Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in China has laid the keel for a new mixed cargo vessel ordered by UAE-based P&O Maritime Logistics. Once completed, the 5,400DWT Fly Enterp ..
Papua New Guinea
COLUMN | Newcomers claim the glory? Guyana, Suriname and the other contenders [Offshore Accounts]
The surprising triumph of 18-year-old British tennis player Emma Raducanu in the US Open tournament last weekend shows that newcomers can overcome the odds and succeed. M ..
Queensland builder delivers PNG Ports’ newest pilot boat
Queensland, Australia-based boatbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons has delivered a new pilot boat to PNG Ports Corporation. Named Davage after a beach in Papua New Guinea, ..
Oceaneering wins integrity management services contract in Papua New Guinea
Houston-based Oceaneering announced that its Integrity Management and Digital Solutions (IMDS) division has won a new multi-year contract in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with a major operator. The contract is for a duration of three years plus two one-year extensions. The scope of work, which is already...
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Search continues for Bougainville health minister, five others following boat disappearance off north-east PNG
Papua New Guinea authorities have stated that efforts are ongoing to locate any trace of the six occupants of a small charter boat that disappeared in rough seas in the c ..
Australia, PNG ink MOU on port improvement cooperation
The governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop a framework for cooperation in PNG’s maritime ..
OPINION | How the US and Australia can be real partners in the Indo-Pacific grey zone
The United States rightly considers itself a “Pacific nation.” It has been engaged there almost since its founding—and the US west coast stretches to Guam. ..
Australia and Papua New Guinea sign MoU on maritime infrastructure investment
Yesterday, 30 June 2021, the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a Memorandum of Understanding in which a framework for cooperation in PNG’s maritime infrastructure sector was agreed. It is hoped that activities flowing-on from the MoU will lead to an investment programme of 1.1 billion PNG Kina (approximately AUD$418.8 million) in PNG.
The MoU outlines cooperation between the Australian...
VESSEL REVIEW | Rochus Lokinap – Second 39-metre patrol boat in series for PNG Defence Force
Austal Australia has delivered a new patrol boat to the Australian Department of Defence (DOD). The future HMPNGS Rochus Lokinap was then handed over to the Papua New Gui ..
VESSEL REVIEW | Siabo – First of three new pilot boats for PNG Ports Corporation
Australian boatbuilder Norman R. Wright and Sons has delivered a new pilot boat to Papua New Guinea port operator PNG Ports Corporation. Siabo is the first in a series of ..