Cairns Marine Precinct upgrade seeks to diversify FNQ economy
A $30m investment by the Queensland government is seeking to deliver two new wharves for the Port of Cairns. The scheme also seeks to build a business case to grow Cairns as a...
CMA CGM confirms cyberattack
SHIPPING giant CMA CGM Group has confirmed that is currently dealing with a cyberattack impacting peripheral servers. As reported in Daily Cargo News, the CMA CGM website, as well...
PM weighs into waterfront stoush (with video)
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has weighed into the waterfront industrial relations dispute, saying actions by the Maritime Union were “not on”. The union has claimed that it has...
Digital Business Plan a jobs’ booster, says Chamber
THE federal government's Digital Business Plan will help to create key jobs and set Australia on a stronger course post-pandemic, ACC chief economist Ross Lambie said. The...
Restrictions eased at Victorian warehouses
AN EASING of COVID-19-related restrictions on the operations of warehouses in Melbourne have been welcomed by the transport sector. As of Sunday night, businesses can revert to...
Patrick seeks Fair Work Commission intervention in waterfront stoush
PATRICK Terminals has applied to the Fair Work Commission in order to end the MUA industrial action which, it says, is “crippling” Australia’s key container terminals. The company...
Activist's colourful coal conveyor protest
A PROTESTOR who briefly put a halt to operations at Abbot Point coal terminal in North Queensland says he was motivated by the need for the world to “transition away” from fossil...
IT issues for CMA CGM and ANL
SHIPPING company ANL and its French parent CMA CGM have experienced IT issues during the past 24 hours, with both their websites seemingly out of action. In a joint statement from...
“Breakthrough” in DPWA/MUA negotiations
A NEW workplace agreement is expected between DPWA and the Maritime Union by the end of the month. DPWA chief operating officer, terminals, Andrew Adam, said the Maritime Union's...
Joint agency training exercise on WA mid-west coast
THE Australian Border Force’s Maritime Border Command has finished a two-week, joint agency border protection training exercise on the mid-west coast of Western Australia. The...
JCU and NQBP announce new era for marine partnership
JAMES Cook University is to take a leading role in protecting the reef as it begins a new $5m, five-year partnership with North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation. The...
End of an era at Patricks Brisbane
THE removal of a Kinhill Transfield crane at Brisbane is being hailed as the end of an era for Patrick Terminals. According to Patricks, the crane was installed by the Port of...
Pharmaceutical focus for new Marsden Park distribution centre
AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries, the parent company of Priceline, Soul Pattinson and Pharmacist Advice, is to set up a new a new distribution centre in Marsden Park, Sydney....
LNG giant joins CMA CGM fleet (with video)
A DIGITAL naming ceremony held in both Shanghai and Marseilles welcomed the vessel Jacques Saade to the CMA CGM fleet, the first 23,000TEU vessel to be powered by liquefied...
Incidents on Australian coast highlight need for sustainable shipping, says AMSA
CONTAINER losses on ships off the Australian coast highlight the need for sustainable shipping, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority says. World Maritime Day is 24 September...
