Shipping and Offshore

Concept render of Scarborough FPU
FPOs/FPSOs

Greenpeace activists invade Woodside offshore platform in Australia, halting operations

Reuters
Map of Bonaparte CCS project
Other Renewables

Australia greenlights undersea carbon deposit for Inpex gas operations

Reuters
The Wheatstone LNG Plant at Ashburton North, Western Australia
Gas

JERA seizes majority control in Australia's Wheatstone LNG consortium

Reuters
Austal USA's Mobile shipyard
Shipbuilding

South Korea's Hanwha given more time to make formal offer for Austal USA

Reuters
Port of Port Hedland, Western Australia
Dredging

Jan de Nul begins bypass channel dredging at Port Hedland, Western Australia

Gareth Havelock
The Kiwirail-operated ferry Valentine
Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels

NZ reduces energy-efficiency paperwork for domestic vessels

Ausmarine
Mineral Europa
Bulkers

CMB Tech ammonia-powered bulker completes sea trials ahead of first Australia voyage

Alan Bosworth
Osprey
Research, Environment & Training

VESSEL REVIEW | Osprey – Catamaran vessel to take on nearshore and offshore marine research on US East Coast

Baird Maritime
Artist's impression of the Te Awaparahi Bay port expansion project
Ports & Terminals

New Zealand’s Lyttelton Port reports 19 per cent jump in FY2026 gross profit

Gareth Havelock
Offshore Otway Project map
Gas

Amplitude commits up to $146m to unlock Australia's Otway Basin gas

Reuters
Greenpeace protester on the New Zealand Government-owned research vessel Tangaroa. Five of the group's activists boarded the vessel without authorisation on September 26, 2026, to protest its use for seabed mineral surveys off New Zealand.
Research, Environment & Training

Attention-seeking environmental activists occupy research vessel following mineral survey off New Zealand

Rafael Sanches
Salmon farm in Tasmania
Fishing & Aquaculture

Australian Government releases "sustainable ocean plan" with eight priorities

Gareth Havelock
Klaveness celebrates caustic/bulk carrier Baltazar naming at Port of Fremantle
Bulkers

Klaveness celebrates caustic/bulk carrier Baltazar naming at Port of Fremantle

Andrew Baird
Ichthys LNG plant, Australia
Gas

Inpex swoops in with pre-emptive bid to block MidOcean from Ichthys LNG stake

Reuters
A Saildrone USV
Unmanned Survey & Research

Australian science organisation deploys USVs for five-year Southern Ocean monitoring mission

Jens Karsten
Map of Liberia
Exploration & Development

Australian exploration firm enters deepwater Liberia

Alan Bosworth
Musangu II
Pilotage

PNG Ports to receive new pilot boat

Jens Karsten
Cape Falcon
Accidents

Cargo ship runs aground during anchoring attempt near Australia's Gladstone Port

Jens Karsten
Map of Browse gas field, Australia
Gas

Osaka Gas scoops up BP stake in Australian offshore gas project

Reuters
Baltazar
Bulkers

Klaveness Combination Carriers christens newest caustic soda carrier

Jens Karsten
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