Big, bigger, biggest: WW upsizes Shapers
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN has decided to increase the size of four of its highly-advanced Shaper class PCTCs currently on order with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) to become the largest...
PCTC in Port Phillip near miss
SKILLFUL WORK by pilots averted a possibly serious incident in Port Phillip Bay on Wednesday afternoon [25 September] when the inbound PCTC Höegh St Petersburg suffered a steering...
ACCC consults on Olam's Namoi bid
SINGAPORE-based Olam has offered court-enforceable undertakings in its efforts to obtain ACCC clearance for its bid for Namoi Cotton, but the Commission remains concerned about...
Maersk reworks Oceania products
MAERSK LINE is to undertake a major re-organisation of its Oceania services, adding one, canning two and revising a fourth. The headline is the introduction of a revived Northern...
FMC puts lines on notice
WITH THE LIKELIHOOD of industrial disruption at US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports growing stronger the Federal Maritime Commission has warned container lines there will be no...
TasPorts manager moves on
THE EXECUTIVE leading QuayLink, TasPorts’ redevelopment of Devonport berths including the TT Line terminal, has resigned. The departure of project manager Sam Wilson-Haffenden is...
US amplifies Chinese port crane concerns
THE UNITED STATES Committee for Homeland Security has renewed claims the world’s leading ship-to-shore gantry crane manufacturer, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company, has...
Are new spirits sailing for Singapore sojourn?
LEAKS FROM a ‘government business enterprise’, raised in Tasmania’s Parliament yesterday, suggest TT Line’s new Spirit of Tasmania ferries may be sent to lay by in Singapore...
Kiwis rail against possible exclusion
THE NEW ZEALAND Government has admitted it may not make a decision on Interisland Line replacement ferries until year’s end, as opposition grows to the likelihood they’ll have no...
Dali collision consequences spread
IN THE ongoing aftermath of the electrical system failures that saw the 9962 TEU Maersk-chartered Dali collide with and destroy Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March new...
CSIRO offering voyage placements
THE CSIRO and partners in the CAPSTAN sea training program have opened applications for university students and trainers to take to the high seas next year onboard RV...
Another Cook Strait ferry breakdown
THE BLUEBRIDGE ro-pax Connemara lost power soon after leaving Wellington harbour last night [19 September] and drifted for around two hours in Cook Strait. Wellington harbour...
Premier nixes TasPorts bonuses
TASPORTS has found itself further embroiled in the controversy surrounding TT Line’s new East Devonport Spirit of Tasmania terminal with Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff saying...
Newbuildings entering Oz box trades
MORE accustomed to getting hand-me-downs from other routes, local services are beginning to see a modest share of the more than three million TEU of newbuildings due for delivery...
Grimaldi climbs Höegh share register
ITALIAN ferry, ro-ro and PCTC giant Emanuele Grimaldi has raised his stake in Höegh Autoliners to almost 10% after first buying into the PCTC specialist in April. Mr Grimaldi is...
