PANSW grants boost grassroots community projects
THE PORT Authority of NSW has selected nine recipients spread from Yamba to Eden to receive funding under its 2025 Community Grants Program. Selected from a pool of 87...
CMES reworks Sinotrans-Antong deal
AN ABANDONED deal under which Sinotrans Container Line would have been shifted from parent China Merchants Energy Shipping to Antong Holdings has been revived – but with a twist....
Wellington gets PortConnected
CENTREPORT Wellington has joined five other New Zealand ports and terminals in signing up to use the PortConnect supply chain software. PortConnect is jointly owned by the Port of...
Industry veteran steps down
PIL Australia general manager and director Michael Horsburgh has retired after 32 years in the shipping industry. According to a LinkedIn post Mr Horsburgh started with Pacific...
Line rush to raise rates in July and August
WITH Trans-Pac volumes and rates predictably falling as various Trump tariff deadlines come, go and are re-imposed carriers are likely returning attention to lesser trades,...
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MSC panders to Victorian reefer shippers
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is changing the East Coast rotation of its China-Australia Panda service to speed up export transits from Melbourne. In a customer advisory MSC said...
IFCBAA disquiet over DPWA/Silk nod
THE INTERNATIONAL Forwarders & Customs Brokers Association of Australia has registered its deep concern that the ACCC’s decision to approve DP World Australia’s takeover of Silk...
Sixth Super B for AAL, Grammare promoted
AAL SHIPPING has taken delivery of its sixth Super-B heavy-lift multi-purpose vessel, AAL Dammam, at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou. The 32,000 DWT ship was...
FTA, CTAA rue Silk decision
THE FREIGHT & Trade Alliance, which opposed DP World Australia’s acquisition of Silk Logistics, have been quick to condemn today’s ACCC approval of the deal as setting a dangerous...
ACCC clears DP World’s Silk buy
THE ACCC has concluded that DP World Australia’s takeover of Silk Logistics will not result in a substanbtial lessening of competition. The Commission this morning [4 July]...
Townsville cruising, Weipa deeper
THE CRUISE season at the port of Townsville kicked off today [3 July] with the arrival of Oceania Cruises’ Regatta, carrying more than 1,200 passengers and 380 crew. The ports...
CSIRO opens marine science voyage opportunities
APPLICATIONS are now invited from Australian university students and trainers to join the CAPSTAN program in 2026. CAPSTAN is the Collaborative Australian Postgraduate Sea...
New Zealand ports agree on new ferry infrastructure
FERRY Holdings, the New Zealand Government-sponsored body charged with acquiring two new rail/ro-paxes for Cook Strait service with KiwiRail and terminal ports Wellington and...
Carnival is over for Lloyd
AFTER three years as Carnival Australia’s chief strategy and external affairs officer, Teresa Lloyd is taking up a role as an advisor at Rio Tinto. Ms Lloyd, who was CEO of...
E-Day for North Queensland ports
ENGAGE Marine has embarked on its largest expansion to date, officially taking over towage in the ports of Townsville, Lucinda, Cairns and Mourilyan today (1 July). The contract...
