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...
Cosco seeing turnaround in Q1
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings, which houses the Cosco Group’s container line and terminal activities, has reported a positive recovery in the first quarter of 2024. CSH posted EBIT of...
SCT’s cool new WA project
The property division of the SCT Group has begun construction of a new refrigerated facility at Forrestfield, Western Australia in a move it says will improve supply chain...
Bogged Baltimore boxship to be freed
Container ship Dali, trapped by the ruins of the Francis Key Scott Bridge collapse in Baltimore since 26 March, is expected to be moved this week, enabling the re-opening of the...
Whale saver arrives in Hobart
A FORMER Japanese fisheries patrol vessel has arrived in Hobart for refit before taking up an expected renewed battle against whaling in the Great Southern Ocean. To be renamed...
Svitzer, Smit Lamnalco roll over four-port deal
CONTRARY to widespread industry speculation Svitzer and Smit Lamnalco have extended their agreement to share towage assets in Brisbane, Newcastle, Port Botany and Melbourne. While...
Tas premier wants Vics out of the way
TASMANIAN premier Jeremey Rockliff has expressed “extreme disappointment” with an intransigent Victorian shire council preventing the shipment of critically-needed stockfeed to...
ONE not the loneliest
JAPAN'S Ocean Network Express has joined the vast majority of leading container lines in reporting a massive drop in revenue and earnings for its 2023 financial year but managed...
Svitzer pushing up profits
GLOBAL towage provider Svitzer has enjoyed a strong trading start to 2024 and its demerger from AP Møller - Mærsk A/S has been confirmed by the latter’s shareholders at an EGM....
Hapag alive to digital tracking
HAPAG-LLOYD is claiming a global first for container lines with the launch of full, on-demand, door-to-door visibility of dry container shipments. The ‘Live Position’ service uses...
Go slow in Melb port waters
NEW speed limits for the Williamstown port area, declared yesterday by the Victorian Government, are unlikely to affect commercial shipping. Ports minister Melissa Horne announced...
