Hapag and IKEA assemble green shipping deal
GERMANY'S Hapag-Lloyd and Sweden’s IKEA Supply Chain Operations have struck an agreement to decarbonise the carrier’s container shipments from Asia, marking an important step...
Freight gets Vic Budget boost
THE HEAVILY-indebted Victorian Government yesterday [7 May] brought down its 2024-25 budget, described by economist as “the most conservative for 10 years”, but has still found...
International intrigue behind ITF-targeted bulker
THE MURKY world of international shipping is again on display via a bulk carrier which has drawn ITF attention over living conditions on board. The Liberia-flagged, 55,411 DWT...
Police boat headed for new beat
A POLICE launch that’s racked up an impressive three decades of service in local and deepsea waters is headed for a new life in Papua New Guinea. Tasmania Police’s PV Van Diemen...
Red Sea dramas leave Launceston helipless
IN A rather bizarre consequence of the disruptions to shipping caused by the Middle East conflict, Launceston in Tasmania is struggling to complete a hospital helipad. The...
Deep maintenance to take Cook Strait ferries out (UPDATED)
AN INTENSIFIED maintenance program for Interisland Line’s trouble-plagued Cook Strait ferries will see at all three out of service for protracted periods over coming months. The...
Successful trials for ammonia pioneer
THE GROUND-breaking vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer has completed a second round of operational trials in the port of Singapore, this time of propulsion and manoeuvrability....
GrainCorp sees softer second half
WHILE trading conditions in the first half of the 2024 financial year were largely in line with expectations, handler and marketer GrainCorp is predicting a softer outlook for the...
King Island hay help arriving
THE IMBROGLIO over the shipment of drought-relief stockfeed from mainland Australia to Bass Strait’s King Island has been resolved. Colac Otway Shire Council had forbidden the use...
Maersk quantifies Red Sea costs
THE COST of container ship diversions from the Red Sea has been spelt out by Maersk Line in an explanation of surcharges and higher freight rates imposed since conflict between...
Interim Reef ETV in safe keeping
THE VESSEL Smit Lamnalco will use for the first two years of AMSA’s new first response capability contract in the Torres Strait and on the Great Barrier Reef is under refit in...
Kembla FSRU re-directed to Egypt
THE floating storage and re-gasification unit chartered for Port Kembla Energy Terminal use will be redeployed to Egypt under an agreement between Australian Industrial Energy,...
Schoeller orders more Super-Bs
Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings, parent of AAL Shipping, has place orders for two additional 32,000 dwt heavylift multi-purpose vessels with Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, part of...
Maersk see strong recovery in Q1
A.P. Moller-Maersk says its Q1 2024 results were in line with expectations, with a strong recovery in container line earnings since the final quarter of 2023 and a strong...
Crane chainers charged
VICTORIAN Police have thrown the book at 13 anti-Israel protesters who cut fences to access VICT at Webb Dock, Melbourne early on Tuesday [30 April] and chained themselves to the...
