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...
Mice payout nice for Zespri
A RODENT infestation has had a happy ending for NZ kiwifruit exporter Zespri, though not for the mice. In April 2024 Zespri was forced to delay the start of its European sales...
Cathay Cargo adopts IATA data protocol
CATHAY Cargo has announced it has become the first carrier to adopt the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) ONE Record data protocol in some of its day-to-day...
NYK signs “world first” ammonia time charter
AMMONIA distributor Yara Clean Ammonia Switzerland has signed a time-charter contract with Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) for an ammonia-fueled medium gas carrier (AFMGC)....
CSIRO calls for ocean investigators
THE CSIRO has opened applications for supplementary positions aboard voyages of the research vessel Investigator in 2026-27. Supplementary Applications are invited for fully...
