NHVR to help fund CTAA’s safe shipping container loading practices initiative
CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia is to deliver a “safe shipping container loading practices initiative”. The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s Heavy Vehicle Safety...
Marine insurance merger takes step forward
APPROVALS from competition and regulatory authorities have moved forward a plan to merge P&I clubs North and Standard Club to establish NorthStandard. The launch of NorthStandard...
Inland Rail review welcomed
THE FEDERAL government last week announced an independent review into the $14.5-billion Inland rail project. This review has been welcomed by entities involved in the vast...
Dutch national arrested in connection to Australian drug smuggling case
THE NATIONAL Police of the Netherlands – acting on intelligence provided by the Australian Federal Police and the Belgian Judicial Federal Police – have arrested a 54-year-old man...
Police seek info on Botany shipping container cocaine smuggling
POLICE discovered about 130 kilograms of cocaine secreted in a container on the Spirit of Sydney after it arrived at Port Botany on 28 May. Australian Federal Police are now...
Government announces independent review of Inland Rail
THE AUSTRALIAN government announced on Friday (7 October) an independent review of the vast $14.5-billion Inland Rail project. The government announced the review will be headed...
Container lines’ schedule reliability improves
CONGESTION issues have essentially been cut in half, compared with the situation in January 2022, according to consultancy Sea-Intelligence. In August, 7.9% of the global fleet...
Incident reporting regulations to change for pilots and VTS
CHANGES in the Transport Safety Investigations Regulations will require pilotage providers and VTS to report transport safety occurrences to the Australian Transport Safety...
Container packing guide gets update
THE CARGO Integrity Group has updated its Quick Guide to the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code). The group of seven industry...
Maersk orders six big methanol-ready containerships
A.P Moller – Maersk has ordered six ocean-going containerships that can use methanol as a fuel. The vessels will have a nominal cargo capacity of about 17,000 TEU. They will...
MWPA’s 2021-22 throughput highest in years
MID West Ports Authority handled its highest annual throughput since 2016-17, recording 16.4 million tonnes of trade in 2021-22. For the third year in a row, MWPA saw a decrease...
Australia Post launches sustainability roadmap
AUSTRALIA Post on Wednesday launched its 2025 Sustainability Roadmap. The plan, AusPost says, formally supports the Australian government’s commitment to net zero by 2050. AusPost...
Major shipbuilder partners for wind propulsion options
ANEMOI Marine Technologies, a British provider of Rotor Sails, has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) to offer the wind propulsion system on newbuilds...
Big ship breaks record at Botany
WHEN CMA CGM Estelle came into Port Botany on Monday (3 October), it broke the record for the ship carrying the greatest number of containers ever to visit Australia. The vessel...
Port sees record throughput and high profits for past FY
NEW Zealand’s Lyttelton Port Company reported a record-breaking 502,210 TEU throughput for the 2022 financial year. This was an increase of 15% on the previous year’s throughput....
