Shipping & Sailing
Great News – Coconut Yoghurt ( And Other Groceries) On The Fast-track!
17 February 2022
Fremantle Ports has let it be known that it has worked behind the scenes with key supply chain partners to…
Fremantle’s Tidal Prince
25 January 2022
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
5 January 2022
Shipping News readers will be following the latest with cruise sailing and Covid. Recently, in our ‘Sailing with Covid’ feature…
‘Sailing With Covid’
29 December 2021
‘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
28 December 2021
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
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…








