WA cruise season expected to generate $273 million
AN EXTENDED cruise season to Western Australia’s Great Southern has delivered a boost to the region’s tourism industry with more than 15,000 people visiting Port of Albany over...
Shipping Australia joins WISTA Australia
SHIPPING Australia has joined the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association Australia. WISTA Australia is the local branch of WISTA International, an organisation set...
Plans sharpen for FPOE status at Broome
THE PORT of Broome in Western Australia’s Kimberley is expected to gain first point of entry (FPOE) status by December next year. The move follows on from the WA Shipping and...
AMSA awards first regionalised AtoN maintenance contract
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has awarded the first of nine contracts for maintenance of Australia’s aids to navigation network. Sydney-based company Solar Technology...
$1.35m contract awarded for WA patrol vessels
A $1.35-MILLION contract has been awarded to Western Australia’s Dongara Marine to build two new patrol vessels for the Department of Transport. The vessels will be built in the...
Australia's oldest sail trading vessel relocated for maintenance
AUSTRALIA’S oldest sail trading vessel, SV May Queen, is undergoing essential maintenance at the Domain Slip in Hobart to ensure its continued preservation. The 19th century...
Consultation opens for low carbon liquid fuels industry
THE FEDERAL government is opening its in-tray to suggestions and feedback on strategies to grow Australia’s low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) industry. The government has launched a...
Resumption of wine exports to China boosts SA trade
AUSTRALIA has exported more than $86 million worth of wine to China in the month following the removal of duties on bottled wine. In that time, more than 350 Australian wine...
Comp opens for Sydney Harbour response vessel voyage
MISSION to Seafarers Sydney has teamed up with Port Authority of NSW to offer a voyage on the new response vessel Burra. The adventure on Sydney Harbour is the prize of an online...
PPA handles 68.8 million tonnes in May
PILBARA Ports Authority has reported a total throughput of 68.8 million tonnes for May 2024. The figure is a 10% increase compared with volumes handled in the same month last...
Restoration milestone for tall ship Alma Doepel
LAST week a major milestone in the restoration efforts of three-masted wooden topsail schooner Alma Doepel was reached by installing the lower steel masts. More wooden extension...
Port of Esperance in new iron ore export deal
A SECOND iron ore exporter has signed a deal to export 1.5 million tonnes of ore annually from WA’s Port of Esperance. Gold Valley Iron Ore is expecting to start shipping in...
Plans locked in for Picton ferry terminal building demolition
DEMOLITION of the old Picton ferry terminal building is set to begin this month, following the cancellation of the iRex project. The NZ$1.3 billion project, which would have...
Baltimore channel fully re-opens after bridge collapse
THE BALTIMORE channel severed by the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge has fully re-opened to shipping. The US Army Corps of Engineers announced on 10 June that it had restored...
Brisbane bunker barge crew to strike (UPDATED)
THE CREW of bunker barge Champion 63 is launching protected industrial action, beginning with a work stoppage this weekend. Champion 63 is a bunkering tanker that services vessels...
