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Flinders reaches out with new crane order

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FLINDERS Adelaide Container Terminal is to take delivery of an Australian first, a cantilever automated rubber-tyred gantry, developed in conjunction with Austrian specialist...
Flinders reaches out with new crane order

Floating pier on epic trek

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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...
Floating pier on epic trek

Hoegh training in New Zealand

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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...
Hoegh training in New Zealand

VICT set for another quarter-century

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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...
VICT set for another quarter-century

Tough market for old Spirit sales

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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...
Tough market for old Spirit sales

Maersk: Strong year but fourth quarter pain

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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...
Maersk: Strong year but fourth quarter pain

Wrecked ferry washed off rocks

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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...
Wrecked ferry washed off rocks

Seismic activity detected in northern Australian waters

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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...
Seismic activity detected in northern Australian waters

Lyttelton’s strong half, new Tauranga director

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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...
Lyttelton’s strong half, new Tauranga director

Red Sea return for Maersk, Hapag but still risky business

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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...
Red Sea return for Maersk, Hapag but still risky business

MSC’s Eagle has lift off

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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...
MSC’s Eagle has lift off

Rates collapse as Chinese New Year sees demand crash

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CARRIERS appear to have been taken by surprise as poor demand in the China-Australia trade sees rates shrink and jostling for scarce cargo and market share ramp up. Although no...
Rates collapse as Chinese New Year sees demand crash

Spirit Geelong stay costing almost a million a month

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TT LINE is negotiating to have Spirit of Tasmania V join sister Spirit of Tasmania IV ‘in storage’ at Geelong, the company’s chairman has revealed. Ken Kanofski also disclosed...
Spirit Geelong stay costing almost a million a month

Lonely numbers for ONE

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JAPAN’s Ocean Network Express, the world’s sixth largest container line, has reported a US$88 million net loss for the third quarter of its 2025 financial year, blaming a...
Lonely numbers for ONE

Tourist vessel wrecked in New Zealand

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TRANSPORT Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) experts are on the scene of the loss of a tourist excursion vessel which struck rocks in Akaroa on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula...
Tourist vessel wrecked in New Zealand