Archive for month: September, 2025

The Global State of the Cruise Industry
With New Zealand as a ‘cautionary tale’ and Western Australia on the up and up The 2025 Australian Cruise Association…
What’s the Story?
So, just what is the Totally Lit story? The idea for Totally Lit sprang from one of those light-bulb moments.…
NUCLEAR LANDSCAPES – Opening Soon
Brett Leigh Dicks is a wonderful photographer, world class. Produces amazing stuff. And now his NUCLEAR LANDSCAPES exhibition opens next week, 12 September,…
The Scenic Eclipse II Gallery
Scenic Eclipse II departed Freo this evening, following her maiden voyage to Fremantle. And many of the guests aboard her…
Seeing Red: How to fight war and fascism in Australia
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry addresses the question how…
My Favourite Freo Street – Jenkin Street
In this popular Fremantle Shipping News feature – My Favourite Freo Street – we ask a range of Freo folk to nominate their…
Scenic Eclipse II Wows Freo!
Scenic Eclipse II, a vessel that’s less cruise ship and more floating sanctuary of ultra-luxury and exploration, arrived in Fremantle…
The Wednesday Poem
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…
Clipper, Baptism of Fire
And they are off. Ten Clippers crossed the start line Sunday, 31 August in Portsmouth, UK, for Stage 1 of…
Imagine if … Not the first flag but the second
Right now, as we in Fremantle begin preparing ourselves for the Freo Dockers AFL Elimination Final this Saturday night, China…