Northern Territory

VESSEL REVIEW | Deutrom – Versatile response RIB for Australia’s Northern Territory Police

Deutrom, a new patrol boat acquired by Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services

Australia’s Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services recently took delivery of a new fast patrol RIB designed by Southerly Designs. Deutrom was purpose designed, built, and equipped for police operations requiring very high speed and the ability to carry multiple personnel. Registered to category 2C survey, the vessel will operate within coastal areas of […]

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Australia’s Northern Territory Police acquires patrol RIB

Deutrom, a new fast patrol boat delivered to Northern Territory Police Fire and Emergency Services

Australia’s Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services recently took delivery of a new fast patrol boat built by Western Australia-based Dongara Marine. Deutrom was purpose designed, built, and equipped for police operations requiring very high speed and the ability to carry multiple...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/ribs-and-rhibs/australias-northern-territory-police-acquires-patrol-rib/

COLUMN | Court reports – Isabel dos Santos versus Angola; Santos of Australia versus Tiwi Island activists [Offshore Accounts]

We’ve said it before and we will say it again; if you want to meet the movers and the shakers of the offshore industry, you don’t need to pay big bucks to attend an expensive conference. Instead, you simply have to go to the public gallery in court, and watch them battle over millions of […]

The...

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Shipping Australia calls for urgent action by Minister Catherine King to relieve Kimberley food crisis

Pictured: a screengrab of empty shelves in Kununnurra, a remote town in regional Australia that has been cut off by the freight network. Rural towns are running out of food, fuel and other essentials. Screengrab froman ABC news report.

Shipping Australia has been watching the unfolding – and wholly avoidable – crisis in north west Australia with mounting concern.

Today, 8 March 2023, on local radio and in the Senate, Bridget McKenzie made an impassioned call for Minister Catherine King, the...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-australia-calls-for-urgent-action-by-minister-catherine-king-to-relieve-kimberley-food-crisis/

Indonesian vessel seized for illegal fishing in Australian waters

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), in partnership with Maritime Border Command (MBC), has apprehended an illegal foreign fishing vessel in Australian w ..

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Australian seafood body, researchers to conduct sawfish tagging voyage off Northern Territory

Australia’s Northern Territory Seafood Council (NTSC) will conduct a scientific voyage on board a commercial barramundi fishing vessel that will depart Darwin later ..

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Darwin Port appoints Peter Dummett as CEO

Pictured: Peter Dummett. Photo supplied: Landbridge.

By Landbridge Australia

Landbridge Australia has announced the appointment of Peter Dummett as Darwin Port’s CEO. Peter has been acting as the port’s CEO for the past three months and will now continue to be responsible for the overall operations and management of the port.

Peter joined Darwin Port Corporation in 2011 as General Manager Port Development and has continued in that role since the leasing of the Port by Landbridge in 2015.

Non-Executi...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/darwin-port-appoints-peter-dummett-as-ceo/

OPINION | Australia must do more to secure the cables that connect the Indo-Pacific

In January, the UK’s defence chief, Tony Radakin, warned that Russian submarine and underwater activities were directly threatening subsea cable systems. There’s spe ..

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OPINION | Australia and Japan should lead the way in maritime law enforcement training

During the recent visit by Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles to Japan, the nations vowed to strengthen the interoperability of their armed forces amid shared con ..

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Swire Shipping to launch new Singapore-NW Australia direct service

Graphic: Swire Shipping

Swire Shipping will operate a new North West Australia direct service (NWD) from June 2021, offering customers a direct connection between Singapore and North West Australia. The new service is made up of two loops: the first loop will serve Singapore, Darwin, Port Hedland and operate with a transit time of 12 days from Singapore to Port Hedland; the second loop will operate from Singapore to Dampier, with a transit time of nine days.

“The direct connections will enable...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/swire-shipping-to-launch-new-singapore-nw-australia-direct-service/

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