First transhippers set for Onslow action
MINERAL Resources will begin exports from its Onslow Iron project mid-year upon the completion of commissioning work on the first two of its new mega-transhippers. MinRes Airlie...
Design unveiled for new S Aust research vessel
SEATTLE-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Glosten has completed concept designs for a new coastal research vessel for the South Australian Research and...
Spirits sagging as deliveries delayed
THE COST of TT Line’s new Spirit ferries has risen and delivery of both vessels has been delayed, again. Spirit of Tasmania IV and V, being built by Finland’s Rauma Marine...
TechnipFMC wins another Woodside contract
UK AND US offshore engineering specialist TechnipFMC has secured a new contract with Woodside Energy for work tied to the Pluto LNG project on the North West Shelf. TechnipFM,...
PNG Ports has new CEO
FORMER Pacific Towing general manager Neil Papenfus has taken up the position of chief executive officer of PNG Ports Corporation Limited. This is the first permanent appointee to...
Ferry projects fraught on both sides of Tasman
DOCUMENTS released last week by the NZ Government show the country’s Ministry of Transport raised many concerns about the cost of the iReX Cook Strait replacement ferries long...
ACCC has cotton concerns
THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a Statement of Issues outlining preliminary competition concerns with Louis Dreyfus Company’s proposed acquisition of...
Partnership looks at long-term biofuel use
A PROJECT to assess the impact of long-term and continuous use of biofuels on engine performance and fuel delivery system operations has been launched by the Global Centre for...
Dali suffered multiple blackouts
THE PRELIMINARY report of the US National Transportation Safety Board into containership Dali’s allusion with Baltimore’s Francis Key Scott Bridge has found the ship suffered a...
Hapag happy despite 1Q slump v 2023
HAPAG-Lloyd has reported declines in group EBITDA, EBIT and profit for the first quarter of 2024 but is upbeat about trends and has revised its forecast for the full financial...
HMM another to report 1Q bounce
EVIDENCE of a strong first quarter recovery in container trade revenues and profits continues to emerge with Korea’s HMM turning in encouraging figures. The carrier’s revenue...
Rail sector happy with budget money
AN ALLOCATION of more than $1 billion in the 2024-25 Federal Budget has pleased the nation’s rail freight and infrastructure bodies. Peak body the Freight on Rail Group welcomed a...
Strategic support earns MIAL praise
THE FEDERAL Government last night committed more than $26 million to the advancement of proposals for an Australian strategic fleet, earning a huge tick form Maritime Industry...
Both sides back US maritime future
NEWS of apparently bipartisan support from Australia’s major political parties for a strong future for the nation’s maritime sector comes after US Republicans and Democrats last...
Another honour for Incat's Clifford
INCAT founder and chairman Robert Clifford has received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual SHIPPAX Ferry Conference, held this year aboard Tallink Silja’s...
