TS Lines’ massive profit increase
TAIWAN’s TS Lines has issued every company’s delight: a positive profit alert. The carrier, which participates in two China-Australia services and operates a third ad hoc string,...
Spirit’s Scottish sleepover extended
WITH NO SHORT- or medium-term charter in sight, TT Line has renewed temporary lay-by arrangements for ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV in Leith, Scotland for at least another month....
Storms crush NZ holiday plans
SHOCKING conditions in NZ waters have forced both Cook Strait ferry operators to cancel and/or postpone sailings, right in the middle of peak holiday season. Interisland Line and...
ADF sets out 30-year maritime capability plan
THE FEDERAL Government has unveiled its 2024 Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Plan, which sets out the national program of activities required to deliver maritime capability to...
EUKOR seals deals with shareholders
EUKOR CAR CARRIERS has extended and expanded its long-term partnership with 20% shareholders Hyundai and Kia in a deal estimated to be worth US$4.2 billion in revenue. The...
NZ marine woes continue
A RATHER FRAUGHT YEAR for the New Zealand maritime scene has continued towards the end, with two further incidents late last week to add to groundings, strandings and a major...
Hedland grounding prompts multiple safety warnings
THE CAUSES of an electrical failure that saw the grounding of the fully-laden Capesize bulker Hagen Oldendorff when departing Port Hedland in April 2022 are yet to be addressed by...
Port Vila restoring but aftershocks continue
EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN Vanuatu is still suffering aftershocks but Neptune Pacific Direct Line reports that port and commercial functionality is gradually recovering. There was a...
World’s biggest ‘ship’ to work in Bass Strait
ESSO AUSTRALIA has secured Allseas’ massive Pioneering Spirit to remove up to ten decommissioned oil and gas rigs from the Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait. Built at the DSME...
Key Lumsden Point contracts let
PILBARA PORTS’ multi-user facility at Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point has taken major steps towards realisation with the awarding of two milestone contracts. The first contract is to...
KiwiRail ferry breaks down in Wellington
JUST DAYS after the NZ Government declared current KiwiRail Cook Strait ferries could remain in service until newbuilds arrive in 2029, the ro-pax Kaiarahi has broken down –...
Final Pluto 2 modules delivered
WOODSIDE’s Scarborough Energy Project has passed another significant milestone with the final Pluto Train 2 modules arriving at the Pluto LNG facility in Karratha, Western...
Manawanui fuel recovery set to begin
WEATHER will play a major role in the recovery of fuels from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa, according to the NZ Defence Force’s Senior National Representative for Operation...
Xmas spirits may be curbed
INDUSTRIAL ACTION by members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union will likely delay tomorrow night’s sailings of TT Line’s Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes as deck officers...
NZ govt ignored MAG advice
THE NEW ZEALAND Government’s decision to effectively delay the KiwiRail Cook Strait ferry replacements until 2029 goes against the recommendations of its independent Ministerial...
