Coastal bulk barge Manahau reaches Nelson
A 7000-tonne capacity motorised barge intended as the centrepiece of the revival of bulk shipments from NZ South Island West Coast ports berthed yesterday [22 July] at Nelson to...
Houthis widen attacks as former target arrives in Melbourne
HOUTHI drone attacks on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and reciprocal Israeli airstrikes on Houthi bases in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah have heightened shipping industry...
K Line, Gram join to bio-fuel PCTCs
FOLLOWING successful trials with one of its own vessels earlier this year K Line has begun operating three PCTCs it charters from Norway’s Gram Car Carriers on marine biofuel....
Auto fish-feed barge arrives in South Australia
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN aquaculture company Clean Seas Seafoods’ new automatic feeder barge was delivered to Port Adelaide on Friday (20 July) by Swire Projects MPP Pacific Innovation....
Former DPWA boss to head up Unifeeder
GANESH RAJ, former CEO and MD of ANZ/Asia Pacific including DP World Australia, has been appointed CEO of Unifeeder and global COO of Marine Services with DP World. Mr Raj was...
DNV gives KiwiRail ferries five more years
CLASSIFICATION society DNV has found KiwiRail’s three ferries are in better shape than first thought, and with appropriate maintenance and upkeep expenditure can remain in service...
Charges charge resumes in container trades
WHILE Drewry’s World Container Index last Friday showed global freight rates creeping up by only 1% for the second week in a row, carriers in Australasian trades have unleashed...
OOCL reports 2Q, 1H 2024
THE FIRST of the major container lines to report calendar 2024 second quarter results, OOCL has seen significant improvement year-on-year as well as for the first half. Released...
Rate push out of steam?
THE plethora of carrier notifications of GRIs, PSSs, rate recoveries and other surcharge/cost increases looks to have peaked in Australasian trades, a little more rapidly than...
Now there’s B1 and B2
THE SECOND of AAL Shipping’s innovative Super B-class heavylift/multi-purpose vessels has been officially named at the CSSC Huangpu-Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou. The ceremony...
NYK buys most of Eneos’ fleet
JAPANESE energy group Eneos has sold most of its fleet of tankers, gas carriers and bulkers to compatriot NYK for a new joint venture to be based in Singapore. Eighteen LPG...
Cook Strait ferry Aratere resuming service
SEVENTEEN days after running aground while leaving the NZ South Island port of Picton, Interisland Line’s rail/ro-pax Aratere is resuming Cook Strait service after Maritime New...
Questions mount over Aratere grounding
THE 21 June grounding of Cook Strait ferry Aratere occurred because no-one on the vessel’s bridge knew how to de-activate the incorrectly-set autopilot, according to leaked...
ACCC queries Flinders/Aurizon deal
AURIZON'S proposed acquisition of Flinders Port Holdings’ Logistics division has drawn the attention of the ACCC, which today (11 July) published a Statement of Issues. The deal...
May another mixed month for regional trades
LONDON'S Container Trade Statistics reports global combined import export volumes hit a new record of 15,940,133 TEU in May 2024, up from 14,886, 233 TEU in April while the CTS...
