Melbourne assures about bridge safety
PORT of Melbourne harbour master Warwick Laing has moved to reassure the industry and community that the West Gate Bridge is very unlikely to meet the fate of the Baltimore bridge...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen prices Baltimore lock-in
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen expects the closure of Baltimore, one of the USA’s leading automobile trade ports and a key company hub, to cost it up to US$10 million. WW estimates it will...
Third expedition ship for Aurora
SYDNEY-based Aurora Expeditions will introduce a third small polar cruise ship in 2025, named after Australian Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson. The 154-pax Douglas Mawson will...
Santos' FPSO reaches another milestone
SANTOS Ltd’s Barossa Gas Project reached another significant milestone last week with the successful installation of the 13th of 16 modules on the floating production, storage and...
Flinders sells Logistics to Aurizon
FLINDERS Port Holdings has sold its Logistics and Pirie Bulk divisions to railco Aurizon in a deal it says will promote further trade growth in South Australia. DCN understands...
VICT pushing up landside charges
VICTORIA International Container Terminal has invited submissions under the state’s Voluntary Pricing Protocol after issuing a 60-day notification of forthcoming increases in...
New ships for ANL services
BRAND new containerships ordered or chartered by parent CMA CGM are being introduced to ANL’s Australian services. The 6014 TEU CMA CGM Zingaro arrived in Melbourne yesterday [2...
Townsville set for a terminal tizzy-up
TOWNSVILLE has called tenders for works to transform the port’s dedicated cruise terminal as it prepares to welcome larger passenger vessels for the 2024/25 cruise season. Local...
Baltimore bridge removal underway
THE first pieces of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore were removed over the weekend, following the arrival of 1000-tonne and 600-tonne capacity floating cranes....
Resources and energy exports to ease
AUSTRALIAN commodity export earnings are expected to be $417 billion in 2023–24, or around 10% below the record $466 billion in 2022–23, according to the March 2024 Resources and...
Kwinana canola plan targets biofuel exports
THE Western Australian Government has begun exclusive lease negotiations with commodities trader Cargill Australia for a parcel of land next to the CBH Kwinana Grain Terminal as...
Austal rejects Hanwha takeover offer
SHIPBUILDER Austal has rejected a c.$1 billion takeover proposal from South Korea’s Hanwha, citing the unlikelihood of obtaining regulatory and government approvals. This morning...
AMSA to scrutinise seafarers’ employment
AMSA will launch a new concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) later this year, in conjunction with the Tokyo and Indian Ocean MoUs, focusing on seafarers’ employment conditions....
Box lines gaming ETS, NGO claims
A EUROPEAN non-government organisation campaigning for cleaner transport has claimed four leading container lines are exploiting customers via the EU’s emissions trading scheme...
Kiwis’ Easter travel plans Cooked
INTERISLAND Line’s trouble-plagued Cook Strait ferry services face more disruption this weekend, potentially crimping Easter freight and passenger movements. In service alerts...
