Archive for month: February, 2024

Anatomy of an Arrival – Island Princess
The island hopping Island Princess arrived in Freo this morning around 7 am. Fremantle Shipping News were there following her…
Henderson to help deliver ‘enhanced lethality’ naval fleet
Under the large banner heading, ‘Australia’s defence industrial base expanded to deliver Navy’s enhanced lethality* surface combatant fleet’, Richard Marles,…
BOM & Freo’s weather forecasts
I’m totally confused. It’s just after 8.30 on a day it’s tipped to be around the max 34 deg mark…
Another Double Cruise Ship Alert – Two more coming!
Fremantle Ports have hardly had time to draw breath this week. After having both Volendam and QM2 cruise ships in…
The latest: Jawan nears Aqaba, Al Messilah for Kuwait, Bahijah returning to Freo soon!
While the saga surrounding the Bahijah earlier in February was stretching out endlessly and endlessly, the Jawan, another livestock carrier…
QM2 flees the Freo heat in dead of night!
While Freo folk lined Victoria Quay Saturday night to catch a glimpse of the Queen as she paraded in the…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The end of days?
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. This episode is our first for…
Update on MV Bahijah & other livestock vessels
On Wednesday just gone, 14 February 2024, the Federal Ag Department issued what we suspect will be its final statement…
A Take On Minimalism Exhibition – Interview with Sarah Jenkins
We here at the Shipping News are very please to share the news that Air Bare is holding their first…
The Tale of Monument East or Farewell to Bona Fide Postmodern Industrial Grit
With the State Government's recent announcement of the long awaited Medium Density Codes to come into effect by Easter, how…