MEDLOG buys Seaway’s Intermodal Division
WHAT seems to have been one of the industry’s worst-kept acquisition secrets has been confirmed this morning by both buyer and seller. Fulfilling rumours that first emerged in...
Reddy ready for new challenge
THE EXECUTIVE director of Freight Victoria, Praveen Reddy, has resigned to take up a position focusing on providing services and opportunities for new arrivals in the country. It...
Portland will get the wind up
THE PORT of Portland will be a major business beneficiary of the Victorian government’s green light for a significant new wind farm in Victoria’s south west. The go-ahead is for...
Cruise ship refloated, surveys underway
AFTER the successful refloating of Coral Expeditions’ Coral Adventurer at around 1800 yesterday [30 December] the vessel remains at anchor off the Papua New Guinea coast while...
CMA CGM confirms New Year Kea
CMA CGM has formally announced a second weekly string connecting Australia and New Zealand with Central and East Coast North America. The new Kea service will be accomplished via...
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Kimberley ports prepare to re-open after cyclone
UPDATED: KPA has re-opened all ports after the passage of Tropical Cyclone Hayley. Capt Wadhwa advises that after discussions with various terminals at Derby and Yampi Sound...
Stranded passengers on their way home
CORAL Expeditions has arranged the repatriation of passengers stranded by the grounding of expedition ship Coral Adventurer, arranging evacuation via PNG coastal ro-pax. Lutheran...
ATSB weighs in on cruise ship grounding
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has launched an investigation into the grounding of the Australian-registered cruise ship Coral Adventurer off the Finschaffen Coast, east...
Another misadventure for expedition cruise ship
CAIRNS-based Coral Expeditions has suffered a further incident that could potentially impact its reputation, with the grounding of the small cruise ship Coral Adventurer off the...
Santa’s News in Brief
HERE IS a short summary of news Santa’s helpers delivered ahead of his Big Night and Day. Freo industrial action called off Threatened industrial action that would have affected a...
Christmas joy for seafarers visiting southern WA
ALMOST 700 hampers are set to be delivered to merchant navy seafarers visiting southern Western Australian port as part of a combined effort to spread Christmas cheer. Southern...
All aboard for Bunbury harbour tours
A NEW partnership between Southern Ports and Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre is offering new ways to explore more of the commercial port. The new arrangement sees the DDC’s...
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Boluda Australia expansion underway
BOLUDA Towage Australia has kicked off the regional expansion promised when the Spanish owner acquired Smit Lamnalco’s local and PNG operations in early October. Boluda on Friday...
MUA announces Xmas Freo bans
THE WESTERN Australian branch of the Maritime Union has announced a series of bans affecting the port of Fremantle over the Christmas period, saying they are tired of waiting for...
New leadership for NPDL
SOUTH PACIFIC specialist Neptune Pacific Direct Line, owned by California’s The Wonderful Company, has appointed a new president, to be based in Singapore. Kim A. Kristensen...
