All Gladstone tug bans lifted
NORMAL towage operations have resumed in the port of Gladstone following a conciliation hearing between unions and Smit Lamnalco in the Fair Work Commission on Friday [31...
New owners rescue FSG
BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY’s Heinrich Rönner Group is to take over operations at the insolvent Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, with construction of Searoad Shipping’s new Bass...
TT Line in negotiations for Spirit charter
A DEAL to charter Spirit of Tasmania IV to unnamed parties could be reached by the end of February, with TT Line advising the Tasmanian Government “live” commercial negotiations...
Phosphate miners eye Karumba
NZX-LISTED Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) has turned its attention to shipping phosphate from its Korella North Mine through the Port of Karumba, having previously favoured...
No blockbuster 2024 for Hapag-Lloyd
HAPAG-Lloyd’s sturdy fourth quarter helped its 2024 results to slightly higher or roughly even levels, according to results released in Hamburg overnight. On the basis of...
Local liner trade update: Extra loaders
AHEAD of the usual Lunar New Year service blankings several carriers have added extra-loaders from China to Australia with overflow cargo. TS Lines is continuing a program that...
Lines maintain Red Sea bypass
THE ONLY container line service previously linking Australia with Europe via Suez looks unlikely to return to that routing any time soon. The MSC AES/CMA CGM NEMO service began...
Investor interest in failed FSG
PROVISIONAL insolvency administrators for Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft, the collapsed German shipyard building Searoad Shipping’s new Bass Strait ro-ro, say they have...
iReX manager joins NZ treasury
MASSIMO SOPRANO, formerly the Ships Programme Director at Kiwi-Rail’s government-cancelled iReX Cook Strait ferry replacement project, has returned to familiar territory with his...
Supply chain tweaks boost BHP
BHP’s Western Australian iron ore shipments reached new heights in July-December 2024, partially thanks to de-bottlenecking improvements at Port Hedland. In its half-yearly...
Landside charges rising, more to come
BRISBANE-based economic consultancy NineSquared has measured substantial growth in landside port charges in the course of 2024 and foresees more of the same without the policy or...
UK group to maintain Gippsland Basin
BRITISH engineering consultancy John Wood Group has been awarded a significant new contract to provide long-term maintenance for Esso Australia’s onshore and offshore assets in...
Höegh's 4th Aurora, new contracts
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS has secured two long-term contracts with two major international car producers, just days after the fourth of its innovative Aurora-class PCTCs set sail on its...
First Manawanui fuel recovered
THE NEW ZEALAND Defence Force’s Operation Resolution has completed the first cycle to remove fuel and other pollutants from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa, with recovered...
Blow for Port Hedland
UPDATE: Pilbara Ports will also now have all berths cleared from the Ports of Dampier, Ashburton, Varanus Island and Cape Preston by 1:00am Sunday, 19 January 2025. PILBARA PORTS...
