Fremantle Shipping News

11/01/2025

Anything but an Oasis! Noel and Liam wouldn’t have minded a bit. See our Freo Today feature up now on the Shipping News. Link in profile.

11/01/2025

Anything but an Oasis!

Freo Today. 12 January 2025. Freo was humming last night. Folk everywhere. Especially along the Cappuccino Strip. Back a short distance, on Market Street, the High Street Mall was quiet. Pity it doesn’t have some after dark cafes too. But the 7 Eleven seems to do ok. And the National Hotel was buz...

11/01/2025

And now a Letter to the Editor!

Many readers, especially in the West End of Fremantle, will recall the controversial tavern proposal for 47 Pakenham Street that eventually died a death two and a half years ago when it was withdrawn by the proponent. At the time the West End inner city residents opposed what they believed would be....

11/01/2025

There’s a bit going on in Freo!

Freo Today. 11 January 2025. Not so long ago we reported on the progress of the latest iteration of the ‘Woolstores’ development in central Freo on the land bounded by Queen and Cantonment Streets and Elder Place. Well, as you can see, it’s coming along. Not to be confused with the redevelopme...

10/01/2025

Gallery of Regatta’s arrival in Freo!

Regatta, a smaller but very cute cruise ship, ended a 20 day cruise out of Sydney, via Bali, in Freo this morning. Here’s a nice gallery of her arrival. Photographs from North Mole by Jean Hudson, our Shipping Correspondent, and from South Mole by our Editor, Michael Barker Here’s the gallery fr...

10/01/2025

Freo Today. 10 January 2025. 7 years ago tomorrow was when we first featured Regatta on the then nearly 1 year old Fremantle Shipping News. Since then we seen her in Freo quite often. And she arrived again this morning just after 10 am to end a three week cruise that she commenced out of Sydney just...

10/01/2025

Our VIEW political podcast is back with the Prof. Welcome to 2025!

Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. What a year 2024 was. Welcome to 2025!. Today we review the two elections coming up – Federal and WA State. And then of course look at Trump and US politics. It’s going to be a BIG year… Martin Drum is the Execut...

09/01/2025

Don’t miss our story up now on Fremantle Shipping News ‘47 PAKENHAM Street Redux’. What do you think about the 13 apartment proposal with café? Link in profile.

09/01/2025

Can’t wait to bring all our Shipping News SUBSCRIBERS the great plans on the Woolstores redevelopment on Cantonment Street, Freo. SUBSCRIBE today and be up to date. Link in profile.

09/01/2025

Port Klang, did you say? Read on!

The Sydney Express, big container ship, recently in from Adelaide departed Fremantle this morning at 7 am for Port Klang, Malaysia. Our Shipping Correspondent Jean Hudson, camera in hand, was at Fremantle’s inner harbour to watch her leave. Here a few more of Jean’s great shots. And here is some...

08/01/2025

COSCO Genoa arrives

Freo Today. 9 January 2025. Here’s COSCO Genoa, a 261 metre long container ship, arriving in Fremantle’s inner harbour at 11.30 yesterday assisted by the Svitzer Redhead tug. Last port of call was Port Klang, Malaysia. That’s Walrus Ace, Vehicle Carrier in the background. Great snap by Jean Hu...

08/01/2025

Don’t miss out podcast with Grant Revell on his LOVING PLACE FREMANTLE project

The creative force behind the Loving Place Fremantle project, Grant Revell, has a wonderful background in town and regional planning and landscape design. Grant was taught by and influenced by the work of the pathfinding George Seddon, author of the seminal 1972 book, Sense of Place. Grant has recen...

07/01/2025

Don’t miss our fab Freo Today feature today, Nothing like Cold Dipping - South Beach! Up now on Shipping News. Link in profile.

07/01/2025

Nothing like Cold Nipping - at South Beach!

Freo Today. 8 January 2025. If you happened to take your ride, walk and dip at South Beach, South Fremantle, a little earlier this morning than you usually do, you will have come across this scene. Often there are yoga classes going on a little later in the mornings. But what was this crowd up to? C...

07/01/2025

Get ready. First cab off the rank. The KATE FOR FREMANTLE campaign.

It seems just the other day that we posted the news that a Voices4Fremantle group were actively seeking a Candidate or Candidates to run under the Voices banner in the upcoming State and a Federal general elections. Well, we have now learned that Voices have tapped Freo gal-about-town Kate Hulett of...

06/01/2025

So Freo?

Freo Today. 7 January 2025. You know you’re in Freo when you hear, then see, the train passing by loaded with shipping containers. Small kids, and big kids, just love the sight and the sound. So Freo?

06/01/2025

AIDAsol arrived in Freo this morning and leaves tonight. Don’t miss our story and arrival pics up now on the Shipping News. Link in bio.

06/01/2025

AIDAsol - Here this morning, gone tonight! Great story and gallery of arrival pics.

The AIDAsol is no stranger to Fremantle. She was here at pretty much the same time last year. And she returned this morning around 6 am once again flashing her big smile. AIDAsol is an attractive, quite large cruise ship. Mind you, on the popular ship tracking app Marine Traffic she’s now describe...