Shipping & Sailing
The Challenges of being older and travelling solo
3 November 2025
Wake-up Call for Solo and Older Cruisers As widely reported, on 25 October 2025, 80-year-old Ms Suzanne Rees, who was travelling…
USS Vermont Docks At Stirling As Submarine Rotational Force – West Gears Up
2 November 2025
The ASA - Australian Submarine Agency - and the RAN - the Royal Australian Navy or just plain Navy -…
The Leeuwin Port Party
25 October 2025
Jean Hudson reports on the festivities at Victoria Quay yesterday afternoon The weather gods have been acting up and sending…
Leeuwin returns early, but Party is still on!
24 October 2025
STS Leeuwin Il returned to Fremantle Port yesterday, Thursday afternoon, a day earlier than scheduled. The reason for her earlier…
Are you ready for Sunday’s Blessing of the Fleet?
21 October 2025
The famous Freo Blessing of the Fleet is happening this Sunday, 26 October 2025. Here’s a pic from last year.…
Don’t miss Friday’s Leeuwin Port Party!
21 October 2025
The Leeuwin is coming home. Don’t miss the party. This Friday, 24 October, 3-6pm at Victoria Quay. Be there or…
The Classic was a Classic!
20 October 2025
Yesterday’s Fremantle Harbour Classic yacht race was a huge success. Rain showers and a bruised sky only added to the…
Reach Remote 2 – a sleek new chapter in offshore innovation
18 October 2025
Soon leaving for Onslow to likely target the Scarborough gas field Reach Subsea’s Reach Remote 2 is a 23.9-metre-long Uncrewed Surface…
SEEING RED: The World Shipping News, and it’s not good
16 October 2025
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry considers the effects of recently announced…








