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Just another day on patrol … and meeting Barnesy
I’m going to take you through a fairly normal day in the life of ACV (Australian Customs Vessel) ‘Edwin Abbott’.…
Maritime Movements – Dark and stormy
Offshore Thursday oil tanker Golden Resolution enroute from Adelaide, and Orcstella, an asphalt/Bitmen tanker in from Singapore, both sailing under…
The flotsandjets Gallery #7
Winter kept pretending around the Port this week. Not that the famous Instagram duo @flotsamandjetsam6162 minded one bit. Their shutters…
The ‘Dampier’ Drama
“She’d roll on a wet lawn,” I was told when assigned to duty on the 13-metre Fisheries patrol vessel, Dampier.…
Maritime Movements – ShoreTension & Other Things
TENSION INCREASES SAFETY IN WILDER WEATHER Do you recall when the RORO, Grand Pioneer and the general cargo ship, AAL…
Fremantle Ports commits to net zero by 2027
Fremantle Ports has committed to net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2027, making it the first port in…
Unexpected Rewards
‘A boat is a hole in the water into which one pours money. ‘Maintenance is necessary throughout the entire life…
It’s not all about Customs
February 1978, Cyclone ‘Verne’ was bearing down on Broome. In the two days prior to the expected arrival of ‘Vern’,…
The flotsandjets Gallery #6
Winter around the Port this week, with bursts of sun. All grist for the mill so far as the famous…