Shipping News

‘Sailing With Covid’
‘Sailing with Covid’. A version of ‘Living with Covid’. We debate whether or not we must ‘live with Covid’. Some…
Freo’s Dream, Palma’s Nightmare
Here’s an interesting issue Fremantle doesn’t have to deal with, and may never have to deal with given Covid still…
Pirates and kidnapping off Nigeria
Seafaring is not an easy career at the best of times, and that’s without factoring in the ever-present threat in…
No, Not The Funnel Web Spider – The Blue Funnel Liner!
In the 1950s, the Blue Funnel liner, MV Charon sailed Singapore and north west WA ports to Fremantle. Along with…
The Research Vessel “Pax” – What A Story!
Inside she looked and smelled like the Black Hole of Calcutta, yet I felt like I had found a Rembrandt…
They don’t make boats like this anymore!
Opening this Saturday, 4 December 2021 and running until Sunday 1 May 2022 at the WA Shipwrecks Museum at the…
Maritime Movements – The “H” Bomb
If hydrogen, marked by the symbol H2, takes off as a viable alternative energy source - as to which read…
Things are escalating at the port!
While the Fremantle Passenger Terminal’s been quiet during Covid, Fremantle Ports has been quietly working away to get the heritage-listed…
The Greening Of The Giants Of The Seas
To reach net zero, we must decarbonise shipping. But two big problems are getting in the way. Shipping, which transports 90%…