Shipping News

Coral Princess departs, back on 15th
Four seasons in one day today, as South Mole opens and the Coral Princess departs. [gallery type="rectangular" size="large" ids="44927,44928,44929,44930,44931"] Woohoo!…
Wild, Wooly, Wet Welcome for Coral Princess
Coral Princess arrived in Fremantle to a wild, wooly and wet Freo welcome this morning! [caption id="attachment_44876" align="alignnone" width="800"] Coral…
Leeuwin has suffered ‘catastrophic’ damage
Jay Weatherill, Chair of the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation, has today thanked the public for their messages of support since…
Maersk Shekou & STS Leeuwin – the morning after
As nearly everyone in Fremantle and farther afield knows by now, at 6.15 am yesterday morning, 30 August 2024, an…
STS Leeuwin has suffered ‘significant’ damage: Jay Weatherill
As we reported earlier today, this morning the STS Leeuwin, which was berthed alongside Fremantle Harbour, was hit by a…
Leeuwin Demasted, Crew injured, Maritime Museum Struck By Maersk Shekou
At about 6.15 this morning, the Maersk Shekou, a large 332 metre, Singapore flagged container ship entering Fremantle’s inner harbour…
Silver Cloud – The Rolls Royce Cruise Ship
We haven’t had a cruise ship in Freo for several months, so it was lovely to watch Silver Cloud glide…
Port Strike Settled
Word just in that the ‘Industrial action’, aka strike, planned for Fremantle Port tomorrow and Monday will not go ahead,…
Storms Shut Port
The Shipping News found itself atop Cantonment Hill around lunchtime today to capture a stormy day vista. A tad brave,…