US tariffs, port fees loom for Höegh Autoliners
HÖEGH Autoliners remains confident in its fortunes in global PCTC/ro-ro trades, despite ongoing geopolitical and market uncertainties. Reporting Q2 results late last week the...
OOCL booms in first half
HONG Kong-headquartered Orient Overseas International Holdings has reported a strong first half for 2025, driven by significant gains for OOCL, and says the Group financial...
Qube, Melbourne score mineral sands business
QUBE’s ports and bulk operations have secured a significant contract that will see an expected 30,000 tonnes of mineral sands shipped through the port of Melbourne every three...
Dire 2Q fails to dim ZIM
LIKE many other carriers Israel’s ZIM saw a drastic downturn in key metrics during 2Q 2025 but the first half overall was mildly positive. Net income for the second quarter was...
Evergreen joins 2Q sliders
TAIWAN’s Evergreen Marine Corporation has joined compatriot Asian lines in reporting a much weaker second quarter in 2025, compared to the same period in 2024 and the prior...
ATSB: serious injury to pilot launch deckhand
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has issued a report on a troubling incident that resulted in a serious injury to a TasPorts pilot launch deckhand off Devonport earlier this...
Koala bears down on Melbourne
MSC will expand its China-Australia Koala service by adding weekly Melbourne calls from the end of September. Koala was launched in late October last year, initially calling...
KiwiRail, Hyundai settle over dumped iReX
NEW Zealand’s KiwiRail has reached a compensation agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard over the cancelled orders for the iReX project replacement Cook Strait...
Olé! Boluda buying Smit Lamnalco’s local ops?
SMIT Lamnalco Australia & PNG is rumoured to be in the process of being acquired by Spanish towage giant Boluda. Smit Lamnalco owner Boskalis of the Netherlands disclosed, in its...
Hapag’s volatile H1 dragged down by 2Q
HAPAG-Lloyd has attributed contrasting results in the first two quarters of 2025 to US tariff policies that led to volatile development in demand and freight rates overall in H1....
1 September for next rate push
ASIA-Australia trades are again the main focus of the latest round of rate restorations, most of which are scheduled for 1 September. Carriers appear intent on consolidating...
Sad Q2 for HMM and Yang Ming
SOUTH Korea’s HMM and Taiwan’s Yang Ming Line have managed to stay in profit in the first half of 2025 but dire second quarters have dragged results down substantially. HMM saw 2Q...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen in optimistic mood
OSLO-headquartered PCTC/ro-ro specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen says it “manoeuvred steadily” through the second of 2025 quarter with an EBITDA of USD 472 million, a 2% increase...
Keel laid for AMSA’s reef ETV
THE KEEL of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s new Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef emergency towing vessel has been laid at the Shandong Port Marine Equipment...
Win for shippers as ministers back new guidelines
IN A good result for the lobbying efforts of shipper bodies yesterday’s meeting of National Cabinet’s infrastructure and transport ministers agreed to strengthen scrutiny and...
