ANL fine-tunes TransTas service
EARLY NEXT MONTH ANL will introduce a number of changes to its TranzTas service between Australia and New Zealand. The carrier says the enhancements are designed to improve...
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Just what the doctor ordered: AMSA extends medical network
QUALIFIED seafarers and coastal pilots will have greater choice and easier access to medical examinations, with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority expanding its network of...
BMT goes One2Three
SYDNEY-based, internationally prolific One2three Naval Architects has been acquired by the UK’s BMT Group, in a move both organisations describe as strengthening their global...
Fertiliser alert as MidEast ructions again block shipments
THE AUSTRALIAN Fertiliser Corporation has urged buyers to remain cautious about fertiliser availability, despite Australia having secured sufficient urea supplies to carry through...
China congestion hitting SoPac transhipments
NEPTUNE Pacific has alerted customers to likely delivery delays for Chinese cargo as mainline vessels obliged to skip orts due to severe weather and congestion will miss local...
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Rural transporters want fee freeze to continue
THE AUSTRALIAN Livestock and Rural Transporters Association (ALTRA) has joined the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) in calling on the Federal Government to continue the...
TasPorts seeking new Bell Bay customers
TASPORTS is actively pursuing new opportunities for the port of Bell Bay and associated industrial area following last week’s confirmation no buyer has been found for the former...
Patrick, Kalmar advance de-carbonisation strategy
LONG-TERM container equipment partners Patrick Terminals and Finland’s Kalmar have announced further steps in the portside decarbonisation process with a major order for hybrid...
Workers poisoned by fish waste failure
CREWMEMBERS of an Australian-owned longline trawler were poisoned by hydrogen sulphide gas while working in an enclosed space during the vessel’s routine dry-docking in Lyttelton,...
Incat reels in Marlin
BLACK Marlin, the Boskalis-owned semi-submersible float on-float-off that’s moved some of the world’s largest loads by sea, has arrived in Melbourne enroute to Hobart to load the...
South East Asia now making the rates running
IN A reversal of recent trends observers are finding “inexplicable” container freight rates between South East Asia main ports and the same in Australia have jumped substantially...
Fugro to see the Sunrise
DUTCH Geo-data specialist Fugro has won a contract to undertake a survey for the Greater Sunrise and Bayu Undan pipeline project in Timor-Leste. The survey program will support...
ZIM/GSL resumes China PCC service
WITH official figures showing June was the fifth consecutive month of record electric vehicle sales in Australia, car carrier tonnage continues to flood into the supply chain from...
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Queensland to boost cotton and grain output
TOGETHER with industry the Queensland Government is pumping $5.3 million into North Queensland agriculture with ambitious goals to produce multiples of current volumes of cotton,...
NZ ship’s future cemented
THE FUTURE of one of the few remaining New Zealand-flagged-and-crewed coast vessels seems assured after the government granted financial assistance of up to NZ $60 million to...
