Shipping & Sailing

There has been much reportage on changed cruise line itineraries due to the Coronavirus. Fremantle is to an extent a beneficiary of these changes. It seems to mean that the local cruise ship season will go longer this year, well into May 2020.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 25 February 2020, we welcome back Radiance of the Seas, belonging to the Royal Caribbean cruise line, big…

Majestic Princess arrived in Fremantle Saturday and leaves today for Singapore, sans passengers, for dry-docking, as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

North Mole and other vantage points were packed with well-wishers and admirers to see the elegant Queen Mary 2 sail off into a perfect Fremantle summer sunset.

Crazy but interesting times for Fremantle ship-spotters serious and occasional. Fremantle is set to become something of a backup port…

How does Shipping, including Cruise Shipping impact us and the planet? In particular, where does Shipping stand, or should one say, float, on Climate Change?

Between the two of them, Deanna and Maria have turned the Port, and what happens there, into an art form…

Currently Vasco da Gama is in Esperance on her way to Fremantle. Our super-snapper Deanna Shanahan, who is in Esperance, reports that…

In Port today, and for the next couple weeks, is Ocean Dream, the ship currently chartered by the Peace Boat…