Shipping and Offshore

A Woodside rig in the North West Shelf off Western Australia
Gas

ADNOC unit snaps up Shell's stake in Australian LNG project for $1.45b

Reuters
Wooyang Venus in Newcastle
Bulkers

Australian authorities ban vessel over repeatedly falsifying records

Jens Karsten
Platform at the Greater Sunrise field off Timor-Leste
Gas

Woodside agrees to exit stalled East Timor gas project in $200m deal

Reuters
Spirit of Tasmania IV arriving in Devonport
Ro-Pax

Australian operator TT-Line reports $508m loss after ferry and terminal write-downs

Gareth Havelock
Cape Don
Other Workboats

NSW Maritime seizes historic Australian lighthouse tender for disposal

Alan Bosworth
A Woodside rig in the North West Shelf off Western Australia
Drilling & Production

Woodside trims output forecast even as oil rally fuels revenue leap

Reuters
Offshore wind turbines
Offshore Wind

New Zealand opens first offshore wind feasibility permit round for Taranaki and South Auckland

Gareth Havelock
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
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