InCat safely evacuated
A SIGNIFICANT safety milestone has been completed at Incat Tasmania’s Hobart shipyard today, with the successful deployment of the Marine Evacuation System (MES) aboard Hull 096,...
Close Encounter of the MUA kind
THE MARITIME Union of Australia is maintaining its campaign against Carnival Cruise Lines in Australia, demanding the unionisation of the crews on Group ships operating in local...
Hapag-Lloyd stays in black in 2025, including Q4
HAPAG-Lloyd has reported preliminary figures showing its 2025 results were at the top of expectations but still below 2024’s outcomes. And the carrier, like its contemporaries,...
Bhagwan expands again with Brisbane buy
CENTURY-old Brisbane company Riverside Marine has been acquired by the expanding, WA-based Bhagwan Marine which describes the deal as “a step-change in scale and scope”. In an...
Flinders reaches out with new crane order
FLINDERS Adelaide Container Terminal is to take delivery of an Australian first, a cantilever automated rubber-tyred gantry, developed in conjunction with Austrian specialist...
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Floating pier on epic trek
A 100-METRE floating pier is on its way to Antarctica as it nears the end of a very length tow from Portland, Oregon for the US National Science Foundation. Named NSF Discovery...
Hoegh training in New Zealand
AUCKLAND Transport late last week took delivery of the 23rd and final three-carriage unit in its City Rail expansion, delivered by the Höegh Autoliners PCTC Höegh Osaka. Built by...
VICT set for another quarter-century
VICTORIA International Container Terminal has extended the lease of its Webb Dock East automated facility from the Port of Melbourne for a further 26 years, taking its occupancy...
Tough market for old Spirit sales
TT LINE has reported “some interest” from potential buyers of existing vessels Spirit of Tasmania I and II but faces a competitive market, with other similar vessels available for...
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Maersk: Strong year but fourth quarter pain
MAERSK LINE has joined Ocean Network Express in recording a quarterly loss but that failed to undermine a solid result for 2025 for the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. Q4 While the...
Wrecked ferry washed off rocks
THE WILDLIFE excursion vessel that grounded on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula on Saturday [31 January] has been washed off the rocks by heavy swells. Catamaran Black Cat ran ashore...
Seismic activity detected in northern Australian waters
NORWAY’s Shearwater Geoservices AS has been awarded a 3D seismic acquisition contract by Eni Timor 22-23 BV, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni, in the Timor Sea. The...
Lyttelton’s strong half, new Tauranga director
SHRUGGING off the effects of late-2025 industrial disruption, Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) has turned in record half-year results, with revenue, profit, and earnings all reaching...
Red Sea return for Maersk, Hapag but still risky business
THE CONUNDRUM container lines face in resuming transits through the Suez Canal and Red Sea has been highlighted today in stark fashion. Overnight Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced...
MSC’s Eagle has lift off
THE MOST serious challenge in many a decade to the status quo in the Australia/New Zealand-Americas trade has formally launched with the first sailing of MSC’s Eagle service from...
