Melbourne container trade drops in October
CONTAINER volumes decreased at Port of Melbourne in October 2023, down 4.7% on the same month last year. Total container throughput for October 2023 came to 281,741 TEU. Full...
Protesters target Zim again, disrupt operations at Botany
PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters disrupted operations at Port Botany on Tuesday night (21 November). About 400 demonstrators gathered at the port to attempt to block the arrival of...
Five arrested over air-cargo cocaine haul
SOUTH African police have arrested five men allegedly responsible for loading 100 kilograms of cocaine into the cargo hold of an aircraft bound for Sydney. The Australian Federal...
Tobacco smugglers convicted in Adelaide
AN ADELAIDE court has fined two men found guilty of importing almost one tonne of illicit tobacco into Australia. A large portion of it was smuggled in a shipping container. The...
Stolt Tankers orders six newbuilds
STOLT Tankers has ordered six new 38,000 DWT tankers from China’s Wuhu Shipyard, with an option for six more newbuilds in the future. Stolt Tankers, a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen,...
Ships divert after Galaxy Leader hijacking; Houthis release footage of seizure
TWO vessels diverted their course in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden after the cargo ship Galaxy Leader (IMO 9237307) was hijacked by Yemen’s Houthis. The Houthis – a militia with...
ITF inspection campaign targets SA, Victoria and Tassie
THE INTERNATIONAL Transport Workers’ Federation has re-launched its Nowhere to Hide vessel inspection campaign in ports across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. The campaign...
Mission to Seafarers centre opens in Port Walcott
MISSION to Seafarers has opened a new centre at Port Walcott in the Pilbara. Port Walcott is the location of Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert wharf iron ore loading facility. Rio Tinto’s...
ICS and bunker industry propose simplified global GHG fuel standard
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping and the International Bunker Industry Association have submitted a joint proposal to the International Maritime Organization for a global GHG...
Cocaine bust on cargo ship in Melbourne
AUTHORITIES have seized 154 kilograms of cocaine from inside the hull of a cargo ship in Melbourne. This is the second seizure of its kind in recent months; authorities announced...
Aussie company designs new ferry for Guadeloupe
AUSTRALIAN company Incat Crowther has designed a new passenger ferry to Guadeloupe-based operator CTM Deher. Incat Crowther designed the 36-metre ferry Miss Outre-Mer using its...
IMO and ILO hold first Work at Sea joint conference
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization and the International Labour Organization held their first joint Conference on Work at Sea last week. The IMO and ILO met on 13 November at...
Cargo ship hijacked in Red Sea
A YEMENI militia with connections to Iran has hijacked a ship transiting the Red Sea. Ro-ro vessel Galaxy Leader (IMO 9237307) was sailing from Türkiye to India when members of...
Man lands 18-year sentence over meth in "suspicious" container
A MAN has been sentenced to 18-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for attempting to import 154 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia in a shipping container. Authorities seized...
Energy efficiency measures can reduce underwater noise: report
MOST energy efficiency measures prescribed to the shipping industry can also reduce underwater noise, research from the University of Southampton has found. The new study...
