GRI flurry continues as June rates soften
RATE rise notifications are piling up in Asia-Australia trades, just as market sources report an unexpected softening of rates for June shipments. Last week there were confident...
Santos FPSO BW Opal delivered in Singapore
BW OFFSHORE has formally taken delivery in Singapore of the floating production storage and offloading unit destined for Santos’s Barossa Field in the Timor Sea. BW Opal...
Nod for Marsden buy-out
A MEETING of Marsden Maritime Holdings shareholders has approved a scheme of arrangement under which ownership of key Northland infrastructure assets will be consolidated. The...
MSC again extends Noumea Shuttle
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has enhanced its Noumea Shuttle service, adding and shuffling New Zealand leg calls. “As part of MSC’s optimisation of the Oceania network, we are...
Wellington boost from cruise visits
WELLINGTON has enjoyed a stronger and longer cruise season, with the last vessel, Oceania Cruises’ 706-pax Insignia, visiting last weekend. “It’s unusual to still have cruise...
LNG system ills stop Spirits
TECHNICAL ISSUES with the LNG fuelling system on newbuild sister ropaxes Spirit of Tasmania IV and Spirit of Tasmania V will further delay both vessels’ departure for their home...
Three injured in bulker vessel Olivia explosion
NEW ZEALAND’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission is conducting a “serious marine casualty” level inquiry into an engine room explosion aboard a bulk carrier berthed at...
FMC goes after FOCs
THE UNITED States' Federal Maritime Commission has launched a non-judiciary investigation into whether the country’s commerce is being harmed by the presence of Flag of...
World cruising to new records
MORE people than ever before are taking cruises globally, according to the Cruise Lines International Association’s annual State of the Cruise Industry report for 2025. A record...
Manawanui a NZD 77 million loss
NEW ZEALAND Government Budget Papers have revealed the former dive support/oceanographic survey vessel HMNZS Manawanui is a NZD 77 million complete total loss. Manawanui ran...
RightShip seeks right-minded investors
THE PARTNERS in Melbourne-founded RightShip are looking for a new minority investor to support the company’s ambitions to grow its data and technology capabilities as it provides...
Tasmania Ports near 11m tonnes for year
THE ISLAND state’s ports have already handled more than 10.7 million tonnes of freight this financial year, according to a Q3 year-to-date trade report issued by TasPorts. Key...
ACCC delays DP World-Silk decision again
THE ACCC has delayed for a second time DP World’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics, following what it says is the receipt of further information from the parties. The...
Birdon building for US Marine Corps
THE UNITES STATES States arm of Port Macquarie-based Birdon Group has begun official construction of two Ancillary Surface Craft – Medium (ASC-M) vessels for the United States...
Legislation bolsters Port Phillip Bay FSRU plans
DUTCH liquid terminals specialist Vopak’s proposal to establish a LNG import terminal in the form of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit to be moored in Port Phillip Bay...
