Cargo ship stranded in worsening weather off Victorian coast

Cargo ship stranded in worsening weather off Victorian coast

Two tugboats have been damaged trying to rescue Japanese ship Kariyushi Leader,which lost steering about 100 kilometres south of Phillip Island as fierce winds buffeted Victoria.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andPatrick Hatch

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Traffic jam at Panama Canal as drought lowers water level

Traffic jam at Panama Canal as drought lowers water level

Authorities of the Panama Canal expect income from the waterway to drop after they were forced to limit the number of ships passing through it.

  • byElida Moreno
Freighter ship loaded with cars burns off Dutch coast

Freighter ship loaded with cars burns off Dutch coast

Smoke billowing from the Fremantle Highway eased enough to allow tugboats to move in,Dutch authorities said.

Trade winds:Shipping is turning back to sails after a century

Trade winds:Shipping is turning back to sails after a century

The world is locked in debate over the cost of cutting maritime emissions. A few key players are quietly showing how an ancient technology can do it for free.

  • byNick O'Malley
Garden Island ‘best site’ for cruise terminal after Yarra Bay scuttled

Garden Island ‘best site’ for cruise terminal after Yarra Bay scuttled

A decision to rule out constructing a cruise-ship terminal at Yarra Bay puts the naval base at Garden Island back on the agenda as a potential site.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career

You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career

There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.

  • bySue White
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Long saga of abandoned ship’s skeleton crew finally ends
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Long saga of abandoned ship’s skeleton crew finally ends

After being abandoned at sea for six months,with just a single pleasure each day,the remaining seafarers will finally leave Portland Bay and return to their families in the Philippines.

  • byTony Wright
What guns,ships and chips say about the global economy

What guns,ships and chips say about the global economy

Shortages in shipping containers and artillery shells tell us something disturbing about modern economies:They aren’t nearly as flexible as people had thought.

  • byPaul Krugman
‘There was an almighty noise’:New Manly ferry suffers catastrophic engine failure

‘There was an almighty noise’:New Manly ferry suffers catastrophic engine failure

The Clontarf ferry will be out of service for weeks because the engine will now have to be replaced after the incident on Sydney Harbour.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Cargo ship carrying 22 crew sinks off Japan,two rescued crew members die
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Cargo ship carrying 22 crew sinks off Japan,two rescued crew members die

Two crew members from 14 rescued from a cargo ship that sank of southwestern Japan early on Wednesday have died,the coast guard said.

  • byKim Tong-Hyung andMari Yamaguchi
Unpaid seafarers rescued after months stuck on abandoned cattle ship

Unpaid seafarers rescued after months stuck on abandoned cattle ship

When the 19 Filipino workers were taken off the ship,stranded in Victoria’s Portland Bay,they didn’t even have enough money between them for a coffee.

  • byTony Wright