AAL brings RTGs to Felixstowe
AAL has celebrated its inaugural call at Felixstowe with the delivery of four RTGs from China. This delivery was part of a development project that is expected to see the UK’s...
VICT acknowledges business slow down
MELBOURNE’S third container stevedore, Victoria International Container Terminal, has confirmed a difficult start to the 2019 calendar year. This is despite parent company...
MIAL heads to London for IMO gathering
MEETING shipping’s energy needs while adjusting to cleaner fuels are themes set to be debated at a gathering of the International Maritime Organization Marine Environment...
Black bloody mutiny, sir!
A LIMITED edition of coins commemorating the famous mutiny on HMS Bounty have been announced by the Royal Australian Mint. The events of 1789 in the South Pacific have become the...
Detained North Korean bulker arrives in American Samoa
NORTH Korean bulker Wise Honest has arrived in the port of Pago Pago, American Samoa, having been detained by US authorities. The vessel was initially detained in Indonesia in the...
Qube acquires mining and industrial company
LOGISTICS company Qube Holdings has announced the acquisition of mining and industrial services company LCR. Qube chief operating officer Paul Digney said the acquisition was...
“Disruption” guaranteed at brokers’ conference
“DISRUPTION” is the theme of the 2019 Customs Brokers and Forwarders’ Federation of New Zealand conference this week. To be held in the tourist city of Queenstown, the conference...
Port seeks import fee to bankroll rail
PORT of Melbourne has put a proposal to the government of Victoria for a charge of around $15 per TEU to apply to import containers. The money would be used to bankroll rail...
Brokers gather for regional convention
REGULATORY compliance and the Australian Trusted Trader Program were some of the topics discussed at the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Regional Convention....
Tanker to be towed to Brisbane
TANKER vessel Densa Whale (IMO 9601223) is being towed to Brisbane. A spokesman for the tug company Smit Lamnalco said the tugs SL Martinique and SL Diamantina would tandem tow...
Maritime community gathers for policy announcement
A BROAD cross-section of the maritime community gathered at the Australian National Maritime Museum to hear Labor’s Anthony Albanese launch his party’s shipping policy. The event...
Guide aims to boost road transport safety
REDUCING road transport fatalities is the central aim of the 2019/20 edition of the Transport & Logistics Industry Guide to Workplace Safety, prepared by Pro-Visual Publishing....
Engineers talk waves, automation and climate change
PORT engineers have gathered in Sydney to talk over a host of issues including rising sea levels, automations and better breakwalls. The occasion was seminar organised by PIANC,...
Premier Hodgman to address Tassie freight forum
TASMANIAN Premier Will Hodgman is to address at the 2019 Tasmanian Freight and Logistics Forum. The forum is to be held at the Australian Maritime College Launceston campus and is...
“Challenging period” reflected in GrainCorp results
DRY bulk exporter GrainCorp has noted the impact of severe drought in its results for the half year ending 31 March. GrainCorp reported an underlying net loss after tax of $48m...
