MARINE SURVEYORS: Off the grid
An evolving workforce and shifting market are among the many complexities facing the marine surveying sector MARINE surveying may be a small cog in the multi-faceted maritime...
Cathay Cargo adopts IATA data protocol
CATHAY Cargo has announced it has become the first carrier to adopt the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) ONE Record data protocol in some of its day-to-day...
NYK signs “world first” ammonia time charter
AMMONIA distributor Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland has signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC)....
Trump tariffs to ‘blitz’ Australian suppliers
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced plans to introduce 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US, in a move tipped to put further pressure on Australian...
Strategic Marine inks contract with Odyssey Group
STRATEGIC Marine has announced the signing of a new contract with Odyssey Group to build a state-of-the-art multi-purpose survey vessel. The Singaporean-headquartered provider of...
Two reefers found holding cocaine loads
The AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has seized approximately 41 kilograms of cocaine from two refrigerated containers that were imported into Port Botany. The first container, imported...
Swissport grows business in Australia, will enter NZ
AIRPORT ground services and air cargo provider Swissport International has announced a significant expansion of its air cargo handling capacity in Australia. Further, the Swiss...
World Container Index continues to decrease
DREWRY’S World Container Index decreased by 3% to US$3273 per 40-foot container this week. The Drewry WCI composite index is now 68% below the previous pandemic peak of US$10,377...
Inmarsat signs agreement with Maersk
INMARSAT MARITIME has signed an expanded agreement with Maersk to upgrade the former’s satellite communications services across Maersk’s global fleet of approximately 340...
Inland Rail crossings to be made safer
THE MINISTER for Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Development, Catherine King, has announced major road and rail crossings will be made safer for future Inland Rail work....
Corvus Energy to power “world first” electric vessel
CORVUS Energy has announced it will deliver a mega-size battery system for the first fully electric offshore vessel ever to be built. The Norwegian-headquartered company confirmed...
ClassNK issues AiP for Liquefied CO2 Carrier
CLASSNK has announced it has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a design concept for a coastal liquefied CO2 carrier, jointly developed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. and...
AMSA and Fair Work Ombudsman join forces
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), in collaboration with the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), have joined forces to address wage theft issues aboard foreign-flagged...
Australia, Japan to modernise food value chains
THE FEDERAL Government has declare drelations between Japan and Australia have been further strengthened with the signing of a statement of intent on modernizing agri-food value...
Vezhen released by Swedish authorities
BULK carrier Vezhen has been released by Swedish authorities after being seized in relation to a subsea cable damage incident. The Swedish Prosecution Authority announced the...
