The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has fined a “hire and drive” operator $3,756 for chartering a domestic commercial vessel (DCV) on Sydney Harbour without the required classification. The vessel was chartered out as a class 2 (non-passenger) vessel, with a skipper, when it only held...
A luxury cruise ship slated for a Swiss operator completes is final series of sea trials while construction continues on the fifth ship in a series ordered by a US cruise company. Orders have meanwhile been placed for sea-going and river cruise ships and a catamaran that will sail on excursions in...
New Zealand ferry operator Interislander has confirmed that a steering failure had caused the Ro-Pax vessel Aratere to run aground near Picton on South Island late last week. This failure caused the ferry to gradually divert from its intended course and head into the side of a cliff shortly after...
A Ro-Pax ferry operating between New Zealand’s North and South Islands ran aground shortly after it departed on a scheduled voyage in the late evening (local time) of Friday, June 21. Aratere, a ferry belonging to the fleet of government-owned company Interislander, struck the side of a cliff...
Australian eco-tourism company The Tour Collective has placed an order for a new catamaran vessel for operation in the waters of Moreton Bay Marine Park in Queensland. The highly-customised vessel will measure 22 metres long and will have seating for up to 196 passengers plus five crewmembers. The...
Carnival Corporation has confirmed that the P&O Cruises Australia brand will be absorbed by Carnival Cruise Line in March 2025. This change is the latest in a series of strategic moves designed by Carnival Corporation to increase guest capacity for Carnival Cruise Line, the company’s flagship...
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has published an outline of safety lessons learned from an incident wherein a domestic commercial vessel suffered an onboard fire caused by a thermal runaway event involving a lithium-ion battery system. Overview An explosion occurred on a charter fishing vessel whilst berthed. The investigation identified that the ignition source […]
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Lloyd’s Register and Queensland, Australia-based vessel design firm Seatransport have entered into an agreement for collaboration in equipping vessels with micro-modular reactors (MMRs). Under this approval in principle (AIP), both parties will equip an MMR on Seatransport’s proprietary amphibious stern landing vessel design, which is ideally suited for isolated nations and remote communities. Seatransport said […]
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TT-Line Company, a government-owned ferry operating company in the Australian state of Tasmania, has renegotiated an existing contract with a Finnish shipbuilder for the construction and delivery of two new replacement ferries to be deployed on Bass Strait. Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff revealed that TT-Line’s fixed-price contract with Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has been renegotiated, […]
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A cruise ship operated by P&O Cruises Australia successfully rescued three stranded sailors after a mayday call off New Caledonia on Saturday, May 4. Approximately 3,000 guests were onboard Pacific Encounter when its crew received the call to help. The ship then immediately diverted its voyage to...