Annual Christmas hamper drive for seafarers kicks off at Port Botany
The annual event, now in its fourth year, aims to get 2000 Christmas hampers to seafarers over the coming months. It was started by Sydney marine pilot Michael Kelly
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Author: Ian Ackerman
Container throughput at Brisbane down in October
The Sunshine State’s main container terminal saw a slowdown in containerised throughput last month
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The week in bulk: Capesize market a mixed bag, Panamax market rebounds
Last week’s market report on global bulk sea freight markets from the Baltic Exchange
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AMOU weighs in on Brisbane pilotage change
The union pointed out several conflicts of interest in MSQ’s decision to award the Brisbane pilotage contract to a new entrant
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Container detention fees the result of port delays: CTAA
Container detention fees that shipping lines charge for late return of containers are the result of congested ports, the Container Transport Alliance Australia says
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Melbourne sees October slowdown in container volumes
Victoria’s container port saw a decrease in container throughput last month
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Svitzer to convert London tugs to operate on biofuel
The towage subsidiary of Maersk is converting its fleet in London and Medway to run on the more eco-friendly fuel
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ACFS Port Logistics hit with cyberattack
The container logistics business has continued operating as its IT systems are restored, the company is expected to be fully online this evening
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Maersk nixes Napier on OC1 service
Instead of calling Napier, the service is to call at Port Chalmers in an effort to “protect schedule reliability”, the company said
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No correlation between reliability and freight rates: analysis
An analysis from Sea-Intelligence found no link between shipping schedule reliability and freight rates in its study of seven pairs of ports
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