Shipping & Sailing
Even More Adventures of a BO in the Swinging 60s – The Life of a Wharf EO
26 April 2021
As well as being a Customs BO - a Boarding Officer - sometimes I was a wharf EO - a…
Shipping Small Perishables – Shared Container Trial
15 April 2021
Apart from that headline being a terrible tongue twister, what a good, innovative idea the shared shipping container is! Tigers…
Talk About Making An Entrance – MPV Everest Enters Freo!
15 April 2021
Yesterday, 14 April 2021, just about everyone welcomed the safe return of fire-damaged MPV Everest to Australia. She entered Fremantle’s…
A Year Ago – How Much Has Changed?
12 April 2021
It’s coming up a year ago, 20 April 2020, when the much vilified Artania left Fremantle Port. When she left,…
More Adventures of a BO in the Swinging Sixties – In Port Hedland
7 April 2021
The recent excellent report on Port Hedland by the Shipping News’ Shipping Correspondent, PA Sinclair, set me to thinking about…
Adventures of a Boarding Officer in the Swinging Sixties!
1 April 2021
I worked in Customs and Excise for thirty years from 1960 to 1990. Mostly in Fremantle, but also Perth airport.…
Maritime Movements – Levy, Fire, Blockage
28 March 2021
You would think being slugged $13,500 each time your ship left port full of iron ore would cause a minor…
Patrick and DP World Get 10 Years In Fremantle
25 March 2021
Fremantle Ports has just signed container terminal leases with Patrick and DP World on the north side of Freo Port’s…
Suez Canal container ship accident worst-case scenario for global trade
25 March 2021
Rory Hopcraft, University of Plymouth; Kevin Jones, University of Plymouth, and Kimberly Tam, University of Plymouth It’s estimated that 90%…








