Shipping & Sailing
The Terrible Wash-Up After The X-Press Pearl Fire And Scuttling
10 July 2021
Could Sri Lanka’s ship fire have been avoided? Here’s what we can learn from the shocking environmental disaster By Claudio…
Maritime Movements – The White Rabbit Feature
25 June 2021
So many cute little white things bobbing about our ocean lately. First, Pressure Drop and now, M/Y White Rabbit. Well,…
And out of the hat comes a …White Rabbit!
22 June 2021
Sailing under the flag of the Cook Islands, 84 metre trimaran pleasure yacht, White Rabbit, is the largest aluminium super…
What’s In A (Boat’s) Name?
21 June 2021
We often marvel at the strange and wonderful names horses race under, but what about the names pleasure craft, and…
When, if ever, will you be able to cruise again?
21 June 2021
Over a year ago, we here at the Shipping News made some bold predictions about the future of the cruise…
Maritime Movements – The Indomitable, McArthur, Pressure Drop!
10 June 2021
Driving toward the Queen Victoria Street intersection down James Street, the massive white bulk of a RO-RO filled the background.…
Reflections Of A BO – Arriving In Australia
10 June 2021
It is a very difficult, almost impossible activity for those of us born in this lucky country to imagine and…
Fire On Sinking MV X-Press Pearl Off Colombo
2 June 2021
When you see the photographs of what was, until the last few days, a perfectly intact vessel, you wonder what…
Yet Another Adventure – A BI (AUS) Takes On Navy (US)
11 May 2021
After a time it was no longer the Swinging 60s, and one day I found myself as the Boarding Inspector…








