New number ONE announced
JEREMY Nixon, the man who engineered and led the consolidation of the three major Japanese shipowners’ container businesses into Ocean Network Express, will step down as CEO on 1...
Höegh finishes 2025 on high note (hi-hö!)
HÖEGH Autoliners appears to have shrugged off analysts’ gloomy expectations about the international automotive trade to rack up another strong year, capped by a ‘solid’ fourth...
TasPorts’ progresses new Bell Bay loader
A CONTRACT for a replacement woodchip loader at Bell Bay has been awarded to Tasmania-based steel fabricator and construction company Crisp Bros. & Haywards Pty Ltd (CB&H) by...
Kelsian quits SeaLink, tourism business
A YEAR after initiating a review of its diverse business interests Adelaide-based Kelsian Group has sold what it defines as its Tourism Portfolio to ‘experiential travel’...
Down down, freight rates are down
CARRIERS are resorting to almost meaningless inbound rate restoration attempts in a move watchers say means the situation has reached an “any little bit helps” situation....
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New AMSA ETV on the water
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority’s new Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef emergency towing vessel has been floated out at the Shandong Port Marine Equipment Shipyard in...
More deals rigged in Australian waters
TWO of the world’s leading drilling rig owners/operators, Transocean and Valaris, which last week agreed to merge, have announced new and extended contracts in Australian waters....
More Russian vessels sanctioned by NZ
The New Zealand Government has expanded the scope of sanctions imposed on Russian interests, adding 100 ‘dark fleet’ vessels, 23 individuals, and 13 entities to its banned list....
NZ Government fund coastal ship upgrade
CHRISTCHURCH-based Coastal Bulk Shipping is set to receive NZ$3 million from New Zealand Government Associate Transport Minister James Meager announced on Friday [20 February]...
Shippers pursue landside cost answers
A NEW shipper body has been formed to probe the capability of existing legislation to address “persistent market failure” in container port landside charging. The Australian...
Bluebridge extends Picton pick
COOK Strait ferry operator StraitNZ Bluebridge has struck a new 39-year commercial agreement with Port Marlborough Ltd to continue to use Picton as its southern terminal until...
Hapag seals ZIM deal
AS FORESHADOWED yesterday Hapag-Lloyd has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, but the carriers will remain competitors until the...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen reports “firm performance” in 2025
OSLO-based automotive supply chain specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen has pronounced its satisfaction with its 2025 results, saying it has “used the cycle to strengthen and...
BigLift places big order
THE NETHERLANDS’ BigLift Shipping, part of the Spliethoff Group, has turned to China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore Co for what it calls “a strategic expansion” of its heavylift...
HMM stays profitable despite slippage
THE EIGHTH-largest global container line, South Korea’s HMM, kept its head above water in 2025 even while registering significant falls in key metrics. HMM managed an operating...
