Work has started on the first stage of the $51 million Nelson Point Tug Haven project at the Port of Port Hedland, providing robust infrastructure in the port. Austral Construction, who was awarded the $29 million contract in 2021, have commenced ...

SUNKEN TasPorts tugs York Cove and Campbell Cove are being prepared to be lifted from the Mersey River in Port of Devonport. United Salvage has been working to remove the wreckages after cement carrier Goliath collided with the two berthed tugs in ...

The Royal Australian Navy’s Collins-class submarines will be upgraded with a new “cutting-edge optronics system”, according to the announcement made by the country’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton. The $381 million dollar investment into optronics ...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has begun its investigation into a fire that ignited on board a Japanese- owned liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier while it was in Australian waters earlier this year. The incident on the 9,000DWT SUISO ...

Hyundai Glovis, the logistics wing of South Korea’s Hyundai auto group, has secured a long-term contract from Woodside, an Australian petroleum exploration and production company, to transport liquefied natural gas by expanding its shipping ...

ANL, a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, announced on Wednesday (Apr13) the success of the first biofuel trial on a containerised shipping vessel within Oceania. A concrete partnership enabling the pooling ...

A consortium, led by the Global Maritime Forum, is planning to assess the development of an iron ore green corridor between Australia and East Asia in an effort to decarbonise the maritime sector. On 6 April, the consortium comprising the Global ...

New South Wales will be home to the world’s first 100 percent renewable energy shore powered shipping precinct, at the Bays Port in the heart of Sydney. Bays Port, which includes Glebe Island and White Bay, will be the first bulk shipping precinct ...

Australia-based MMA Offshore has completed the sale of the platform supply vessel (PSV) MMA Leveque, set to be converted to run on green ammonia, to a subsidiary of compatriot Fortescue Future Industries (FFI). MMA Leveque was sold for $7.75 ...

On March 2, loaded with 905 TEUs, the vessel “Gold Star BRIGHT” departed from COSCO SHIPPING Ports' Dalian Container Terminal to Australia, a member country of RCEP, marking the launch of the first container shipping service route by Dalian ...

On March 18, the Western Australia online newspaper WAtoday informed that the regulator removed all regulatory constraints on Shell restarting the Prelude. The regulator also said it did not provide a timeframe for the restart. This is because the ...

Port of Melbourne (PoM) has confirmed works at Webb Dock East to reduce port congestion, improve efficiency and accommodate larger ships at Australia’s largest container and general cargo port The project involves demolishing a redundant section of ...

Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine (RMC) has started the construction of the first of two RoPax car and passenger ferries that the Australian shipping company Spirit of Tasmania ordered. The shipyard held a traditional steel-cutting ceremony for the ...

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Sea-Lead Shipping, a liner operator based in Singapore and Dubai, is joining the CA2 China-Australia service operated by Yang Ming, PIL and TS Lines. Originally focused on the Persian Gulf and Indian sub-continent, Sea Lead ventured into the ...

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Damen Shipyards in Vietnam has built the first of two harbour tugs Svitzer ordered for its new towage services in Bunbury, Western Australia Svitzer Australia expects to bring this new reverse stern drive (RSD) tugboat to the growing port, run by ...

Spirit of Tasmania passengers hoping to arrive in the heart of Melbourne have only a few months to do so before TT-Line shifts its Victorian port to Geelong. The Spirit's lease at Port Melbourne's Station Pier will end in November, with the ...

ROAD and rail connections to Western Australia are partially reopening as floodwaters recede in South Australia and coastal shipping has emerged as an effective alternative.The movement of freight has been a challenge for about two weeks after heavy ...

The ferry VALENTINE, anchored in Wellington harbour, has suffered a mechanical glitch.  A new interisland ferry, leased to ease pressure on the country’s strained supply chain, is too slow and can only make one return sailing per day. The ...

International ships arriving in Australian waters will see a change in how they manage biofouling in 2022 A change in biofouling policy would have flow-on effects for international shipping, according to Andrew Tongue, Deputy Secretary at ...

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said that the Prelude FLNG facility in Western Australia will remain closed for most of the first quarter of 2022. Following the fourth-quarter 2021 results report, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden told news outlets that the ...

Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS (Shearwater) has announced the award of two multicomponent surveys offshore Western Australia by Santos The two-month program covers the Keraudren North Extension with an area of approximately 680 sqkm in the ...

The captain of containership APL ENGLAND (IMO 9218650), which lost containers overboard in a storm in May 2020 has been charged in a court in Brisbane, Australia. The prosecutor failed to make the case for one set of charges against the captain for ...

Svitzer, a leading global towage provider and part of Maersk, has entered into a 10 year contractual arrangement with Woodside Energy Limited (Woodside) for the provision of towage and pilot transfer services at Woodside’s LNG export operations in ...

The Suiso Frontier, the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, will set sail from Australia to Japan with its first LH2 shipment, marking a milestone for the HESC project. A ceremony at Port of Hastings marked the Suiso Frontier‘s arrival from ...

Australian high speed craft specialist Incat Tasmania is pleased to announce a contract to build a new fast ferry for Daezer Construction of South Korea. Work on the new 76 metre craft has already commenced with delivery scheduled for the first ...

Edwine Oldendorff, a Handy bulk carrier owned by Germany-based Oldendorff Carriers, has completed a biofuel trial from Australia to Vietnam. The biofuel trial voyage was performed for the CBH Group, the largest agricultural co-operative in Western ...

Port of Newcastle says move is part of plan to decarbonise the business by 2040 and ‘we don’t really have a choice’ The world’s largest coal port has announced it will now be powered entirely by renewable energy.The announcement from Port of ...

Australia’s biggest miners are preparing for a day of reckoning. Shipping accounts for two to three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions so manufacturers and retailers are no longer just considering what appears in national targets. Even ...

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has unveiled a plan to establish an independent Strategic Fleet of Australian flagged and crewed vessels. The aim is to restore Australia’s domestic shipping sector and guarantee national trading and shipping ...

A historic former Manly ferry has sunk in Sydney Harbour, following a decades-long push for the dilapidated vessel to be restored. The 99-year old MV  BARAGOOLA began taking on water at its mooring beside the Coal Loader at Balls Head Reserve in the ...

The government of South Australia has granted Australian developer Venice Energy approval to build an LNG import facility in Port Adelaide. Venice Energy proposed to build a A$250 million ($181 million) LNG import facility to enhance the supply of ...

Japanese shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) said the world’s first liquefied hydrogen (LH2) carrier Suiso Frontier left Japan to pick up its first cargo in Australia. KHI built the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier Suiso Frontier ...

From February 2022 AMSA will complete the transition to more durable, secure and portable certificates of competency for all seafarer certifications with the addition of the new plastic credit-card sized certificates of competency for masters, mates ...

In October, AAL Shipping (AAL) freely donated its operational and engineering expertise to help re-launch a historic Australian sailing ship, the Alma Doepel a 118-year-old three-masted topsail schooner that was in dry dock for rebuilding, having ...

KOTUG has run its first simulator-based harbour towage Mates-to-Masters courses in Australia, so that mates can practice manoeuvres before progressing to on-the-water training. The training was carried out using HR Wallingford’s world class tug ...

A number of cracks have been discovered in the hull of one Sydney’s new Manly ferries, with an independent report identifying several welding defects on the vessel.A spokeswoman for private ferry operator Transdev confirmed to the Herald on Monday ...

Solstad Offshore ASA announced on Wednesday (Dec08) contract award for two vessels in Australia. The AHTS Far Senator and PSV Far Seeker have been awarded a contract by Santos WA Energy Limited in support of its drilling activities for commencement ...

The Liberal and Nationals Government has today announced an independent review (the Review) of the legal framework regulating the safety of domestic commercial vessels in Australia. Australia’s maritime industry employs thousands of Australians and ...

Viva Energy (the Company) today provides an update on the progress of its proposed LNG regasification terminal at the site of its Geelong refinery (the Gas Terminal Project or Project). The Gas Terminal Project will be a key infrastructure solution ...

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ROTTERDAM Western Australia’s Labor Party McGowan Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands to cooperate on building a renewable hydrogen export supply chain.The Port of Rotterdam is the ...

Energy giant Shell has shut down its Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility offshore Western Australia due to a fire incident. Shell operates the Prelude FLNG, located at Browse Basin, 475 kilometres from Broome in Western ...

• The ANL PAX Service continues to connect Australia’s Pilbara Region to the world. • PAX will now operate on three loops with a 10-day transit from Singapore to Port Hedland and a 9-day transit from Singapore to Dampier. • The expansion will ...

At the end of September 2021, the 19,000dwt heavy lift multipurpose vessel, the AAL Nanjing, loaded four large chimney sections, with a combined weight of close to 500 metric tonnes and 6,000 cubic metres in size. The units were manufactured and ...

Austal, Australia's premier defense and fast ferry shipbuilder serving the global market, is undergoing a real digital transformation thanks to a renewed focus on innovation, application of digital-first processes, and implementation of SSI's ...

Fortescue Future Industries’ (FFI) Chairman Dr Andrew Forrest AO today called for a net zero 2040 target to be embraced by the entire shipping industry during an address for ‘Transport Day’ at COP26, while providing the technical leadership in large ...

The Port of Newcastle has teamed up with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group to launch a feasibility study into the development of a green hydrogen hub at the port. The partners have also signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with Idemitsu, ...

AS Chief of the NuclearPowered Submarine Task Force, my role is to advise government on the optimal pathway to acquiring a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines for Australia. Nuclear-powered submarines will fundamentally change Australia’s strategic ...

A compressed hydrogen carrier design with a 430-tonne cargo capacity by Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has received Approval in Principle (AIP) from ABS. AIP for the Handymax vessel, which GEV intends to be the first commercial-scale vessel available ...

Lumsden Point is now officially operational, according to the Pilbara Ports Authority's release. Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) Chief Executive Officer Roger Johnston said it was encouraging to see the utilisation of Lumsden Point by the private ...

The following was received from our colleague at AMPI regarding the mentoring program. CMMA Australia is a member of IFSMA. The Australian Maritime Mentoring Program is an exciting new joint initiative between the Australasian Marine Pilots ...

Solstad Offshore ASA (Solstad) confirmed that the large AHTS Normand Ranger has been awarded a contract in Australia for commencement in 2Q 2021.  The vessel will mobilise from Norway and will then provide support to a major drilling campaign ...

Stevedores’ revenues and profit margins increased overall in the last financial year despite the global pandemic causing the largest contraction in container volumes in a decade, according to the ACCC’s Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report ...

A new strategic cargo terminal has been officially opened at the recently upgraded Berth 4 Terminal at the Port of Townsville with the arrival of ‘Coronado Bay’. Today is the first time a container vessel has fully utilised the $10 million, 1.6 ...

Tauranga-based stevedoring company, C3 Limited, was fined $240,000 by the Auckland District Court yesterday after a 15 tonne excavator was dropped from a ship’s crane, narrowly missing five workers on the wharf below. “This was seconds away from ...

Dear colleagues, Hope all of you and your families are keeping safe and healthy. The news coming out these days is quite positive and as long as we continue to do the right thing individually, it can only get better. That being said, between ...

CMMA Queensland Branch are regular marchers at the ANZAC Day Parade. Due to the COVID19 shutdown Branch Members, Captain William Burton and Captain John Ellis were able to maintain the tradition by by having a driveway meeting with CMMA insignia on ...

  Good Day Members   On April 4th 2020 the Federal Court held its Annual General Meeting (AGM). It was planned to be held in Melbourne at the Seamans Centre however due to the restrictions imposed dsue to the COVID-19 outbreak then the meeting ...

Australian Industrial Energy (AIE) has today lodged a Modification to its existing Development Consent (Consent) for its Port Kembla Gas Terminal in order to meet higher demand for natural gas during peak periods. As first flagged to the NSW ...

On 10 June 2018, the Danish-registered container ship Leda Maersk arrived off the Port of Otago, embarked a harbour pilot, and proceeded up the Lower Harbour channel at about 1800, during the hours of darkness. The master, officer of the watch and ...

Port owner and operator Flinders Port Holdings intends to develop a new 50-year masterplan to guide the short, medium and long-term development of the seven South Australian ports under its control, including the container terminal at Port ...

Australia’s newest and biggest cargo ship was named as Tasmanian Achiever II at a special ceremony in Burnie Sunday (Feb17). Tasmanian Achiever II is the largest general cargo ship to fly the Australian flag and is set to enter service on 1 March, ...

The Palaszczuk Government’s new transhipping policy will protect the Great Barrier Reef and the tens of thousands of jobs that rely on the Reef.Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch said the Palaszczuk Government was ...

On April 28 at a ceremony in Hobart Tasmania, the Australian Government signed a contract with DMS Maritime, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco, for the delivery, operation and maintenance of an Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) with ...

Maurice Thompson and Joel Cockerell of Clyde & Co LLP (Clyde & Co) say that Australian maritime law has been "radically" altered after a recent decision on maritime lien enforcement in relation to bunker supply contracts was handed down in an ...

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S has announced it has acquired a part of Australia-based Wiltrading Pty Ltd.’s maritime safety equipment activities effective 1 September. The move strengthens VIKING’s offering in Australasia, adding 4 locations to ...

Stuart Ballantyne, CEO of Sea Transportation Corporation presented this paper at the recent ICHA Conference in Adelaide. The paper is essential  reading for anyone interested in the future of coastal shipping in Australia. Stuart is a member of our ...

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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is urging people to ensure they dispose of their obsolete and unwanted distress beacons correctly after emergency services spent more than six hours homing a beacon eventually found dumped in bushland ...

The 2014-15 cruise season is shaping up to be big for Fremantle with 44 ship calls already booked compared with 31 ship calls (60,592 passengers) in the 2013-14 financial year. Fremantle is increasingly being used as a turnaround port with Sun ...

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is urging people to beware of a global scam offering overseas residents a Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC) and Australian visas to gain jobs with cruise companies. Scammers have been ...

  A CIVILIAN contract crew made two serious errors during sea trials for the navy’s biggest ever ship, damaging its hull and melting down electrical systems. The first of two $1.5 billion 27,000-tonne Landing Helicopter Docks (LHDs), to be known ...

A fresh controversy is brewing over the use of factory ships in Australian waters, with a plan to bring in a 4400-tonne east European-owned ship. MERIDIAN 1 would fish for blue grenadier in the Southern Ocean off Tasmania at a time of opposition to ...

Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has chalked up yet another global sales success by signing a contract with the Australian shipping company SeaRoad for a 181 metres long RoRo ferry ship new building. What is special about this ship however ...

From 1 July 2014, the government will decrease the Protection of the Sea Levy (PSL) to 11.25 cents per net registered tonne for defined vessels on an ongoing basis. The PSL revenue was levied to establish a $10 million pollution response fund to ...

Former submariners and retired admirals want the federal government to stump up “a fraction” of the taxpayer money spent on the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 to try and find Australia’s first submarine. The nation’s most enduring ...

Holland America Line has completed an agreement for the transfer of RYNDAM and ms STATENDAM to their sister brand P&O Cruises in Australia, with delivery scheduled for November 2015. This announcement is also being shared right now with our ...

Sydney - Australia said on Monday it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new icebreaker ship to bolster its claim over large areas of Antarctica and replace an ageing vessel. 

Environment minister Greg Hunt said two Europe-based firms ...

Port of Napier has been guiding large vessels through Hawke's Bay waters using procedures outside maritime law for more than a decade, an investigation has found. In August last year the cargo ship IDAS Bulker departed Napier with a full cargo of ...

1) The Interislander's boss has rejected accusations by NZ First leader Winston Peters that Kiwirail covered up three"serious incidents" involving the problem-plagued Cook Strait ferries in the past week - but has not denied two are being ...

Deal signed for the Port of Melbourne’s third international container terminal International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and Anglo Ports, through their Australian subsidiary, Victoria International Container Terminal Limited (VICTL), ...

Princess Cruises has announced its first-ever year-round program of sailing from Fremantle in a move which reflects the growing popularity of cruises from Western Australia. Releasing its new 2015-16 cruise schedules, Princess Cruises revealed that ...

Australian warship HMAS Darwin has seized more than a tonne of heroin valued at almost $290 million from a smuggling boat off Kenya. The record 1032-kilogram haul was discovered aboard a dhow in the Indian Ocean, about 27 nautical miles east of ...

It took an Interislander ferry more than two hours and three attempts to berth at Picton. Picton man Kit Stevens watched from his window overlooking the Picton harbour as the Stena Alegra ferry first tried to berth about 6.30am. He and his wife ...

Australia's six Collins submarines are scheduled to retire from 2030, and planning for their replacements needs to start now. A new Defence policy document - also known as a white paper - due next year will say exactly how many new submarines we ...

On 8 April 2014 the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Hon Warren Truss MP, announced the release of an options paper on approaches to regulating coastal shipping in Australia. The Department is ...

Problems continue to plague KiwiRail's Interislander ferry service, with its replacement ferry, the Stena Alegra, requiring at least four days out-of action for repairs. The Stena Alegra, which began operating in New Zealand only in January, has ...

Sydney Ports has invested in the latest weather technology as part of its ongoing commitment to improving harbour safety. Global weather intelligence company MetraWeather has been contracted to deliver real-time weather and marine forecasting ...