Carpentaria expanding Cairns fleet
AN INCAT Crowther-designed vessel now in build at Hobart’s RDM Constructions will join Cairns-based Carpentaria Marine Services next year in a multi-purpose role. Carpentaria...
More Otway drilling underway
THE PURSUIT of new offshore gas resources in continuing in the Otway Basin, with ConocoPhillips Australia employing the semi-submersible rig Transocean Equinox to drill two...
NT pushes Federal Government on Darwin buy-back
THE FEDERAL Government has declined to reveal progress on the proposed buy-back of the Port of Darwin lease from China’s Landbridge, citing the sensitivity of negotiations....
Hull of a win for Sydney robots
HULLBOT, the Sydney-founded developer of autonomous underwater robots that proactively clean and inspect ship hulls, has raised $16 million to expand production and international...
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Bridge comms failure contributes to Fremantle prang
THE DRAMATIC collision between the 8,400 TEU Maersk Shekou and the sail training ship Leeuwin II in Fremantle’s Inner Harbour in August 2024 resulted from poor bridge...
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Carnival not over for Melbourne
CARNIVAL Cruise Lines has confirmed its return to cruising out of Melbourne, at the same time as spreading home-port operations to Port Adelaide and Auckland. As first announced...
DeepOcean wins Western Australian decommissioning contract
NORWAY-headquartered ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a contract with an unnamed company to support the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure at oil and gas fields...
Gladstone seeks terminal interest
GLADSTONE’s dream of becoming s fully-fledged container port has taken another step towards realisation with the release of a Registration of Interest for development of a...
Höegh’s solid 3Q but timing unlucky
IN A case of unfortunate timing Höegh Autoliners yesterday announced a reduction in dividends, attributable to the additional costs to be incurred by USTR port charges on...
New chair for Ports North
PORTS NORTH will have a new board chair as of 1 January 2026 following the latest round of Queensland Government appointments to government-owned corporations. Ben Kidston,...
Strong Q1 FY 2026 for Tauranga
TAURANGA has hit its straps in the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, reporting 5.9% cargo volume growth year-on-year and a 9% boost to container volumes. In the three...
Freight rates on the tear
FOR NO obvious reason China-Australia freight rates have taken off over the past two weeks and some offers in the market are approaching USD 3400/FEU for certain port pairs. After...
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Crane pain afflicts NPDL
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line has been obliged to shuffle schedules of its AUSPAC and NZPAC services, thanks to unrelated crane failures on a vessel and in port. Due to mechanical...
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West Gate Tunnel a costly blessing
MODELLING undertaken by the Container Transport Alliance Australia has shown port of Melbourne hauliers will face 13% to 30% increase in charges when the West Gate Tunnel and...
Fender bender latest TT Line problem
TT LINE has been forced to allocate $9 million to ship-and-shore modifications after admitting the company sent wrong specifications to berth-builder TasPorts. TT chairman Ken...
