Bahijah cargo to be landed but future unclear
THE remaining sheep and cattle on the Israeli livestock carrier Bahijah are due to be unloaded this week but the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry says the...
CMA CGM avoids potential Polynesia ban
CMA CGM appears to have overcome problems with competition authorities that could have seen the carrier’s liner services excluded from French Polynesia. Regulators worldwide have...
Maersk swings from massive profit to Q4 loss
LIKE most of its container line compatriots Maersk Line has reported a substantial turnaround in fortunes towards the end of 2023, although meeting guidance for the full year. The...
Maersk, Svitzer consciously uncouple
A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S announced today [8 February, European time] it will spin off its global towage division, Svitzer A/S, from end-April subject to shareholder approval. “In...
Dropped prop strands LPG tanker
A GAS tanker which lost its propeller off the Victorian coast late last week faces a likely long wait for a tow to a repair yard. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority today...
NYK Stolt renewing fleet
JOINT venture partners NYK and Stolt-Nielsen are expanding their fleet renewal program, doubling an earlier Stolt order for 38,000 DWT stainless steel chemical tankers. The latest...
Emerald engines to be replaced
SYDNEY'S troubled second-generation Emerald-class Manly ferries are to be re-engined, the NSW Government announced on Wednesday (7 February). Since their introduction in late 2021...
Aust run for NYK's first LNG-fuelled Capesize
JAPAN'S NYK has taken delivery of the first LNG-fuelled Capesize bulk carrier built in a Japanese yard and it will be dedicated to Australian ore and coal trades. The 210,933 DWT...
Stinky beetles bug EVs but app on the way
IMPORTS of new and used vehicles are still being hindered by biosecurity problems, with the CSIRO highlighting a shipment of electric vehicles turned away after the discovery of a...
South Aust exports break records
SOUTH Australia’s Malinauskas government is claiming credit for the state registering record exports valued at $17.93 billion for the year ending December 2023. SA also recorded...
Austal kicks off US expansion
PERTH-headquartered Austal’s US subsidiary has begun the next phase of a major expansion of it ship-building capabilities in Mobile, Alabama. Design work began on Tuesday [6...
New launch lifts Flinders Ports' spirit
SOUTH Australian ports operator Flinders Port Holdings has placed in service Spirit, the first of three state-of-the-art pilot boats built by Hart Marine. Spirit was inaugurated...
MOL, Yara link for WA ammonia exports
A MITSUI O.S.K. Lines tanker taken on charter by Yara International for Pacific trading has already loaded two ammonia cargoes from Dampier’s Withnell Bay. The 2010-built, 34,500...
It's the time of sands in the Kimberley
THE PORT of Broome has hosted its first export shipment of product from Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in the West Kimberley. Approximately 5100 tonnes of Kimberley Mineral...
No approval for Bahijah re-export plan
THE FEDERAL government has rejected plans by livestock exporter Bassem Dabbah to send vessel Bahijah and its stranded cargo of sheep and cattle via the Cape of Good Hope to...
