A Spirit of Tasmania ferry has been forced to turn around due to a medical emergency, the ship's operator has confirmed. Tess Kelly is a journalist at The Advocate. Story tips and goss can be sent to ...

Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions held a keel laying ceremony of Spirit of Tasmania IV, a car and passenger ferry being built for the Tasmanian TT-Line Company. TT-Line, which operates ...

A routine update about the ships project on Friday revealed the works. “The Spirit of Tasmania recovery team is delivering upgraded hull specifications for Spirit IV to further prepare for rare or ...

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the interim berth would need two additional bollards for the ship ...

Having both been completed, the two new Spirit of Tasmania vessels now need to meet new hull specifications due to issues with fenders at the wharf in Devonport. The full nature and cost of the works ...

Of all the States, Tasmania is most enmeshed in the Southern Ocean storm track. It’s a key boundary for both Victoria’s and NSW’s swell windows – a kind of fulcrum around which SW swells will ...

A half-billion-dollar ferry needs hull upgrades before even starting service, but officials insist the works are just “extra precautions”. A routine update about the ships project on Friday revealed ...