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so Australia’s ATSB has pointed fingers at those responsible for letting the container ship Maersk Shekou collide with the berthed STS Leeuwin II in Freo just over 12 months ago. Read on…
Ineffective bridge resource management, distraction contributed to container ship’s collision with Leeuwin - Fremantle Shipping News
Ineffective coordination and monitoring by the crew and harbour pilots on board the container ship Maersk Shekou contributed to its collision with STS Leeuwin II in the Port of Fremantle, the Australi...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
so Australia’s ATSB has pointed fingers at those responsible for letting the container ship Maersk Shekou collide with the berthed STS Leeuwin II in Freo just over 12 months ago. Read on…
It’s gone AWOL!
First The Louvre, Now Freo’s Fishing Boat Harbour - Fremantle Shipping News
Breaking news from the Freo waterfront. Eddie the Octopus has gone AWOL The bronze sculpture of Eddie the Octopus by acclaimed Freo sculptor Greg James, that usually observes goings-on outside Kailis’...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
It’s gone AWOL!
Freo has a new Mayor!
Arise Mayor Lawver - Fremantle Shipping News
Ben Lawver is elected Mayor and Freo has two new Councillors as well as two returning ones After a strongly contested Mayoral election in City of Fremantle, early this afternoon, when the WA Electoral...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Freo has a new Mayor!
The things you see around Fremantle!
The things you see! - Fremantle Shipping News
Freo Today. 10 October 2025. The things you see in South Terrace, South Fremantle!
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The things you see around Fremantle!
Cruising slowing …
No more Virgins or Queens for Freo - Fremantle Shipping News
Bad cruise news just keeps coming, Australia is quietly undergoing a cruise crisis. Post COVID, we had a roaring success, but at the moment we are seeing a huge decline. There will be no more visits f...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
October 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Cruising slowing …
So, is she? Still an icon of the seas?
Is Queen Mary 2 an Icon of the Seas? - Fremantle Shipping News
So, just how big is Queen Mary 2? How does she match up with the latest icons of the seas? Does she still rate? The much-admired Queen Mary 2, of Cunard fame, has recently been feted in Liverpool, Eng...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So, is she? Still an icon of the seas?
Another gilded age?
SEEING RED: The Roaring Twenties - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Karl Marx and Donald Trump - Fremantle Shipping News
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry considers how Donald Trump’s 2020s seems to have a lot in common with Jay Gatsby’s 1920s and Emperor ...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Another gilded age?
Great podcast interview with Freo’s Brendan Hutchens Director and Producer of Disney+’s Shipwreck Hunters Australia series two, now streaming
Interview with Brendan Hutchens - Director and Producer of Disney+ Shipwreck Hunters Australia Series Two - Fremantle Shipping News
On 27 August 2025, season two of the Australian Original series Shipwreck Hunters Australia, premiered exclusively on Disney+ following a dazzling launch at Fremantle’s world class Maritime Museum. Th...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Great podcast interview with Freo’s Brendan Hutchens Director and Producer of Disney+’s Shipwreck Hunters Australia series two, now streaming
Just how is the global cruise industry doing? Pretty well, by this account. But not New Zealand’s. However, Western Australia’s is on the up and up.
The Global State of the Cruise Industry - Fremantle Shipping News
With New Zealand as a ‘cautionary tale’ and Western Australia on the up and up The 2025 Australian Cruise Association Conference started in Fremantle on Wednesday at The Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by R...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
September 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just how is the global cruise industry doing? Pretty well, by this account. But not New Zealand’s. However, Western Australia’s is on the up and up.
One super sleek ‘yacht’!
Scenic Eclipse II Departs Freo - Fremantle Shipping News
Freo Today. 4 September 2025. The super sleek Scenic Eclipse II, on her maiden voyage to Fremantle, departed the harbour just after 6 pm last night. With the WA Minister for Tourism Reece Whitby, she...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One super sleek ‘yacht’!
Great story!
JCCA’S BRAND NEW MIA MOORNA, THE HOUSE OF SOUND, OFFICIALLY OPENED - Fremantle Shipping News
Today, 25 August 2025, there is magic in the air with the official opening of the most spectacular place of learning any student and teacher could wish for: the world class Mia Moorna, the House of So...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Great story!
Scenic Eclipse II - and Reece Whitby - to open ACA conference in Freo!
Scenic Eclipse II - and Reece Whitby - to open 2025 ACA Conference in Freo - Fremantle Shipping News
The 2025 Australian Cruise Association Conference opens in Fremantle next Wednesday 3 September and runs over 3 days. The conference will be opened not only officially – by Reece Whitby, Western Aust...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
August 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Scenic Eclipse II - and Reece Whitby - to open ACA conference in Freo!
Yours?
My Favourite Freo Street - Fremantle Shipping News
My favourite street? The little gem of Pearse Street, nestling peacefully between the old Town Centre and the railway, with its air of quiet neighbourliness, ranks high among my favourite streets in N...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
August 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Yours?
The STS Young Endeavour departed Fremantle this morning at 9 on a training exercise, followed here by a tug and a Rottnest Island ferry. Quite a sight. You’ll articles about the YE’s visit to Freo up now on FSN. Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to THE WEEKLY EDITION while you are there!
August 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The STS Young Endeavour departed Fremantle this morning at 9 on a training exercise, followed here by a tug and a Rottnest Island ferry. Quite a sight. You’ll articles about the YE’s visit to Freo up now on FSN. Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to THE WEEKLY EDITION while you are there!
Our The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series has become very popular with readers/listeners! Here’s Episode 4. You’ll find the links to Episodes 1-3 on this podcast too. Enjoy!
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series - Episode 4 - Fremantle Shipping News
In Episode 1 of the Catalpa Escape Podcast Series, our narrator, Margo O’Byrne, set the scene for the famous 1876 Catalpa Escape of the ‘Military’ Fenians from just south of Fremantle, Western Austral...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series has become very popular with readers/listeners! Here’s Episode 4. You’ll find the links to Episodes 1-3 on this podcast too. Enjoy!
Don’t miss Episode 3 in our The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series. A great story!
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series - Episode 3 - Fremantle Shipping News
In Episode 1 of the Catalpa Escape Podcast Series, our narrator, Margo O’Byrne, set the scene for the famous 1876 Catalpa Escape of the ‘Military’ Fenians from just south of Fremantle, Western Austral...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Don’t miss Episode 3 in our The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series. A great story!
Ode to the Succulents of Freo!
Ode to the Succulents of Fremantle - Fremantle Shipping News
It doesn’t seem to matter where you walk in Fremantle, succulents await you. They are part of Freo’s urban design. Central, South, North, East, Hilton, Beacy, The Valley, O’Connor, Samson – they all h...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
July 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ode to the Succulents of Freo!
Can’t imagine many Aussies will be interested in US grain-fed beef!
Who will buy US grain-fed beef anyway? - Fremantle Shipping News
Most US beef is grain-fed, not grass-fed. That means cattle are typically raised on pasture for part of their lives, then finished on corn or other grains in feedlots to accelerate growth and marbling...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
July 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Can’t imagine many Aussies will be interested in US grain-fed beef!
Here’s a good longer read!
Brick Phone Club - Fremantle Shipping News
If you ever suspect that your smartphone has a hold on you, Brick Phone Club is for you. Conceived by local artist and environmental champion, Lora Flora, Brick Phone Club is a place for people to gat...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Here’s a good longer read!
Occupy Wilson MP. Very Freo. Not a National Guard, Marine 9r set of handcuffs in sight!
No National Guards, No Marines, No Handcuffs! - Fremantle Shipping News
Freo Today. 13 June 2025. Occupy Wilson MP. A ruly bunch of climate and environmental activists this afternoon occupied the Fremantle electorate office of Josh Wilson MP, Assistant Minister in the Fed...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
June 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Occupy Wilson MP. Very Freo. Not a National Guard, Marine 9r set of handcuffs in sight!
Now, here’s an idea!
Now here’s an idea - Monorail between Fremantle, Mojos, Port Beach & Leighton - Fremantle Shipping News
With the closure of the Old Traffic Bridge just after Christmas this year, and the proposed traffic re-routing with the closure of Canning Highway entries to Stirling Highway, just south of Stirling B...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Now, here’s an idea!
Josh Wilson. Reelected MP for Fremantle in the Federal Parliament. It’s official.
May 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Josh Wilson. Reelected MP for Fremantle in the Federal Parliament. It’s official.
The Federal Fight For Freo Goes On And On - Hulett struggles to keep a lid on it. Will the Community Independent unseat Josh Wilson in the formerly impregnable Labor citadel of Fremantle?
Hearts & Minds - Hulett struggles to keep a lid on it - Fremantle Shipping News
A quietly confident Kate Hulett fronted the media on Victoria Quay this morning to answer the question on everyone’s lips: How are you feeling being ahead of sitting member Josh Wilson in the race for...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
May 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Federal Fight For Freo Goes On And On - Hulett struggles to keep a lid on it. Will the Community Independent unseat Josh Wilson in the formerly impregnable Labor citadel of Fremantle?
Absolutely not to be missed. Opening 8 May!
Ocean with David Attenborough: Film Review - 10/10 - Fremantle Shipping News
“This is the story of our ocean and how we must write its next chapter together. For if we save the sea, we save our world. After a lifetime of filming our planet, I’m sure that nothing is more import...
fremantleshippingnews.com.au
May 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Absolutely not to be missed. Opening 8 May!