Port Vila restoring but aftershocks continue
EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN Vanuatu is still suffering aftershocks but Neptune Pacific Direct Line reports that port and commercial functionality is gradually recovering. There was a...
World’s biggest ‘ship’ to work in Bass Strait
ESSO AUSTRALIA has secured Allseas’ massive Pioneering Spirit to remove up to ten decommissioned oil and gas rigs from the Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait. Built at the DSME...
Key Lumsden Point contracts let
PILBARA PORTS’ multi-user facility at Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point has taken major steps towards realisation with the awarding of two milestone contracts. The first contract is to...
KiwiRail ferry breaks down in Wellington
JUST DAYS after the NZ Government declared current KiwiRail Cook Strait ferries could remain in service until newbuilds arrive in 2029, the ro-pax Kaiarahi has broken down –...
Final Pluto 2 modules delivered
WOODSIDE’s Scarborough Energy Project has passed another significant milestone with the final Pluto Train 2 modules arriving at the Pluto LNG facility in Karratha, Western...
Manawanui fuel recovery set to begin
WEATHER will play a major role in the recovery of fuels from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa, according to the NZ Defence Force’s Senior National Representative for Operation...
Xmas spirits may be curbed
INDUSTRIAL ACTION by members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union will likely delay tomorrow night’s sailings of TT Line’s Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes as deck officers...
NZ govt ignored MAG advice
THE NEW ZEALAND Government’s decision to effectively delay the KiwiRail Cook Strait ferry replacements until 2029 goes against the recommendations of its independent Ministerial...
China-Australia SCFI bounces
AFTER falling for five consecutive weeks from the second week of November the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index for the China-Australia route bounced up by over USD 300 to 3844...
CMA CGM reworks ETS surcharge
JUST AS it warned shippers a month ago (DCN 13 November) the CMA CGM Group will respond to a ramping-up of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme with a heavily revised...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen loaded with optimism
WHILE acknowledging “some signs of softness in the auto segment” Wallenius Wilhelmsen has upgraded its outlook for the remainder of 2024 and is expecting even better things in...
SeaRoad ro-ro builder collapses
FLENSBURGER-Gesellschaft GmbH has collapsed into administration for the second time in four years but Tasmania’s SeaRoad Group remains confident it will receive newbuilding ro-ro...
Strait Link back to full strength
STRAIT LINK’s nightly Melbourne-Burnie service will return to full capacity when ro-ro Victorian Reliance II rejoins sister Tasmanian Achiever II in operation early next week....
South Aust to get new Asia direct calls
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company will begin making direct Port Adelaide calls with its recently-launched Koala service, restoring South Australia’s import links with Asia. Schedules...
Rightship rights the wrong
MELBOURNE-based RightShip has responded to considerable blow-back against its October-announced new vessel inspection age triggers by issuing a revised implementation timeline and...
