Shipping & Sailing
Cruising with Covid
13 July 2022
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, there is an active outbreak of Covid…
Just another day on patrol … and meeting Barnesy
11 July 2022
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
7 July 2022
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
1 July 2022
Winter kept pretending around the Port this week. Not that the famous Instagram duo @flotsamandjetsam6162 minded one bit. Their shutters…
The ‘Dampier’ Drama
29 June 2022
“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
26 June 2022
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
23 June 2022
Fremantle Ports has committed to net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2027, making it the first port in…
Unexpected Rewards
22 June 2022
‘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
17 June 2022
February 1978, Cyclone ‘Verne’ was bearing down on Broome. In the two days prior to the expected arrival of ‘Vern’,…








