New group on the Hunter for cruise opportunity
AN EXPANSION of local business opportunities to work with and benefit from regional NSW cruise shipping is the aim of a body officially launched today [12 June]. Seven councils...
Aratere fails again
KIWIRAIL’s Cook Strait rail/ro-pax Aratere broke down again last night, just two months ahead of its planned withdrawal. And KiwiRail has revealed fleetmate Kaiarahi suffered...
Victorian food and fibre exports break records
THE RELEASE of the 2023-24 Food and Fibre Export Performance Report, once again shows Victoria is Australia’s top food and fibre exporter, capturing 27% of the total national...
Blume Global scores ICTSI as first terminal client
BLUME Global, a US-based digital supply chain specialist acquired by WiseTech in 2023, has released a digital appointment scheduling platform designed specifically for ocean...
Containership joins Morning Midas as major casualty
WITH the Zodiac PCTC Morning Midas reported still burning out of control in the northern Pacific a Wan Hai container ship has suffered a massive cargo explosion in waters...
Scathing report on Shiling failures
A DETAILED report into a “virtually unseaworthy” container ship that twice broke down in NZ waters has led to three pointed recommendations, including changes to national law to...
Tasmanian government rules out GBE sales
AFTER losing a vote-of-confidence in the Tasmanian Parliament last Thursday [6 June] state premier Jeremy Rockliff has moved to rule out any proposed privatisation of government...
Victorian freight on track
THE VICTORIAN government has itemised the latest improvements to the state’s rail freight network while celebrating an uplift in volumes carried. Three per cent more freight was...
COSCO launches China-Australia PCTC service
COSCO SHIPPING Car Carriers, a COSCO Shipping Group subsidiary established by COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers and Shanghai Port Logistics, has inaugurated its first...
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Ro-Ro operators define GHG intensity guidelines
THE GLOBAL Ro-Ro Community, a group operating under the umbrella of US-based not-for-profit Smart Freight Centre, has developed agreed guidelines for calculating GHG emission...
Fiji ferries failing
FIJIAN inter-island ferry operator Goundar Shipping has suffered a second casualty in a little over a week with the ancient ro-pax Lomaiviti Princess II partially capsizing in...
Otago sells and buys
PORT Otago has ordered a new Damen 2312 ASD tug to replace the 21-year-old Otago which has been sold to Australia’s Engage Marine. Port Otago Chief Executive Kevin Winders said...
Keep TasRail, goverment told
INDEPENDENT economist Saul Eslake has included TasRail in a list of six state government-owned entities he considers should not be considered for sale. Mr Eslake was commissioned...
Consortium upgrades A3N service
THE PARTNERS in the A3 consortium, ANL, COSCO Shipping and OOCL, will add a seventh ship to the A3N loop in July, upsize the existing fleet and include Ningbo in the port...
Vic green-lights Geelong LNG terminal
VICTORIA’s Minister for Planning, Sonya Kilkenny, has released her assessment of the Environmental Effects Statement for the proposed Viva Energy Gas Terminal Project in Corio,...
