Kuehne+Nagel reports big 1Q 2022
KUEHNE + Nagel’s results for the fist quarter of 2022 was marked by big increases in turnover, earnings and profit. The company’s net turnover increased by 68% to CHF 10.2 billion...
Biofouling taskforce meets for second time
THE GLOBAL Project Task Force of the IMO’s GloFouling Partnerships project, a collaboration between the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme...
Port worker dies in Lyttelton incident
A PORT worker was killed on Monday (25 April) at Lyttelton Port of Christchurch. LPC acting CEO Kirstie Gardener confirmed that the incident occurred onboard the bulker ETG...
New import conditions announced to combat khapra beetle
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has announced new import conditions to help keep the invasive khapra beetle out of Australia. Head of the Biosecurity &...
Drewry container index decreases over the week
DREWRY’S World Container Index deceased by 0.9% this past week, but it remained 60.3% higher than it was one year ago. Source: World Container Index, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors...
Hutchison announces infrastructure levy hikes
HUTCHISON Ports Australia announced on Friday increases to its infrastructure levy for full containers handled at its Sydney and Brisbane terminals. The container stevedore will...
NZ unions call for national health and safety standards in stevedoring
THE MARITIME union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union and the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild have joined together to demand national stevedoring standards...
Sub-standard watchkeeping identified in lead-up to collision
WATCHKEEPING standards on two vessels that collided off the coast of New Zealand in July fell “well short of good industry practice”, according to a report on the incident from...
Stevedore killed in Auckland accident
A STEVEDORE was killed on Tuesday (19 April) at the Port of Auckland while working the containership Capitaine Tasman. Atiroa Tuaiti (right), who was identified as the worker...
Fed govt to help fund Kwinana, Pilbara hydrogen development
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday announced that the federal government would invest $140 million in two hydrogen hubs in Western Australia as part of its Clean Hydrogen...
ACA heads to Florida
THE AUSTRALIAN Cruise Association is sending a 10-person delegation to Miami Florida to Seatrade Cruise Global next week. The group will be led by ACA chair Philip Holliday and...
Industry group calls on next government to act on rail freight
THE Freight on Rail Group has called for the next federal government to prioritise several rail freight issues after the May election. In drafting coastal shipping regulation,...
Shani Ben-David becomes first female captain in Israeli merchant marine
SHANI Ben-David was this week appointed to the position of captain in a ceremony held at Zim headquarters in Haifa; Ms Ben-David is the first woman to reach the highest rank in...
Companies to explore Gladstone green ammonia exports
Green hydrogen infrastructure developer H2U and mining and infrastructure services and materials provider Orica signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a facility to...
ANL completes first local containership biofuel trial
ANL has carried out what it says is the first biofuel trial on a containership in Oceania. The trial, on ANL’s AAX1 service, was a 42-day rotation, commencing in Brisbane,...
