Princess to have three ships in 2026-27
PRINCESS CRUISES has announced three vessels will be deployed in the Australian market in 2026-27, offering 62 departures between October 2026 and August 2027. Crown Princess is...
S&P confirms sea ports struggling
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE declined in most South East Asian ports in 3Q 2024 versus 2023 while average call size increased, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. News of...
AAL receives fourth Super B
AAL SHIPPING has taken delivery of AAL Antwerp, the fourth vessel in what it calls its ground-breaking eight-strong, third-generation Super B-Class fleet. The 32,000 DWT...
Union says Manahau crew victimised
WESTLAND Mineral Sands’ release of its own report into the grounding of the coastal bulk barge Manahau before official investigations have been completed is a pre-emptive public...
December removal for Manawanui fuel
THE SALVAGE team appointed to remove fuel from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui is now due to leave NZ next week, with work expected to begin in early December weather permitting. The...
SeaLead appoints owners rep in Australia
SEALEAD Shipping has appointed Anthony Orgill as its Melbourne-based Australian owners’ representative. The highly-regarded Mr Orgill finished up at ANL Container Line in June and...
iReXit still not completed
ALMOST 12 months after the NZ Government pulled the plug on KiwiRail’s Cook Strait ferry replacement program the NZ Herald has revealed no settlement has been reached with Hyundai...
Höegh Autoliners locks in contracts
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS has renewed multi-year contracts with an undisclosed major international car producer. Several long-term contracts cover the transport of cars in various trade...
Crew blamed for Manahau grounding
A REPORT compiled for the owners of the NZ coastal bulk barge Manahau has blamed its 31 August grounding on the South Island west coast on poor decision-making by the Indonesian...
Spirits’ million-a-month Scottish vacation
TASMANIANS, via government-owned TT Line, will pay an estimated $1.2 million a month to ‘warehouse’ ro-paxes Spirit of Tasmania IV and V in Leith, Scotland while they await the...
Manawanui loss: Interim report, rescuers awarded
THE NEW ZEALAND Defence Force has received an interim report about the reef-grounding and subsequent sinking of HMNZS Manawanui and hopes to release preliminary findings later...
Hapag 3Q up but down
HAPAG-LLOYD concluded the first nine months of 2024 with a Group EBITDA of USD 3.6 billion (EUR 3.3 billion), Group EBIT of USD 1.9 billion (EUR 1.8 billion) and Group profit of...
Höegh, Fortescue catch ammonia
NORWAY’s Höegh Autoliners and Australia’s Fortescue have issued a call for global shipping regulators to fast-track the adoption of green ammonia as the only marine fuel that can...
Spirits berth work underway
SOMEWHAT mixing his metaphors, Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff has declared the Spirit of Tasmania new berth project “back on the road”. Mr Rockliff was speaking at a media...
NZDF reports Manawanui salvage progress
THE NEW ZEALAND Defence Force has yet to finalise the contract for the removal of fuel from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui, five weeks after its sinking after striking a reef off the...
