NZ Media Council upholds ferry reporting complaint
A COMPLAINT lodged by New Zealand deputy PM and rail minister Winston Peters over a story on Cook Strait replacement ferry costs published by The Post has been upheld by the...
Tasports reassures King Islanders
TASPORTS has moved to assure King Island residents and shippers that the weekly service will continue uninterrupted when Bass Island Line’s (BIL) John Duigan is drydocked later...
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Underpaid crew sees another ship banned – corrected version
AMSA has issued a third ban in less than two months after another shipping company was found to have underpaid its crew, breaching the Maritime Labour Convention. On 23 April...
Feds announce rail, sea freight switch incentives
ACCOMPANYING today’s announcement of the truncation of the Inland Rail project and an extra $1.2 billion for rail network improvements the Federal Government revealed a new $55...
War-torn seafarers suffer happiness slump
THE FIRST QUARTER 2026 Seafarers Happiness Index (SHI) from The Mission to Seafarers has revealed a quarter of two halves, with an initial period of stabilisation abruptly...
Aurizon back Feds’ rail freight money
THE RAIL freight package offered by the federal government as a sweetener to its announcement of the truncation of Inland Rail has been welcomed by Aurizon. Minister for...
Down, down: Cosco halves quarterly profit, ONE in 92% FY crash
THE BAD news continues to ship out from container lines with the global number four reporting a weak Q1 2026 and the number six disclosing a giant drop in full-year profits. COSCO...
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Aratere grounding sees KiwiRail fined
WELLINGTON District Court has fined KiwiRail hundreds of thousands of dollars after the company pled guilty to charges laid by Maritime New Zealand over the 2024 grounding of...
ICTSI lifts and lifts
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, Inc, parent of Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal, has turned in a stellar first quarter with recurring net income up...
SAL Victoria lines up birdies
ENTRIES close this Thursday for the Shipping Australia Victoria 10th Annual Phil Kelly OAM Perpetual Golf Challenge, to be held at the Latrobe Golf Club the following Thursday, 14...
Number five is alive: newest Spirit arriVes in Melbourne
HAVING reached Geelong on Saturday and undertaken berthing trials at the TT Line terminal yesterday, the second of the new Bass Strait ro-paxes is now safely alongside Station...
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MSC lines up new rail options
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is riding the rails via a new inland network assembled during the last six months. The carrier claims it can deliver a faster, simpler, and more...
MtS Melbourne lunching in the Paddy Field
THE MISSION to Seafarers in Melbourne is holding its inaugural Seafarer Session on 28 May, the first in what will be a series of periodic lunches, featuring guest speakers and...
Crew member lost from tanker in Port Phillip
UPDATE: Victorian Water Police located the body of the missing crewmember in waters off Frankston at around 1430 this afternoon. VicPol says the male is yet to be formally...
Vale Paul Nicholson
THE AUSTRALIAN shipping community has lost “a true gentleman” with the passing on Sunday [26 April] of Paul Nicholson at the age of 83. Tributes have poured out to ‘Nicko’ on...
