PACBASIN REPORTS STABLE RESULTS IN UNEVEN YEAR
PACIFIC BASIN, prominent operator of handysize and supramax bulkers especially in Australasian trades, has described “an unusually flat market” in delivering its 2024 results....
CMA CGM: Strong 2024 but “prudent” outlook
CMA CGM Group on Friday [28 February] reported full-year 2024 revenue stood at USD 55.5 billion, a 18.0% year-on-year increase that was led by the performance of the group’s...
KIWIRAIL TAKES HIT TO BOTTOM LINE
A NATIONAL freight downturn in a soft domestic economy, and a series of one-off events, contributed to a fall in KiwiRail’s bottom line in the half year to 31 December 2024...
ALFRED NOW EXPECTED TO CROSS QLD COAST
THE BUREAU of Meteorology is now expecting Tropical Cyclone Alfred to cross the Queensland coast between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast sometime from tomorrow onwards. Under...
EURO TECH COMPANIES LAUNCH SMART CONTAINER ALLIANCE
A GROUP of supply chain smart technology providers has united to form the Smart Container Alliance, a body to drive the adoption of smart container technology. The...
Tasmania bringing Spirit IV home
BASS Strait ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV will leave Scotland for its home state after the Tasmanian government directed owner TT Line to abandon negotiations to lease the ship...
Torres helo prang
TWO HELICOPTER PILOTS employed by Torres Pilots’ marine pilots transfer contractor Flyon have survived uninjured a crash aboard the bulk carrier Star Coral off the Queensland...
PORT OF TAURANGA BOUNCES BACK
DESPITE what it warns is a sluggish domestic economy NZ’s Port of Tauranga sees signs of early recovery in some areas as it turns in a strong performance for the six months to 31...
BRISBANE SHORT-TERM CLOSURES TO CONTINUE
PILOT TRANSFERS for vessels arriving and departing the Port of Brisbane will be suspended again tomorrow morning, two hours either side of low water, and the restrictions are...
Esso to drill new Bass Strait well
EXXONMOBIL subsidiary Esso Australia, along with partners Woodside and Mitsui, is to expend almost $200 million on tapping additional gas supply in the Gippsland Basin off...
Misread nav aids behind launch wreck
THE COXSWAIN of the Port Phillip Sea Pilot launch Corsair had misinterpreted the aids to navigation on Shortland Bluff and navigated to the west of their intended course through...
Perth comes to Lae
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Ports Corporation is celebrating the visit of the largest containership ever to visit one of the country’s ports. The ANL-operated CMA CGM Perth, at 262 metres in...
Brisbane is swell, but not for shipping
MARITIME SAFETY QUEENSLAND has advised Brisbane port users a significant swell event is forecast to start to impact shipping movements from tomorrow and into the early part of...
LNG bunkering a cruise ship first
SILVERSEA CRUISES’ Silver Nova, which recently completed its first Australian season, has become the first cruise ship to be bunkered with LNG in Asia. The transfer was...
IMO GHG working group discusses MARPOL changes
LAST week’s latest round of discussions at the IMO's Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18) was to further develop and streamline the...
