Shipping News
Explainer: how weather can trigger dangerous tsunamis
10 October 2019
At around 10pm on Sunday 17 August 2014, the container ship AAL Fremantle was being unloaded after arriving in Western…
Five ways the shipping industry can reduce its carbon emissions
2 October 2019
The merchant navy – some 20,000 ships – carries the vast majority of trade goods around the world. Unfortunately, they also spew toxic pollutants that harm people and the environment.
Sheep Ships Shoot Off
23 September 2019
The live sheep trade is live again after a hiatus. Freo is the local Australian port of departure. Here are our shots of the Al Messilah and the Brahman Express (partly obscured by the Vacamonte tanker/refueller) livestock carriers in port this morning.
The Hyundai Glovis Vessels
10 September 2019
We have all seen the pictures of the Golden Ray, a Hyundai Glovis vehicle carrier, or RO-RO, that has just…
The Real Hougoumont
26 August 2019
We recently posted this article together with an image of a ship we thought was the great Hougoumont - it…
More On The Warders’ Side Of The Fenian escape
23 July 2019
Recently, we received an update from Maureen Lindsey Paine, a descendant of one of the officials referred to in the…
Welcome Back Leeuwin!
24 June 2019
Last Friday, on a glorious blue sky winter’s day, the Leeuwin arrived ‘home’ from a lengthy stay up at Monkey…
Rhythm of the Port
18 June 2019
I love to sit and watch the rhythm of the Port.
With camera ready…
Pilot boat, tugboat, ship arrival.
Joy!
Shipping News Ship Spotter Snapped
13 June 2019
The Shipping News' great snapper, Deanna Shanahan, and a former FSN snapper, Maria Wilson, have themselves been snapped by Fremantle Port snappers, if you get our drift.