More ships visit Tasmanian ports in 2022-23
TASPORTS saw a busy year in 2022-23, with increased vessel visits, which pushed its annual profits above forecasts. According to a statement from the state government TasPorts has...
Sovereign maritime capability is key to supply chain resilience: MIAL
WESTERN Australia’s Shipping and Supply Chain Taskforce recently released a report, which argues that the state’s supply chains are vulnerable to natural disasters and rules...
DP World raises US$1.5 billion for sustainability ambitions
DP WORLD has raised US$1.5 billion through a green sukuk to support its decarbonisation efforts. A sukuk is a financial certificate that is essentially a bond that is compliant...
WA taskforce calls for broad coastal shipping reforms
WESTERN Australia’s Shipping and Supply Chain Taskforce has recommended policy and regulatory reforms to support Australian-owned shipping lines competing in domestic sea-freight...
Aurizon’s Darwin container port concept takes shape
DURING a speech at Aurizon's 2023 annual general meeting, the company's managing director and CEO Andrew Harding outlined some plans for a so-called “land-bridge” to rail...
Big intermodal freight train trialled in Victoria
THREE locomotives hauled a 1.5-kilometre intermodal train as a trial for regular services between Merbein and the Port of Melbourne. The train, operated by Pacific National,...
EU will not renew shipping consortia exemption from anti-trust rules
THE EUROPEAN Commission will not extend the EU legal framework that exempts liner shipping consortia from antitrust rules. In a statement, the commission said the Consortia Block...
Port Nelson’s cargo throughput flatlines in FY 2023
NEW Zealand’s Port Nelson saw some ups, and some downs over the 2023 financial year, according to its recently released annual report. According to its statement on the port’s...
August air-cargo demand grew for the first time in 19 months
YEAR-on year air-cargo demand grew in August for the first time in 19 months, according to the latest available data from the International Air Transport Association. Global...
OOCL sees decline in revenues last quarter
ORIENT Overseas Container Line saw a significant decrease in total revenues in the three months through 30 September, according to an announcement to the Stock Exchange of Hong...
Experts gather in Perth to discuss the future of shipping
MARITIME law mavens gathered last week in Perth to discuss ideas and hear from different sectors of the industry at the 48th annual conference put on by the Maritime Law...
ICS launches CII data collection system
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping this week launched its Carbon Intensity Indicator Data Collection System. The International Maritime Organization developed the CII as a...
Police uncover 110 kg of illicit drugs in consignment at Port Botany
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force identified 110 kilograms of methamphetamine in a consignment of woodworking machinery imported through Port Botany on 3 October. ABF officers noticed...
Five charged in a 100 kg air cargo drug smuggling operation
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have charged five Sydney men for their roles in importing about 100 kilograms of cocaine in an air-freight container in the cargo hold of a passenger...
Corsair debris clean-up “mostly complete”
FOLLOWING the grounding and subsequent break-up of the pilot vessel Corsair on Thursday (5 October) evening, a multi-agency effort to clean up the flotsam was launched. DCN...
