Wood wins in the west
THE PERTH office of UK-based energy engineering company John Wood Group has won a two-year contract extension worth up to $100 million with Woodside on the North West Shelf. The...
Grimaldi to launch China-Australia ro-ro service
NAPLES-based global ro-ro, PCTC and ferry operator Grimaldi is to inaugurate a monthly China-Australia service within a fortnight. The company has allocated three ships to the new...
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Alarming report reveals seafarer exhaustion
THE profusion of on-board alarms has had a reverse impact on safety at sea, according to Lloyd's Register, with a study examining myriad marine incident investigations. LR says...
Carnival rejects MUA push
CARNIVAL Australia has stridently dismissed a campaign by unions led by the MUA to force the cruise giant to employ local crews. The MUA has been joined its campaign — which has...
Japanese complete investment in Australian rail services provider
ALL regulatory and financial hurdles have been crossed in the transformation of UGL Transport into a joint venture between previous owner CIMIC Group and new investor Sojitz...
Go-slow for Spirits
TT LINE has been trialling slower Bass Strait crossings by Spirit of Tasmania ferries, positioning the experiment as a move to reduce emissions - although Tasmanian Labor claims...
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New ferry on manoeuvres
INCAT Tasmania’s pride and joy, the world’s largest battery-electric ship, began formal trials on Friday [16 January] and these continued over the weekend in Hobart’s River...
Cargill looks to a greener future
GLOBAL agricultural commodities giant Cargill has taken delivery of a chartered newbuild bulk carrier operating on green methanol, which will load on its first commercial voyage...
Piracy and marine robbery up in 2025
INCIDENTS of piracy and armed robbery rose globally in 2025 but most cases were classified as low-level. According to the International Chamber of Commerce’s International...
Australian agency charters cruise ship for two years
MY CRUISES, a specialist agency that’s part of the Flight Centre Travel Group, has taken on charter a small cruise ship for back-to-back round-the-world voyages expected to last a...
Singapore expands LNG bunkering
SINGAPORE’s Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has opened applications for additional licences to supply liquefied natural gas as a marine fuel in the port. The move comes...
Blankings pick up as Lunar New Year approaches
CARRIERS in the China-Australia trade have announced several blanked voyages for coming weeks, despite earlier expectations of a steady cargo flow up to and beyond the Lunar New...
Picton ferry terminal redevelopment underway
IN WHAT Port Marlborough describes as a decisive transition from planning to delivery, work has begun on transforming Picton’s ferry terminal for use by new KiwiRail/Interislander...
Is OOCL a harbinger?
UNAUDITED results for OOCL for Q4 and full-year 2025, released by parent Orient Overseas (International) Holdings Ltd in Hong Kong on Friday night, may be a sign of things to come...
Ferry frustrations hit Cook Strait again
JUST days after one of StraitNZ’s Bluebridge Cook Strait ro-paxes was obliged to return to port, stranding passengers and freight thanks to a stern ramp failure, the fleetmate has...
