Ships Happen – x 3 this weekend!

This weekend, Fremantle will welcome not ONE but THREE cruise ships: Arcadia, Silver Moon, and Azamara Pursuit. Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent, Jean Hudson reports.

Arcadia is due to arrive at 6.30am on Saturday, February 14, and leave later at 7pm. She’s on a 99-days, round-trip Epic World Explorer. She left Southampton, UK on Jan 6, 2026. Passengers can do the round trip, join for the one way 45-day trip from UK to Melbourne, the 54-day return trip from Melbourne to Southampton, or the 26-days, one way from San Francisco to Southampton. She’s operated by P&O Cruises and last visited Fremantle in March 2020, after a revised itinerary at the beginning of COVID.

Arcadia, Fremantle, 10 March 2020

Silver Moon is due to arrive at 7am on Saturday, February 14, and leave on Sunday, February 15 at 12.30pm. Silver Moon, a Silversea Muse-class cruiser visited Freo in November 2025. She’s on a 10-day one-way cruise from Melbourne to Fremantle and then on a 9-day one-way to Singapore.  

Silver Moon, Fremantle 19 November 2025

Azamara Pursuit is due to arrive at 8am on Sunday,February 15, and leave the following day Monday, February 16 at 3pm. This ship has been a regular visitor in recent years. She’s on a 15-day one-way cruise from Sydney to Bali.

Azamara Pursuit, Fremantle, 18 December 2024

Each ship will bring its own distinctive vibe, from Arcadia’s older classic elegance to Silver Moon’s luxury and the charm of Azamara Pursuit.

Watch this space for arrival pics and ship stories!

By Jean Hudson @jeansodyssey, photographs by Fremantle Shipping News staff photographer

Jean Hudson is our Shipping and Sailing Correspondent and also a regular feature writer, reviewer and photographer here on the Shipping News. You may also like to follow up her informative Places I Love stories, as well as other feature stories and Freo Today photographs, right here.

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