Shipping and Offshore

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
Launch of Carpentaria Marine Services' offshore support catamaran Strait Shooter II
Offshore Support & Maintenance

Carpentaria Marine Services' new catamaran OSV hits the water

Jens Karsten
Grande Italia
PCC/PCTC

Grimaldi prepares 4,600-vehicle Grande Italia for sale and Australian registration

Alan Bosworth
Port of Port Hedland, Western Australia
Ports & Terminals

BHP Port Hedland workers to seek arbitration over wage deal dispute

Reuters
Ksi Lisims LNG
Gas

Santos signs two separate LNG agreements with POSCO Steel and Western LNG

Reuters
Jim Murphy, Managing Director of AWA Marine
Work Boat World

OBITUARY | Jim Murphy, Managing Director of AWA Marine and former seafarer

Jens Karsten
Samsung Heavy Industries' shipyard in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province
Gas

Samsung Heavy wins $1.2b order for four oversized LNG carriers and two tankers

Alan Bosworth
COLUMN | Arrested development: Mexican-connected ships in the firing line for arrest and detention [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Arrested development: Mexican-connected ships in the firing line for arrest and detention [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Chevron generic
Exploration & Development

Chevron eyes Argentina, Mediterranean for global LNG growth, deal with India

Reuters
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