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Devonport’s new $16 million Spirit of Tasmania ferry passenger terminal is to be built by a local contractor. VOS Construction and Joinery will build the timber terminal in time to have it open for the first sailing of the new […]
In a shipyard in Dundee, Scotland, in 1876, the SY Aurora began life seemingly destinated for a career as an Arctic whaler. It ended in mystery four decades later somewhere on the open waters in the South Pacific, only a
A seasonal late-night ferry service will run between Freemantle and Rottnest Island/Wadjemup at the end of this month, the WA Government says. The news comes as the Crown Princess sailed into Fremantle Harbour to mark the start of the WA
With 30 years’ experience of fighting fires to her name, Jenny Bonser is now on her way to the frozen south of Antarctica. Formerly the Director of Operational Services for South Australia Police, she is taking up her duties as
Coastal residents around the world are relocating inland away from coastlines as sea levels rise, a new international study shows. But the poorest regions are forced to stay where they are or move closer to the rising sea, it adds.
US defence firm Anduril is to help Australia build a $1.7 billion fleet of robot submarines for the Navy. The deal was signed amid continuing doubt over US President Donald Trump’s commitment to the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal with the
Piggybacking remains a popular method for overseas criminal gangs smuggling drugs into Australia by secretly hiding them in shipments. The warning came after Border Force officers seized 900kg of Speed in Port Botany, Sydney, last week. The drugs had been
An engine failure in a bulk carrier just north of Newcastle, NSW, is under investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). The bureau says the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier, Basic Victory, lost its main engine about 33km north of Newcastle
The new Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry has arrived at Western Australia after a six-week journey from Scotland. The 212-metre 48,000-tonne vessel departed Leith in Scotland on June 30 on its 14,857 nautical mile voyage to Hobart. Spirit IV sailed
The Queensland Government is to push for higher commercial and personal catch limits for Spanish mackerel by the end of the year. The move follows a new stock assessment that the population is “now likely” to have doubled since a
