Industry gets behind Vic freight future
MORE THAN 150 ports and freight stakeholders, companies, regional and rural councils, advocacy groups and the public have provided feedback for the update to the Victorian Freight...
VPP changes welcome but inadequate
ENHANCEMENTS to Melbourne’s Voluntary Pricing Protocol for container stevedores have been met with the sound of one hand clapping. Under the changes announced last week by ports...
Tasmanian ferry furore intensifies - UPDATED
TASMANIAN Deputy Premier, Treasurer and former infrastructure minister Michael Ferguson resigned this morning (15 October) before he could face a no-confidence motion in...
Cook Strait still all at sea
NEW ZEALAND’s deputy prime minister and NZ First party leader Winston Peters has declared he has no faith in KiwiRail’s assessment of its own Cook Strait ferries and sees no...
VIC updates stevedores’ price protocols
MELBOURNE container stevedores have agreed to confine changes to terminal access/infrastructure fees to 1 January of each year, in one of two changes to the Voluntary Pricing...
Rightship lowers age triggers
MELBOURNE-founded RightShip, the safety-focused digital maritime platform, has announced a change in its vessel inspection age trigger in what it says is a response “to evolving...
No golden week blanks but schedules sliding
THE ‘TRADITIONAL’ blank sailings that normally accompany China’s Golden Week holiday do not seem to have occurred in the Australasian trade this year but port congestion, bad...
Historic exit from Gearbulk
FOUNDER Kristian Jebsen has sold out of forest products/bulk specialist Gearbulk, just weeks after long-standing shareholder Mitsui OSK Lines increased its stake to over 70%. Mr...
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd play it safe
GEMINI COOPERATION, the entity formed by Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to unify their operations on East-West Routes from early 2025, has decided to launch its suite of services via the...
Positive first half for container trade
CONTAINER LINES enjoyed a buoyant first half of 2024 in almost all Australasian trades, according to London-based Container Trade Statistics. Total trade grew by a noteworthy...
Grainger, Dwyer defend TT line
THE Tasmanian Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has heard testimony from former TT Line chairman Mike Grainger and soon-to-retire CEO Bernard Dwyer that reveals new depths of...
Crucial tests for TT Line berth
HIGH-LEVEL simulations are being undertaken by TasPorts to determine whether TT Line’s existing ropax terminal at east Devonport can be modified and safely used for the new,...
Manawanui sinking: inquiry starts, environmental concerns
SOME OF the 75 people on board HMNZS Manawanui were forced to walk ashore via the very reef the vessel struck while surveying, after their rescue boat flipped in dangerous...
OOCL reports stellar 3Q
ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE has reported a very strong third quarter for 2024, with total revenue, liftings and revenue per container all showing significant improvement...
Fewer rise notifications as index slides
NOTIFICATIONS of new rises in freight rates and surcharges have slowed to a dribble as figures indicate peak import season from China in particular has passed. After peaking at...
