Late in 1969 in Australian ports I was one of the many deck officers in the merchant navy in a vibrant shipping industry dominated by British ships.
Author: Stuart Ballantyne
Active naval architect and vessel operator, Stuart is your first port of call for musings on vessel design and operation, and is a staunch proponent of improved passenger vessel safety.
As one of the marine relics still alive and (reasonably) coherent from the USL Code days, I will summarise where we are at with the regulation of domestic commercial ..
Who could believe that 150 years ago, on the mighty Murray River, 2,000 bales of wool were carried on wooden barges with a steam engine driving paddle power equivalent to ..
Coming through a tricky section of waterway in the Moreton Bay Islands, the car ferry 'Seaway' came to a sudden silence as all engines died. This four-engined car ferry ..
During 1996 at a public meeting at Mt Cosby, the halting of dredging the Brisbane River was concluded.
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