Shipping News

Bienvenue, Le Jacques Cartier!
Voulez-vous? Oui,Oui! I would love to sail on this beautiful ship! Le Jacques Cartier glided into Fremantle this morning from…
別れ Wakare Shirase!
The impressive Japanese Icebreaker Shirase departed Fremantle today at 10am. She recently arrived from Yokohoma, Japan and is on her…
Letter to the Editor – ‘Why would we invite back a Freeway?’
Dear Editor, I have read the recent posts in the Fremantle Shipping News opposing the move of Fremantle’s container port…
Welcome, Westerdam!
The elegant MS Westerdam cruise ship arrived in Fremantle just after 7 am on this beautiful 30C Freo day. It’s…
What AUKUS means for Fremantle and Cockburn Sound
Well, what a night at The Local hotel in South Fremantle was Monday night! Nostalgia here, nostalgia there. Lots of…
Boat burns off Cott
Plumes of black smoke could be seen after a 21 metre boat caught fire this morning two kilometres off Cottesloe…
Westport responds!
Westport is the State Government’s major infrastructure program to move container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana to future proof WA’s…
Letter to the Editor: Building a Westport harbour ‘unsustainable’
Dear Editor. Building a new harbour is environmentally and economically unsustainable. Cockburn Sound is where the fish grow that our…
Back at Sea with the Conversationalist
This is being written on day three out from Long Beach, California aboard Seabourn Quest, en route to the Hawaiian…