Navigator Global and the Green Pioneer at dusk at the outer anchorage of Port Dampier-2 A Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation-led consortium has successfully conducted ship-to-ship transfers of ammonia at anchorages within the Port of ...

Finnish shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has delivered Spirit of Tasmania IV, an LNG-powered car and passenger (RoPax) ferry, to Tasmanian TT-Line Company. The vessel is one of two car and passenger ferries that TT-Line ordered from RMC ...

KiwiRail has been ordered to pay a fine of hundreds of thousands after its Kaitaki ferry lost power last year. The company has to pay $432,500, including costs associated with the case. KiwiRail was sentenced this afternoon in the Wellington ...

Incat Tasmania’s expansion plans have taken a significant step forward with the Tasmanian shipbuilder acquiring a portion of the Norske Skog Boyer Mill site at Boyer. The acquisition of the 12-hectare site on the river Derwent, located north-west ...

Crew visible on the stranded barge Manahau. Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee Maritime NZ staff and Westland Mineral Sands are working on a plan to refloat the stranded barge Manahau at Carters Beach, near Westport. The barge, which is owned by Westland ...

Two people on the STS Leeuwin were injured. Photo ABC  (Supplied: Roel Loopers ) Two night watchmen taken to hospital after three-masted 1850s-style sailing ship hit by 332-metre vessel A container ship has dismasted the tall ship Leeuwin and ...

Australia’s energy giant Santos is on track to achieve the first gas next year from its project in Commonwealth waters, as a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is currently still under construction, is slated to move to ...

The Australian government is about to retire the patrol boat HMAS BROOME from active service. The news was announced on the official X [formerly Twitter] account of the Australian Government Department of Defence on August 17. “Final port entry HMAS ...

TasPorts Campbell Cove and York Cove shortly after Goliath crashed into them. Image: Greg Close In short:Tasmania's ports operator is appealing against a Federal Court preliminary decision that would limit how much it can claim over a 2022 maritime ...

The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has expressed concerns about the approach of the recent mandatory fitness tests launched by the Lyttelton Port Company (LPC). The tests are part of the safety review measures initiated by LPC after the ...

Vopak will explore developing the infrastructure and CO2 import terminal for Darwin in the region with the LNG terminal (Land Development Corp.)Vopak will explore developing the infrastructure and CO2 import terminal for Darwin in the region with ...

Italy’s cable giant Prysmian has struck a multimillion-euro deal with Marinus Link, a subsidiary of the Australian transmission system operator (TSO) TasNetworks, for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, and delivery of the first stage of ...

The master of the bulker HL Eco has been criminally charged for a COLREGs violation after his vessel reportedly lost power and drifted into an anchored bulker. The marine casualty investigation to determine the probable cause of the casualty has ...

Australian Maritime Safety Authority new emergency response towage capability, REEF KEEPER launched in Cairns earlier this month. Operated by Smit Lamnalco Australia & PNG, REEF KEEPER is an enhanced capability that is faster and more powerful than ...

The ammonia-powered OSV Fortescue Green Pioneer, the first vessel of its type (Fortescue) China Cosco, the world's largest shipowner, has agreed to work with Australian mining conglomerate Fortescue to build a new series of bulkers powered by green ...

On August 23 1969, the coastal freighter MV Noongah departed Newcastle bound for Townsville with a cargo of steel and 26 crew. The 71-meter ship had been a regular sight along the eastern seaboard for a decade as it hauled cargo between cities up ...

A bulk carrier came within 200 m of grounding in the Great Barrier Reef after a GPS unit onboard the ship began providing false information to the pilot and crew on board, an ATSB final report details. The near grounding occurred early on the ...

While project costs have risen, Australia’s energy giant Woodside has made strides in bringing to life its huge gas project off the coast of Western Australia, thus, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) is still on track to be achieved in ...

INTERNATIONAL Transport Workers Federation inspectors from the US, South Korea, United Kingdom and Sweden will join Australian inspectors targeting wage theft at Western Australian ports from 21 to 27 July. The Week of Action will target all forms ...

The Tasmanian Spirit of Tasmania (TT-Line Company PTY Ltd.) has ordered two car and passenger ferries from Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for a challenging open sea route between Victoria and Tasmania. At the same time, the shipyard is also ...

The grounding occurred on 22 April 2023 as the 229 m long, Isle of Man-registered bulk carrier World Diana was departing Bunbury under the conduct of a harbour pilot, with two tugs assisting. After being moved off its berth, the ship had to be ...

Working in collaboration with Shell, Perth-based subsea technology company Geo Oceans has carried out full special survey inspections of four cargo oil tanks on a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico ...

NZ First has questioned whether Interislander’s Aratere ferry ran aground after the ship was put on autopilot, someone went away for a coffee and couldn’t turn the autopilot off when they returned. Maritime New Zealand has cautioned that ...

Global Maritime Consultants Group (GMCG), a Global leader in engineering and consultancy, and ARCHE Energy, a prominent player in Australia's energy sector, proudly announces a strategic partnership. This collaboration is aiming to revolutionize ...

The Moored MultiModal Multibody (M4) wave energy prototype project by the University of Western Australia (UWA), SMC Marine, and Everett Consulting, funded by local and national entities, will be deployed for the 2024-2025 summer period in King ...

    The Victorian Government has committed half-a-million dollars to enable seafarers to access free mental health support services at the state’s ports Announced by Minister for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne to coincide with the International ...

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 ...