Local liner trade update: First for Aust services
ANL/CMA CGM are anticipating a first for their Australasian trades with the imminent arrival of the dual-fuel (LNG) powered CMA CGM Baalbeck. The 8048 TEU newbuilding is currently...
Zelia tipped for category 5 as more northern ports cleared
CYCLONE Zelia has intensified rapidly to a category 3 overnight and is expected to reach category 5 before it crosses the coast. As the intense tropical cyclone bears down on...
Team Global Express inks deal with China's largest courier
TEAM Global Express has partnered with China’s largest courier, SF Express, to combine networks and increase bilateral trade. Under a deal announced on 13 February, TGE will...
SA exports maintain near-record highs
SOUTH Australia’s merchandise exports have topped $17 billion for the second calendar year running. The latest ABS full-year export data for 2024 marked an increase of more than...
Digital seafarer certification project in the works
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping has signed onto a project to digitalise seafarer certification processes. ICS will work with the Lloyd’s Register OneOcean platform and the...
Austal secures $270m contract for hydrogen-ready ferry
A SWEDISH ferry operator has tasked Austal with building a hydrogen-ready ferry under a contract valued at some $270 million. Austal Australasia is to design and construct the...
76-tonne tobacco haul seized from "suspicious" ship off Aus coast
A BULKER behaving “suspiciously” off the Australian coast has been serving as a storage platform for illegal cigarettes, authorities revealed today (12 February). The...
Cyclone Zelia threat to Port Hedland
TROPICAL cyclone Zelia has been declared and continues to threaten “severe impact” to the east Pilbara coast or adjacent Kimberley coast later on Thursday and Friday. A tropical...
Dodgy steering behind beacon bash
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has released its findings into a Yarra River incident that intrigued the port community at the time and has led a leading containership...
HMM humming along
IN WHAT IT modestly describes as “a solid financial performance in 2024” South Korea’s HMM has reported an operating margin of 30% for the year. Operating profit increased 501% -...
Another man charged over half-tonne drug shipment
POLICE have charged a Malaysian man over a plot to import more than half a tonne of drugs through the port of Melbourne last year. The man, 35, was arrested in Coffs Harbour on...
NZ port to deploy private 5G network
CENTREPORT Wellington has announced plans to roll out New Zealand’s first commercial private 5G network later this year. Tū Ātea, a Māori-run spectrum and telecommunications...
North Queensland transport still struggling
EASING RAINFALL in North Queensland today has brought some relief to flood-hit areas but restoration of key transport links is a long way off. The temporarily-repaired Ollera...
Aussie-built pilot boat construction milestone
CONSTRUCTION of a new Australian-built pilot boat for Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) has reached the halfway mark. LPC expects the new vessel, built by Hart Marine, to enhance...
Port Hedland cleared as tropical low nears coast
Port of Port Hedland being cleared as a tropical low tracks toward the WA coast. Pilbara Ports Authority advised this morning (11 February) that it had started clearing vessels...
