Shipping & Sailing

SEEING RED: The World Shipping News, and it’s not good
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry considers the effects of recently announced…
Fremantle Harbour Classic Yacht Race is BACK!
Something not to miss at the Port this Sunday! This is fantastic fun, you can see the whites of the…
Crown Princess Returns to Freo
This morning, Monday 13 October 2025, Fremantle welcomed back the Crown Princess - fresh from northern waters and ready to begin her…
No more Virgins or Queens for Freo
Bad cruise news just keeps coming, Australia is quietly undergoing a cruise crisis. Post COVID, we had a roaring success, but at…
Is Queen Mary 2 an Icon of the Seas?
So, just how big is Queen Mary 2? How does she match up with the latest icons of the seas?…
Our Galleries of the ‘Stealthiest Warship in the US Navy’ AKA Ocean Trader
There’s a lot of chatter about the Ocean Trader/US Special Ops warship just now around the globe and what she’s…
Henderson’s Vision About To Become A Reality
Just over 115 years since Admiral Henderson made his naval base pitch to the Australian Government, Henderson is slated to…
Princess Cruises Homeporting Again From Fremantle for 2027/28 Sailings
Sapphire Princess to make Freo home in 27/28. See the dates! And other cruise news. Princess Cruises have homeported four…
The Global State of the Cruise Industry
With New Zealand as a ‘cautionary tale’ and Western Australia on the up and up The 2025 Australian Cruise Association…