Shipping & Sailing
Pirates and kidnapping off Nigeria
15 December 2021
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!
7 December 2021
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!
5 December 2021
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!
2 December 2021
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
2 December 2021
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!
30 November 2021
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
9 November 2021
To reach net zero, we must decarbonise shipping. But two big problems are getting in the way. Shipping, which transports 90%…
Christmas to be postponed? ACCC Takes Aim At Global Supply Chain Issues
4 November 2021
We recently posted an account of global supply chain issues capable of affecting Fremantle Ports written by Brett Watkins, National…
The Lowdown On The Laydown – And All The New Vehicles!
27 October 2021
Neil Stanbury, the very switched on Head Flak at Fremantle Ports, has drawn to our attention something you might already…








