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The new ferry wharf at La Perouse.

These $78m Sydney wharves opened without ferries. Now there’s a second chance

More than a year after these piers opened at four times the original forecast cost, plans for ferry services between them in Botany Bay remain unfulfilled.

  • Matt O'Sullivan

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A man allegedly threatening staff aboard the Spirit of Tasmania.

Erratic, threatening passenger forces Spirit of Tasmania to return to Devonport

The ship was just 50 metres into its voyage from Devonport to Geelong when a Tasmanian man allegedly threatened passengers. 

  • Angus Delaney
Nome, population 3700, is accessible only by plane outside a few months when boats can pass through.

This quiet, frozen frontier town is now key to Trump’s global ambitions

Nome, population 3700, is accessible only by plane, apart from a few months when boats can pass through. But it will be the home of the nation’s only deepwater Arctic port.

  • Anna Griffin
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Transport companies given fine-free time as AI powers inner-west truck ban

Melbourne’s freight task has dramatically changed from when the West Gate Tunnel was first proposed.

  • Chip Le Grand
Roger Kyle has been fighting to save one of the last two remaining RiverCat ferries for the past year. One of them, the Dawn Fraser, passes in the background.

Sydney water rat’s bid to buy one of last RiverCat ferries torpedoed

The owner of a large boat shed on Parramatta River has been fighting for the past year to retain a piece of the city’s maritime history.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Queensland Finance Minister Ros Bates speaks to media after the Crisafulli cabinet’s swearing in last November.

Minister shifts board pick into plum new role after conflict concerns

Finance Minister Ros Bates says issues around a previous port board appointee’s interest in adjacent land means he will now chair a state-owned energy company.

  • Matt Dennien
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The ferry wharves at Circular Quay were largely built in the 1940s.

Why large Manly ferries will disappear from busy route for six weeks

Critical repairs will be carried out on Circular Quay’s wharf two, which was purpose-built for the large ferries, to extend its working life and improve safety.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The Collaroy berthed beside the Narrabeen at Cockatoo Island on Thursday.

‘Stop procrastinating’: Large Manly ferry languishes two years after it was retired

Amid challenges finding a buyer, the state government is facing calls to return the well-known ferry to Sydney’s busiest harbour route.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Hutchison’s 96-year-old multi-billionaire founder Li Ka-shing.

Was Li Ka-shing pushed to sell Panama ports, or did he jump?

Trump sees the sale of CK Hutchison’s ports as a victory, China sees it as coercion. For the 96-year-old Hong Kong billionaire, it might just be a good opportunity.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
A refuge for weary travellers, the Flying Angel Club sits opposite Victoria Quay. Club chairman Ross Storer and operations manager Hilme Khamassi

Fremantle’s seafarer sanctuary seeks clarity over port move

A state government push to move Fremantle Port’s container operations to Kwinana has sparked concern for seafarer welfare.

  • Claire Ottaviano