Shipping News
Letter to the Editor – ‘Why would we invite back a Freeway?’
9 December 2024
Dear Editor, I have read the recent posts in the Fremantle Shipping News opposing the move of Fremantle’s container port…
Welcome, Westerdam!
8 December 2024
The elegant MS Westerdam cruise ship arrived in Fremantle just after 7 am on this beautiful 30C Freo day. It’s…
What AUKUS means for Fremantle and Cockburn Sound
5 December 2024
Well, what a night at The Local hotel in South Fremantle was Monday night! Nostalgia here, nostalgia there. Lots of…
Boat burns off Cott
2 December 2024
Plumes of black smoke could be seen after a 21 metre boat caught fire this morning two kilometres off Cottesloe…
Westport responds!
2 December 2024
Westport is the State Government’s major infrastructure program to move container trade from Fremantle to Kwinana to future proof WA’s…
Letter to the Editor: Building a Westport harbour ‘unsustainable’
2 December 2024
Dear Editor. Building a new harbour is environmentally and economically unsustainable. Cockburn Sound is where the fish grow that our…
Back at Sea with the Conversationalist
1 December 2024
This is being written on day three out from Long Beach, California aboard Seabourn Quest, en route to the Hawaiian…
Broad coalition opposes Port relocation
29 November 2024
Fremantle will be the biggest loser if the rushed Westport process goes ahead as planned by the Cook Government. [caption…
Sailing into a Trump-free Sunset, and other cruise news
25 November 2024
Donald Trump is preparing for his second four-year term as POTUS, and it seems about 63% of Americans are either…