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Spirit of Tasmania operator to get $506m government bailout amid bungled ferry rollout
By Monty Jacka

The announcement comes as TT-Line continues to wrestle with the financial fallout from its bungled delivery of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/tas-spirit-of-tasmania-government-bailout/106683378

#MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MontyJacka

Spirit of Tasmania operator to get $506m government bailout amid bungled ferry rollout
By Monty Jacka

The announcement comes as TT-Line continues to wrestle with the financial fallout from its bungled delivery of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/tas-spirit-of-tasmania-government-bailout/106683378

#MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MontyJacka

Spirit of Tasmania operator to get $506m government bailout amid bungled ferry rollout
By Monty Jacka

The announcement comes as TT-Line continues to wrestle with the financial fallout from its bungled delivery of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/tas-spirit-of-tasmania-government-bailout/106683378

#MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MontyJacka

Spirit of Tasmania operator to get $506m government bailout amid bungled ferry rollout
By Monty Jacka

The announcement comes as TT-Line continues to wrestle with the financial fallout from its bungled delivery of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/tas-spirit-of-tasmania-government-bailout/106683378

#MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MontyJacka

Spirit of Tasmania operator to get $506m government bailout amid bungled ferry rollout
By Monty Jacka

The announcement comes as TT-Line continues to wrestle with the financial fallout from its bungled delivery of the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-15/tas-spirit-of-tasmania-government-bailout/106683378

#MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #MontyJacka

Ship owner ordered to pay after 2022 crash sinks tugboats
By Sandy Powell

A shipping company's attempt to avoid paying millions of dollars to Tasmania's port authority over the sinking of two tugboats in Devonport has been overturned by Australia's High Court.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/goliath-v-tug-boats-liability-high-court-decision/106673794

#MarineIncidents #Courts #MarineTransportIndustry #Environment #SandyPowell

Bungled Spirits ferry replacement project cost $717m more than forecast
By Jano Gibson

The Spirit of Tasmania ferry replacement program has cost $717 million more than was forecast in the original business case, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/tas-tt-line-spirit-of-tasmania-bailout-and-budget/106669074

#MarineTransportIndustry #TravelandTourism #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JanoGibson

Australian company Heytesbury buys mega fleet of 11 live export ships
By Matt Brann

Owned by the Holmes à Court family, Heytesbury runs 165,000 head of cattle in northern Australia and has just struck a deal with Vroon to buy its ships.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/heytesbury-buys-11-live-export-ships-deal-with-vroon/106669766

#BeefCattleFeedlots #MarineTransportIndustry #MattBrann

Australian company Heytesbury buys mega fleet of 11 live export ships
By Matt Brann

Owned by the Holmes à Court family, Heytesbury runs 165,000 head of cattle in northern Australia and has just struck a deal with Vroon to buy its ships.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/heytesbury-buys-11-live-export-ships-deal-with-vroon/106669766

#BeefCattleFeedlots #MarineTransportIndustry #MattBrann

Bungled Spirits ferry replacement project cost $717m more than forecast
By Jano Gibson

The Spirit of Tasmania ferry replacement program has cost $717 million more than was forecast in the original business case, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-12/tas-tt-line-spirit-of-tasmania-bailout-and-budget/106669074

#MarineTransportIndustry #TravelandTourism #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JanoGibson

Icebreaker's costly refuelling detour could take years to fix
By Jano Gibson

A costly refuelling saga affecting Australia's Antarctic icebreaker might not be resolved for another three years under most options, internal government documents reveal.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/nuyina-refuelling-detour-could-take-years-to-fix/106658706

#AntarcticResearch #MarineTransportIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JanoGibson

We asked the IRGC for their Strait of Hormuz rules and they emailed us back
By Emily Clark and Tavleen Singh

Amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, the IRGC has launched a maritime authority for the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says ships need to email their application for passage. So, we sent them a request.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority-for-ships-to-cross/106652970

#WorldPolitics #OilandGas #Trade #MarineTransportIndustry #War #UnrestConflictandWar #EmilyClark #TavleenSingh

We asked the IRGC for their Strait of Hormuz rules and they emailed us back
By Emily Clark and Tavleen Singh

Amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, the IRGC has launched a maritime authority for the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says ships need to email their application for passage. So, we sent them a request.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority-for-ships-to-cross/106652970

#WorldPolitics #OilandGas #Trade #MarineTransportIndustry #War #UnrestConflictandWar #EmilyClark #TavleenSingh

We asked the IRGC for their Strait of Hormuz rules and they emailed us back
By Emily Clark and Tavleen Singh

Amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, the IRGC has launched a maritime authority for the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says ships need to email their application for passage. So, we sent them a request.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority-for-ships-to-cross/106652970

#WorldPolitics #OilandGas #Trade #MarineTransportIndustry #War #UnrestConflictandWar #EmilyClark #TavleenSingh

We asked the IRGC for their Strait of Hormuz rules and they emailed us back
By Emily Clark and Tavleen Singh

Amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, the IRGC has launched a maritime authority for the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says ships need to email their application for passage. So, we sent them a request.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority-for-ships-to-cross/106652970

#WorldPolitics #OilandGas #Trade #MarineTransportIndustry #War #UnrestConflictandWar #EmilyClark #TavleenSingh

We asked the IRGC for their Strait of Hormuz rules and they emailed us back
By Emily Clark and Tavleen Singh

Amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, the IRGC has launched a maritime authority for the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority says ships need to email their application for passage. So, we sent them a request.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-10/iran-strait-of-hormuz-authority-for-ships-to-cross/106652970

#WorldPolitics #OilandGas #Trade #MarineTransportIndustry #War #UnrestConflictandWar #EmilyClark #TavleenSingh

Chinese oil tanker hit in reportedly first attack since Hormuz crisis
By Xiaoning Mo

The chief engineer of a Chinese-owned oil tanker attacked near the Strait of Hormuz says it is "still unclear" who fired on the vessel.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/chinese-oil-tanker-attacked-in-strait-of-hormuz/106659160

#MarineIncidents #OilandGas #MarineTransportIndustry #UnrestConflictandWar #XiaoningMo