
Places I Love – Croagh Patrick: Ireland’s Holy Mountain
With all my travel plans to Ireland on hold, I look at a photo of a black-faced sheep and remember…
The World – Big ‘Yacht’ Now In Port
A pretentious name. Even more pretentiously, she’s sometimes called a yacht. Like the old Royal Britannia. But by all accounts…
Surging Demand For Crude Oil – Are there Lessons To Be Learned For Our Domestic Economy?
As has been widely reported, Saudi Arabia and its allies, including Russia, together known as OPEC+, have recently failed to…
Covid-19 and Fremantle Ports – The Latest
The Fremantle Shipping News is advised by Fremantle Ports as follows. ’The Australian Government yesterday announced that international cruise ship…
Public Notice – Postponement of Great Port Debate on 26 March
We at Fremantle Shipping News advise that due to the developing nature of measures required to respond to the Covid-19…