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,...
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...
