SeaLead appoints owners rep in Australia
SEALEAD Shipping has appointed Anthony Orgill as its Melbourne-based Australian owners’ representative. The highly-regarded Mr Orgill finished up at ANL Container Line in June and...
Galaxy Leader crew remain hostages one year on
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has acknowledged the one year anniversary of the seizure of car carrier Galaxy Leader, from which the crew of the vessel remains held...
Qatar Airways Cargo and MASkargo join forces
QATAR Airways Cargo and MASkargo – the cargo division of Malaysia Airlines – have launched a strategic partnership that will increase Qatar Airways Cargo’s capacity access to...
Biosecurity: Turning up the heat
Australia's biosecurity efforts seem to hang on a constant knife-edge between preservation and tribulation. Our island nation is unique in how seriously we defend our coastal...
Smooth sailing so far for South Australia’s biosecurity defense
THE HIGH standards of Australia’s biosecurity efforts aren’t just employed at the major usual first point of entry ports, such as Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle. Every...
iReXit still not completed
ALMOST 12 months after the NZ Government pulled the plug on KiwiRail’s Cook Strait ferry replacement program the NZ Herald has revealed no settlement has been reached with Hyundai...
Better mine access from Pilbara road works
ATLAS Iron and the Western Australian state government are upgrading a major Pilbara road to make it safer for heavy vehicles and to unlock more of the region’s economic...
Southern Ports helping tackle regional hunger
WITH CHRISTMAS hovering just around the corner Southern Ports in WA has turned its attention to tackling regional hunger. The organisation which runs the ports at Bunbury, Albany...
US port-union negotiations in limbo
NEGOTIATIONS between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the US Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer coalition have once again broken down. The ILA, which is...
Höegh Autoliners locks in contracts
HÖEGH AUTOLINERS has renewed multi-year contracts with an undisclosed major international car producer. Several long-term contracts cover the transport of cars in various trade...
ICHCA long lunch roundup
THE INTERNATIONAL Cargo Handling Co-ordination Association (ICHCA) held its Logistics Long Lunch last Friday (15 November) at the Queensland Maritime Museum in South Brisbane. The...
Crew blamed for Manahau grounding
A REPORT compiled for the owners of the NZ coastal bulk barge Manahau has blamed its 31 August grounding on the South Island west coast on poor decision-making by the Indonesian...
US contractor to decommission Santos platform
HOUSTON-based offshore contractor McDermott will carry out its largest decommissioning project for Santos off the West Australian coast. McDermott has been awarded the contract...
Spirits’ million-a-month Scottish vacation
TASMANIANS, via government-owned TT Line, will pay an estimated $1.2 million a month to ‘warehouse’ ro-paxes Spirit of Tasmania IV and V in Leith, Scotland while they await the...
Manawanui loss: Interim report, rescuers awarded
THE NEW ZEALAND Defence Force has received an interim report about the reef-grounding and subsequent sinking of HMNZS Manawanui and hopes to release preliminary findings later...
