Maersk inks deal with wind power specialist Vestas
VESTAS and Maersk have formed what the two Danish companies call a “long-term strategic partnership for all containerised transport”. The partnership includes door-to-door...
Auckland to introduce infrastructure levy on containers
PORTS of Auckland announced it would introduce an infrastructure levy at its Fergusson Container Terminal from 1 January 2022. The levy is to be charged to shipping lines and will...
GeelongPort achieves carbon-neutral certification
GEELONGPORT’S green credentials have been recognised with a Climate Active carbon-neutral certification for its business operations. Reaching carbon neutrality was one of the...
Queensland ports initiative wins biosecurity award
A MARINE pest initiative launched by Queensland Ports Association and Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) across Queensland Ports including Gladstone Ports...
MUA withdraws Patrick industrial action
THE MARITIME Union of Australia has withdrawn its notices of industrial action for its workers at Patrick Terminals today (10 November). The union has agreed to withdraw all...
MOL to trial hydrogen-fuelled engine
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines, MOL Drybulk and Japan Engine Corporation are to co-operate in a trial of a hydrogen-fuelled engine installed in an on-service vessel. The companies say the...
General cargo ship runs aground, crew rescued
CONTAINERHIP Rise Shine has run aground near the Russian port of Nakhodka on Tuesday morning local time. Container ship Rise Shine (Panama flag) with 14 on board ran aground and...
New bulk grain facility up and running
T-PORTS’ new grain bunker facility received its first loads of barley in recent weeks. The facility is located at Kimba on the upper Eyre Peninsula, and the company said it...
12 new auto-strads are bound for Aussie ports
TWELVE new Kalmar Auto-strads are now on their way to Australia from Euope. The equipment will be employed at Patrick’s Brisbane and Sydney terminals. The new, eighth-generation...
Index cited in ACCC stevedore report draws fire
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, relied on data from another report, the Container Port Performance Index...
SAL takes aim at issues raised in stevedore report
A high-level meeting was held today (8 November) to discuss the ongoing issues of port congestion, port performance and industrial relations, as highlighted in the recent...
Patrick applies to FWC to terminate MUA’s protected industrial action
PATRICK Terminals has this evening (8 November) lodged an application with the Fair Work Commission to terminate the Maritime Union of Australia’s industrial action at Patrick’s...
Industry reacts to thorny issues in the ACCC’s stevedoring report
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report revealed a sometimes-scathing analysis of the container supply chain in...
Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be repealed: ACCC
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, argues that Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be...
Final WW vessel in HERO class delivered
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen’s fourth and final HERO-class vessel, MV Nabucco has started its journey towards Europe and is expected to reach Zeebrugge at the beginning of December. The...
