Wellboat design aims to reduce maintenance and emissions
TERSAN Shipyard in Turkey has awarded Hydroniq Coolers a contract to deliver its Pleat seawater coolers to a wellboat the yard is building for Norwegian salmon producer Nordlaks...
Incat awarded contract to build high speed catamaran
AUSTRALIAN high-speed vessel specialists Incat Tasmania and South Korean coastal passenger transport company SeaWorld Express Ferry have announced an order for a new generation...
More support for Ship Recycling Initiative
ALTERA Infrastructure has announced it has joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative. Previously part of the Teekay group of companies, Altera becomes the tenth shipowner...
COVID: Outram defends ABF over Ruby Princess disembarkations
AUSTRALIAN Border Force Commissioner Michael Outram has denied his organisation is responsible for allowing coronavirus-infected passengers from the Ruby Princess to disembark at...
Container biosecurity innovations earn big grants
TWO companies have been awarded $1m each under the Australian government’s Business Research and Innovation Initiative to develop solutions to detecting and managing hitchhiker...
ACCC ruling allows supermarkets to work together on grocery supply chain
SUPERMARKET operators will be able to coordinate immediately to ensure consumers can get groceries during the coronavirus pandemic after the ACCC’s granting of interim...
‘Two Port Policy’ eases Queensland port entry conditions
RULES preventing ships from docking at Queensland ports for 14-days since their last overseas port visit have been eased under a new policy announced this week by Maritime Safety...
Proponents push ahead with Kangaroo Island Seaport plans
KANGAROO Island Plantation Timbers has announced the final stage in its development application for Kangaroo Island Seaport has been completed. The company says its “formal...
Freight exempt as Queensland closes its border
QUEENSLAND has shut its border but freight movement will be one of the essential services allowed to continue unimpeded, the state government says. From midnight on Wednesday, the...
Wharfies join fight against coronavirus
MARITIME Union of Australia west coast branch secretary Christy Cain says maritime workers are committed to working with the West Australian government, employers, and industry...
Littleproud announces appointment of coronavirus adviser
AGRICULTURE minister David Littleproud has announced Mark Tucker as the Senior Agriculture Industry Engagement Officer, focusing on coronavirus. “Mr Tucker will be the key liaison...
MSC Australia announces “business continuity” plan
MSC Australia has announced steps, globally and locally, to protect staff and business operations during the coronavirus pandemic. All MSC Australian offices are to remain open...
Address China freight backlog, says Jackson Meyer
A LARGE backlog of freight has occurred in China with challenges in how it is now cleared out, according to Verus Global group CEO and director Jackson Meyer. Mr Meyer was...
VTA praises Commonwealth and Victorian government support
FINANCIAL support announced by the Commonwealth and Victorian governments to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus will minimise unemployment, VTA boss Peter Anderson says....
ABF signs MOU with Singapore
SUPPORTING efforts to make trade digital is the aim of a memorandum of understanding between the Australian Border Force and the Singapore government. Australian Border Force...
