Nationals vow to overturn live sheep export ban
IF THE Coalition wins government in the May elections, National Party leader David Littleproud says the first trip he will make will be to Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan to reaffirm...
Australasian 2024 container trade grew 8.7%
AUSTRALASIAN container trades hit 7,114,800 TEU in 2024, according to London-based Container Trade Statistics’ provisional figures. This compares to 6,544,500 TEU in 2023 and...
Aurizon to launch Inbound Connect at Gladstone
FREIGHT rail operator Aurizon will introduce the Inbound Connect vehicle booking and visibility system for its container terminal operations at the Port of Gladstone. According to...
Downcast WTO downgrades 2025/2026 forecasts
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) now anticipates the volume of world merchandise trade will decline by 0.2% in 2025 under current conditions, nearly three percentage points...
NTSB releases report on Grande Costa D’Avorio fire
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board has released its final report into a fire on board a Grimaldi ro-ro/container ship that resulted in the death of two firefighters and...
Adani Ports buys Abbot Point
OFFICIAL ownership of the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) at Abbot Point has shifted from one Adani Group entity to another, with no immediate change in the facility’s...
PacBasin: steady Q1 despite rate pain
HONG Kong minor bulks specialist Pacific Basin Shipping outperformed market indices in the traditionally slower first quarter but still saw daily time-charter equivalent rates for...
Lumsden Point milestones reached
WORK is progressing at Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point reaching several important milestones. In a LinkedIn post Pilbara Ports said the internal causeway is almost complete, with...
APT expands with newbuild for Portugal
MELBOURNE-headquartered APT Travel Group last week celebrated the naming of MS Estrela, the company’s purpose-built river cruise ship designed for operation on Portugal’s Douro...
Westport secures Infrastructure WA approval
A TICK of approval from Infrastructure WA for Westport’s business case says building the new container port south of Perth as quickly as possible could save the state $244 billion...
Svitzer signs EcoTow agreement with Wallenius
TUG operator Svitzer has announced the signing of a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group, covering tug jobs across key markets such as Australia, the United...
Record iron ore and copper from BHP
BHP has delivered record iron ore tonnes from its central Pilbara hub. In its operational review for the nine months ended 31 March 2025 it said the WA operation demonstrated its...
Auckland Port in the path of Tropical Cyclone Tam
PORT of Auckland suspended several activities at 1900 local time last night as Tropical Cyclone Tam bore down on NZ’s North Island. Emergency management authorities warned of the...
Cathay Cargo Terminal tests out electric tractors
CATHAY Cargo Terminal has completed the first end-to-end trial of Autonomous Electric Tractor (AET) operations at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA). The trial involved a...
NSW Ports planning Port Botany quayline equalisation
NSW PORTS is in the planning stages for a Quayline Equalisation Project at Port Botany, which would provide equivalent quayline length for each container stevedore company...
