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Minister: LNG vital but decommissioning is not a government job
FEDERAL resources minister Madeleine King has hit back at concerns raised in speeches at the Energy Exchange Australia conference in Perth about the future of LNG. She told the...
Strong result encourages Yang Ming deployment plans
WITH THE container shipping industry capacity growing by around 3 million TEUs, it according to Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation. The corporation, in its 2024 financial...
OOCL warns of challenges to container industry
ORIENT Overseas (International) (OOCL), one of the world’s biggest integrated container transport businesses has warned of challenges to the industry in its annual report. While...
Victoria moving grain from road to rail
THE VICTORIAN state government wants to shift more grain movement to rail from road. It plans to get more grain moving to port and reducing the reliance on trucks on regional...
ACCC warns against DP World’s Silk takeover
CONSUMER watchdog, the ACCC is concerned that DP World Australia’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics has could lead to higher prices and reduced quality for Australian...
Rail returns in Alfred’s wake
IN THE WAKE of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, the first intermodal train has arrived in Brisbane. Supplies are now moving to North Queensland according to a Linkedin post on Pacific...
Record volumes fuel ZIM success
RECORD carried volumes helped global container line ZIM Integrated Shipping Services to its best-ever results in 2024. In its 2024 and fourth quarter financial report released on...
Chamber says bleak picture if gas is jeopardised
THE CHAMBER of Commerce and Industry in Western Australia has sided with Woodside in a review into the state’s gas sector which paints a bleak picture if gas supplies are...
Air cargo demand boosts Cathay profit
STRONGER air cargo demand has helped drive a profit for the Cathay Group of HK$8.8 billion for 2024. The solid performance was helped by higher passenger volumes, lower fuel...
PIL names container vessel Kota Embun in China
THE FIRST Pacific International Lines (PIL) vessel to carry a bow windshield was named in a ceremony in China this week. The Kota Embun is the fourth 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel...
Woodside boss makes plea for certainty
WOODSIDE Chief Operating Officer Liz Westcott has made a passionate plea for certainty from governments to provide North West Shelf gas approvals beyond 2030. Speaking to Energy...
US crams imports ahead of tariff confusion
US IMPORTERS have been doing their best to anticipate the possible impact of Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again, on-again tariffs, pulling elevated levels of containers in through...
UK collision: containership aground, master charged
THE UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport is just one of several bodies now undertaking investigations into the Monday [UK time] collision...
NPDL consolidates in Fiji
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line has placed two Fijian agency and logistics businesses under the one umbrella, bringing together Transam and Williams & Gosling PTE Limited. Effective...
NZDF wreck set to become dive site
THE GOVERNMENT of Samoa has told its New Zealand counterpart it now sees no need to salvage the sunken HMNZS Manawanui. The vessel sank on the morning of 6 October 2024, after...
