TOP STORIES OF 2022: Captain of Interlink Veracity charged for alleged drug smuggling
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police in May charged the 51-year-old master of bulk carrier Interlink Veracity for his alleged role in the plot to import 320 kilograms of cocaine into...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: Portland Bay
THE Portland Bay story was one of danger, heroism and disaster averted. On the morning of Monday 4 July, the bulk carrier was in imminent danger of grounding on the rocks of the...
Grant from port company helps local kids
AN NSW Ports Community Grant is helping children with a disability in the Illawarra play sport. The 2022 community grant has enabled not-for-profit organisation Frame Running...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: The Svitzer industrial relations flare up
ON Monday 14 November, towage company Svitzer announced it would lock out its maritime employees indefinitely starting the following Friday. The move was after more than three...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: Toll Shipping becomes Strait Link
IN early September, Toll Shipping announced it would become an independent shipping company in Tasmania under a new name: Strait Link. Toll Shipping was part of the Toll Global...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: Bigger containerships visit Port Botany
MSC TOKYO became the ship with the deepest draught to visit Port Botany in February 2022. The vessel has a draught of 15.1 metres when it entered the port. MSC Tokyo broke a...
AMSA to support Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race fleet
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority is to continue its vital role providing emergency search and rescue and safety support for the 2022 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, to be run...
Pilbara Ports see November cargo increase
THROUGHPUT at the ports of the Pilbara has seen an increase in November. According to the latest statistics from the Pilbara Ports Authority, there was an increase of 7% in...
CMA CGM teams up with port for shore power
THE CMA CGM Group and Shanghai International Port signed a long-term strategic collaboration to develop the mass scale use of onshore power supply for containerships at the Port...
Fittings in poor condition prior to container loss incident: ATSB
APL England’s fixed container securing arrangements on deck were in a poor state of repair when it lost 50 containers overboard in heavy weather in 2020, according to the...
Changes afoot for Lloyds Open Form
SEVERAL organisations, including the International Chamber of Shipping, are working to revamp the Lloyds Open Form contract for vessel salvage in response to declining use by the...
Cathay Pacific cargo volumes down in November
CATHAY Pacific’s cargo volumes last month declined compared with the previous month despite it being the start of the traditional Christmas period, according to the airline’s...
Filipino President, maritime industry representatives discuss issues
REPRESENTATIVES from organisations representing seafarers, shipowners and other maritime industry employers met with Filipino President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr as...
Tea-packet meth smuggling on the rise: AFP
OVER the past year, the Australian Federal Police have seized more than 2.1 tonnes of so-called tea-packet methamphetamine. According to the AFP, criminal syndicates have adopted...
Port master planning process continues for these Queensland ports
THE QUEENSLAND Department of Transport and Main Roads is undertaking public consultation on the draft master plans and overlays for three of North Queensland Bulk Ports’ ports....
