PMG wins PNG port project
TOWNSVILLE-based Pacific Marine Group has secured a multi-million dollar project to upgrade Papua New Guinea’s third-largest port, Kimbe. PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNG Ports)...
Unions ramp up Gladstone tug disruption
WITH little evident impact from current protected industrial action, and no Fair Work Commission hearing scheduled until 31 January, the AMOU and AIMPE will escalate disruption of...
South Aust celebrates new Asia link
THE NEWBUILDING 1800 TEU MSC Sijing sailed out of Port Adelaide’s Outer Harbour this morning after making the first call on MSC’s extended Koala Service, thus restoring South...
Reef Keeper row keeps on keeping on
THE MUA will begin another campaign of industrial action against Smit Lamnalco, with 10 days of stoppages effectively crippling the SL-operated Great Barrier Reef ETV Reef Keeper...
Carriers line up CNY blank sailings
CONTAINER LINES in the China-Australia trade appear to be taking a measured approach to the traditional cancellation of voyages during Lunar New Year. China’s Year of the Snake...
Gladstone tugs PIA goes ahead
AMOU and AIMPE protected industrial action against Smit Lamnalco went ahead as planned in Gladstone this morning but the unions say it appears no shipping movements have been...
Outstanding OOCL 4Q 2024
ORIENT OVERSEAS Container Line has reported a bumper fourth quarter in calendar 2024 and a very strong full year, in preliminary results released late last week. For the fourth...
Gladstone tow stoppage still on for Tuesday
MASTERS AND ENGINEERS employed on Smit Lamnalco tugs in Gladstone are vowing to proceed with protected industrial action on Tuesday [14 January] pending a possible hearing by the...
New Spirits drama over alleged Finnish fiddle
YET MORE questions have been raised about TT Line’s procurement of the new Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes following allegations of ‘creative accounting’ by Finnish builder Rauma...
MEDLOG adds to its Webb
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company’s landside transport and logistics arm MEDLOG has continued its rapid expansion in Australia, launching a second empty container park (ECP) in the...
MAST issues Tasman bridge warning
JUST DAYS after the fiftieth anniversary of the collapse of Hobart’s Tasman Bridge after it was struck by the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra Marine & Safety Tasmania has reminded...
Fiji tackles Suva wrecks
THE MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY of Fiji has embarked on a project to rid Suva Harbor of more than 30 derelict vessels, just as other local bodies join forces to stem leaks from a...
Unions take PIA on Gladstone tugs
STALLED progress on a new enterprise agreement for Smit Lamnalco’s Gladstone tug fleet employees has seen AMOU and AIMPE members vote to take protected industrial action, with the...
Fiji orders vessel purchase review
THE FIJIAN GOVERNMENT has ordered a review of vessel purchase processes in the country, following the arrival late last week of a Mongolian-flagged catamaran fast ferry that had...
Drydock delay delays vessel swap
NEPTUNE PACIFIC Direct Line will postpone a temporary vessel substitution in the AUSPAC service, due to delays with a drydocking in China. The carrier was due to assign the...
