Tale of the Toern, Albany's first whaler
THE LAST shore-based whaling station in Australia at Albany on the south coast of Western Australia held its final whale hunt in November 1978. The closure of the whaling station...
Treasury advised against NZ rail ferries
NEW Zealand deputy PM and rail minister Winston Peters over-ruled the nation’s Treasury to specify Interisland Line’s replacement Cook Strait ferries be rail-enabled. Following an...
Silver Cloud passengers rescued from remote island
PASSENGERS from Silversea’s Silver Cloud cruise liner have been rescued from a remote northern Australian island after a fast-moving tide left them stranded. On Thursday afternoon...
Tanker moved to anchorage after losing power
A HONG Kong-flagged tanker was moved to an outer anchorage near Geelong after temporarily losing power early Thursday morning. The Silver Sawsan (IMO: 9718882), a 183metre vessel...
First TRAnsverse tug arrives at port of Newcastle
SVITZER Barrington – Svitzer’s much-vaunted next generation of tug design has safely and successfully arrived at the Port of Newcastle. The new style TRAnsverse Tug is claimed by...
RMC hands over second new Bass Strait ro-pax
TT Line is now the official owner of Spirit of Tasmania V following a handover ceremony at Rauma Marine Constructions’ yard in Finland on Wednesday evening (Australian time). The...
Barossa LNG FPSO hooks up
THE FINAL stages of the commissioning of Santos’s Barossa gas field are now in progress following the arrival and successful hook-up last week of the floating production, storage...
Svitzer perfecting the challenge of tugboat training
CONTROLLING a tug while safely manoeuvring a heavy vessel in the confines of a port requires a great deal of training and skill. Svitzer, which operates tug bases on both sides of...
Spirit IV departure now expected this week
TT LINE’s new ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV is expected to make its long-delayed departure for its home state within the next seven days, following the resolution of problems with...
Provaris signs K Line to help commercialise hydrogen carriers
SYDNEY- And Oslo-based compressed hydrogen proponent Provaris Energy has signed a MOU with Japan’s K Line to accelerate the company’s commercialisation of hydrogen carriers. K...
First US steel ship and separate trials for fast transport vessel
AUSTAL’S US shipbuilding division has launched its first steel ship and successfully completed acceptance trials on the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15). The steel ship, the future...
Birdon kicks off new US contract
THE UNITED States arm of Port Macquarie-based marine engineering group Birdon has begun construction of the first of twenty-seven Waterways Commerce Cutters for the US Coast...
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Optimising ocean currents to create a cleaner shipping sector
A ‘GOOGLE Maps for the sea’ is the description of a new algorithm aimed at improving shipping’s environmental performance. The algorithm seeks to allow the shipping industry to...
Heavy lifting all done for David Lynn
BIGLIFT Shipping’s West Australian and Northern Territory commercial representative, David Lynn, is retiring after a 48-year career in the shipping industry. He has worked for the...
Chokyu Maru No.68 grounding “a failure of good seamanship”
THE GROUNDING of the Japanese longline fishing vessel Chokyu Maru No.68 when approaching Auckland on 16 April 2024 came about when the crew overlooked the basic of safe...
