Townsville cruising, Weipa deeper
THE CRUISE season at the port of Townsville kicked off today [3 July] with the arrival of Oceania Cruises’ Regatta, carrying more than 1,200 passengers and 380 crew. The ports...
CSIRO opens marine science voyage opportunities
APPLICATIONS are now invited from Australian university students and trainers to join the CAPSTAN program in 2026. CAPSTAN is the Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea...
New Zealand ports agree on new ferry infrastructure
FERRY Holdings, the New Zealand Government-sponsored body charged with acquiring two new rail/ro-paxes for Cook Strait service with KiwiRail and terminal ports Wellington and...
Carnival is over for Lloyd
AFTER three years as Carnival Australia’s chief strategy and external affairs officer, Teresa Lloyd is taking up a role as an advisor at Rio Tinto. Ms Lloyd, who was CEO of...
E-Day for North Queensland ports
ENGAGE Marine has embarked on its largest expansion to date, officially taking over towage in the ports of Townsville, Lucinda, Cairns and Mourilyan today (1 July). The contract...
Spirit of Tasmania IV begins long trek home
TT LINE’s new Bass Strait ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV is finally on its way home after departing Leith, Scotland at around 0615 yesterday morning [30 June]. At time of writing...
ZIM quits New Zealand for the third time
ISRAELI carrier ZIM and its Hong Kong subsidiary Gold Star Line will withdraw from the Tasman for the third time in two decades and shut down their New Zealand operation. In a...
Treasury advised against NZ rail ferries
NEW Zealand deputy PM and rail minister Winston Peters over-ruled the nation’s Treasury to specify Interisland Line’s replacement Cook Strait ferries be rail-enabled. Following an...
Aurizon’s EBITDA crimped, Moorebank debut
AURIZON Group has notified the ASX of a downgrade in expected EBITDA for FY2025, thanks to lower coal volumes and outstanding debts. Underlying EBITDA for FY2025 is now forecast...
PacBasin hits the meths
BULK carrier giant Pacific Basin Shipping has signed a methanol supply deal to support its fleet transition to dual-fuel, low emissions vessels. The MOU with The Hong Kong and...
RMC hands over second new Bass Strait ro-pax
TT Line is now the official owner of Spirit of Tasmania V following a handover ceremony at Rauma Marine Constructions’ yard in Finland on Wednesday evening (Australian time). The...
Barossa LNG FPSO hooks up
THE FINAL stages of the commissioning of Santos’s Barossa gas field are now in progress following the arrival and successful hook-up last week of the floating production, storage...
Spirit IV departure now expected this week
TT LINE’s new ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV is expected to make its long-delayed departure for its home state within the next seven days, following the resolution of problems with...
Provaris signs K Line to help commercialise hydrogen carriers
SYDNEY- And Oslo-based compressed hydrogen proponent Provaris Energy has signed a MOU with Japan’s K Line to accelerate the company’s commercialisation of hydrogen carriers. K...
N&EA, SEA rates push continues
THE FIRST of July is the next trigger date for leading carriers to push rate rises in the Asia-Australia trades and there are more to come mid-month. The Shanghai-Sydney SCFI has...
