Upgrades for Freo, celebrations for AMC
THE WESTERN Australian Government is allocating $40.5 million in its 2024-25 budget to improvements in Fremantle’s Inner Harbour, focusing on cruise and ferry infrastructure. Five...
ANL shares CMA CGM's rewards
WHAT is claimed to be the world’s first loyalty program for shippers is now available for customers of ANL Containerline. The CMA CGM Group launched SEA REWARD in March this year,...
Höegh Autoliners: Slow 1Q, second Aurora launched
NORWAY'S Höegh Autoliners has reported lower revenues and earnings for the first quarter of 2024, attributed to lower cargo volumes and the impact of Red Sea diversions. However,...
Albany's tug upgrade completed
SVITZER has completed an upgrade of towage services provided to Southern Ports in Albany with the entry into service of Svitzer Karoline. Svitzer Karoline arrived this month and...
NPDL in sweeping overhaul of services
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line is re-launching three of its major services with more direct calls, greater frequency and faster transits as it seeks to blanket the ANZ-South Pacific...
Trapped Baltimore ships freed
FIVE of six large commercial vessels trapped in port by the Baltimore bridge collapse have been able to escape after the US Army Corp of Engineers cleared enough wreckage to open...
Rio Tinto goes with the flow in bulker test
RIO Tinto Shipping is trialling further technology designed to improve efficiency and reduce emissions, by retrofitting a drag-reducing air lubrication system to one of its...
Study finds Hedland's oresome value
AN ECONOMIC value study into the contribution of the port of Port Hedland has found it alone is responsible for approximately 4% of Australia’s national economy. The ACIL Allen...
Former Auckland CEO's trial continues
THE TRIAL of former Ports of Auckland Ltd CEO Tony Gibson over the 2020 death of a stevedore during container operations is continuing before a judge in the Auckland District...
MSC hits the road with Gram buy
THE EVER-expanding MSC on Wednesday [24 April] launched a US$700 million takeover for Norway’s Gram Car Carriers, with the offer recommended by the target’s board. GCC, which...
Carrier relief as rates slide halted
CONTAINER lines are growing increasingly upbeat as a feared rates collapse in the North & East Asia-Australia has failed to eventuate. As outlined in the annual review of the...
MOL looks to harvest carbon
MITSUI OSK Lines is investing in an onboard carbon capture system that harvests exhaust emissions to remove pollutants and produce re-usable chemicals and energy. The company will...
K+N optimistic despite Q1 decline
AN 18% fall in turnover and a 28% drop in EBITDA year-on-year for the first quarter has not stopped Khuene+Nagel International CEO Stefan Paul describing the result as ‘solid’....
MOL digitises car-loading databases
MITSUI OSK Lines, in conjunction with the Japan Cargo Tally Corporation, this month began using a unified database for loading PCTCs in a manner it believes will greatly improve...
Mice not nice for Zespri
A SHIPLOAD of mice has disrupted NZ kiwifruit exporter Zespri’s season launch in Europe. The company has been anticipating bumper sales of its kiwifruit varieties this year after...
