Rhodes Ridges to boost Pilbara Ports
RIO Tinto’s decision to launch a full-scale feasibility study into one of the world’s best undeveloped iron ore deposits is good news for Pilbara Ports. The Rhodes Ridge Joint...
Auckland offers visitors bottom cleaning
PORT of Auckland has received approval from Biosecurity New Zealand to deploy a specialised hull-cleaning process developed in conjunction with NZ Diving & Salvage. The technology...
Transocean wins, NOPSEMA directs
SWISS-based Transocean Ltd has been awarded a six-well drilling contract in Australia with an undisclosed operator at an undisclosed location. Transocean says the estimated...
Lyttelton board approves expansion, Otago names new tug
THE INVESTMENT case for Lyttelton’s continued Te Awaparahi Bay expansion has been approved by the port company’s board and approval will now be sought from Christchurch City...
CMA CGM to slot with Maersk’s OC1
MAERSK Line is to sell slots on its OC1 service between Australia/New Zealand and Central/East Coast North America to rival CMA CGM ahead of MSC’s early February launch of its new...
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Ferry failure underlines need for rescue tug, NZ union says
A STEERING failure that saw the Cook Strait ro-pax Kaiarahi abandon its Wellington-Picton voyage on Friday night [12 December] strengthens the case for an emergency tug, the...
ANL/CMA CGM opens in Tonga
THE CMA CGM Group has opened a new agency in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, adding to recent expansion in the South Pacific that has seen offices also launched in Samoa, American Samoa,...
China Zorrilla sparks into life
IN YET another achievement for the DCN Newsmaker of the Year Incat Tasmania chairman Robert Clifford, on Sunday [14 December], powered up the largest battery-electric ship ever...
Scion Mafalda: The malady lingers on
ANL-Sofrana has been forced to abandon the first planned voyage of Scion Mafalda in the WestPac service due to prolonged repairs to the AMSA-detained vessel in Port Botany. In a...
Brakey: ACCC now armed with necessary evidence
THE ACCC is now confident it has assembled a body of work via its Container Stevedoring Monitoring reports to pursue better outcomes for shippers and transport operators in the...
Ingestion congestion: Fouled thruster strands Spirit II
LOCAL and social media reported “chaos” at TT Line’s Geelong terminal yesterday afternoon when Spirit of Tasmania II’s departure for Devonport was delayed for several hours by an...
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Strait Link bidders surface
TWO infrastructure investors have emerged as the leading bidders for Bass Strait and Tasmanian freight business Strait Link, put up for sale by Sydney’s Allegro Funds about four...
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Two out of three ain’t bad
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has released two container ships from long-lasting detention but a third remains unable to sail. The 1,740 TEU Hansa Homburg, at the time...
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Port of Melbourne tests rail shuttle incentive
THE PORT of Melbourne is testing the waters, so to speak, to assess support for a possible incentive for importers to use the Port Rail Shuttle Network to shift containers from...
Höegh to put the wind up Tasmania
A SHIPMENT of wind turbine blades is on its way to Tasmania – not by the more usual breakbulk method but onboard PCTCHöegh Sunlight. The frame-mounted, 25-metre blades, carried on...
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