Shipping & Sailing

Great News – Coconut Yoghurt ( And Other Groceries) On The Fast-track!
Fremantle Ports has let it be known that it has worked behind the scenes with key supply chain partners to…
Fremantle’s Tidal Prince
If you have ever had the privilege of passing through Fremantle’s remarkable Inner Harbour entrance, there’s a chance you will…
The Latest On The Coral Discoverer
Shipping News readers will be following the latest with cruise sailing and Covid. Recently, in our ‘Sailing with Covid’ feature…
‘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…