Mid West community grants granted
THE MID West Ports Authority 2021-2022 Community Grants program has distributed nearly $100,000 to 21 projects and events across the region. Centacare Family Services, Champion...
Western Australia commits funds to ports in state budget
THE WESTERN Australian government has committed some $508 million to port infrastructure upgrade projects across the state in the 2022-23 State Budget. This new funding is in...
Aussie shipbuilder to build STS Young Endeavour replacement
AUSTRALIAN shipbuilder Birdon is to design and build the replacement for the brigantine sail training ship Young Endeavour. The Royal Australian Navy has operated the ship for...
Pacific Explorer ties up at Gore Bay
RESIDENTS of the sleepy neighbourhood around Gore Bay in Sydney woke up to a cruise ship in their back garden on Wednesday morning (11 May). Pacific Explorer arrived that morning...
Hapag-Lloyd reports huge Q1 profits
HAPAG-Lloyd reported substantial profits for the first quarter of 2022. The company’s first quarter EBITDA was US$5.3 billion (€4.7 billion). Its EBIT rose to US$4.8 billion (€4.3...
ONE and PSA put reclaimed reefer refrigerant to use
OCEAN Network Express and PSA Corporation have announced a trial to use reclaimed refrigerant gas for reefers. A statement from the companies said recycling refrigerant gas...
Dead man and 50 kilos of cocaine found in the water at Newcastle
POLICE have opened an investigation after the body of a scuba diver and more than 50 kilograms of cocaine were found in the Hunter River at the Port of Newcastle this week. At...
Port Authority of NSW appoints new director and chair
PORT Authority of NSW has appointed Justine Jarvinen to its Board of Directors and David Marchant has been appointed chair, replacing outgoing chair Robert Dunn. PANSW said the...
CMA CGM to collaborate on carbon-reducing digital systems
The CMA CGM Group and PSA Corporation – a subsidiary of PSA International – signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly create and implement sustainable systems relating to...
Coalition’s plans to increase “sovereign maritime capability”
“AUSTRALIA has a maritime vulnerability,” Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said in announcing the Coalition’s plans to increase Australia’s “sovereign maritime capability” if...
QLD signs hydrogen pact with Port of Rotterdam
QUEENSLAND has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands to collaborate on opportunities to develop a hydrogen export supply chain....
Likely source of Singapore contaminated bunkers found
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore has traced the likely source of contaminated fuel, which was delivered to upwards of 200 ships at Singapore, to fuel onboard a tanker...
11 years in prison for cocaine import
A MAN has been sentenced to 11 years and eight months’ imprisonment at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local and District Court over a 2018 seizure of almost 60 kilograms of cocaine,...
Tassie looking to up trade with Kiwis
THE TASMANIAN government is to lead a trade mission to New Zealand as part of its plan to grow and diversify its economic opportunities, according to acting minister for state...
Decreases in Freo container throughput in March
CONTAINER throughput at the Port of Fremantle declined slightly in March from a high in February, according to the latest trade statistics from Fremantle Ports. March saw a total...
