NQBP announces Community Fund recipients
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has announced 13 recipients of the 2025-2026 Community Fund. Organisations across NQBP’s port communities are to share $100,000 for this...
Contract for design awarded for Norfolk Island Pier upgrade
NORFOLK Island’s Cascade Pier upgrade has reached the design phase, with Consult Marine contracted to deliver the next stage of the federal government’s $10 million project. The...
New era dawns for Timor-Leste LNG plant
GLOBAL energy giant Woodside Energy and the Timor-Leste government have agreed on a potential start date to carry out studies on the production of liquified natural gas (LNG) from...
Transport and maritime insurers eye merger
A MERGER has been proposed between maritime insurer UK P&I Club and risk management firm TT Club. The mutual insurers sought to combine transport and maritime expertise after...
Mining boom to boost port prosperity
A NEW mining boom in Queensland is on the horizon as three major projects in Central Queensland are set to deliver long-term business for ports and coal terminals. Two coal mines...
Wyndham Port resumes shipping as cyclone danger passes
KIMBERLEY Ports Authority (KPA) has declared all its ports ‘safe’ as Tropical Cyclone Fina continued to downgrade. The system has since downgraded to category one as it continued...
ATSB to investigate serious incident at Brisbane Port
A SERIOUS incident involving four ships breaking from their berths at the Port of Brisbane earlier this week has prompted an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety...
Livestock vessel at centre of cocaine importation arrests
AUTHORITIES have seized more than half a tonne of cocaine from an international livestock vessel off Western Australia, with four men arrested and charged over the alleged...
Beef exports goood! Lamb exports baaaad!
AUSTRALIAN beef exports have totalled 1.27 million tonnes, the largest year to date volume on record and 15% higher than 2024, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures...
Darwin Port reopened, Kimberley Ports on high alert
DARWIN Port has reopened and is fully operational after a shutdown that lasted about two-and-a-half days in the wake of Cyclone Fina. The port opened around lunchtime on Monday,...
Report shows AI and digitisation improve bottom line
A NATIONWIDE study of supply chain leaders has found 81% expect AI and digital innovation to reduce freight costs by at least 5% by 2030. The report, The Road Ahead: Unlocking the...
Pilbara exports up as Lumsden Point works continue
PILBARA Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 71.2 million tonnes for October 2025, a 14% increase compared with the same period last year. Port Hedland achieved a monthly...
Baltic Exchange launches new TCE earnings calculator
THE BALTIC Exchange has launched a new Time Charter Equivalent (TCE) earnings calculator aimed at dry bulk carriers, oil tankers, LNG and LPG carriers for predictive analysis. The...
Svitzer twin tugs star in new mini doco
TWO of Svitzer’s TRAnsverse tugs played a starring role in a new short documentary that showcased their capabilities. Filmed in Newcastle, Mega Machines – Svitzer Barrington and...
$2.5 billion for Cairncross Dockyard to supercharge defence
PLANS to revitalise Australia’s second largest shipyard in Brisbane’s Morningside are due to receive $2.5 billion under a ‘prescribed project’ announced by the Queensland state...
