Pilbara rules on whales, speeding and mooring
PILBARA Ports have issued a series of warnings on 13 and 14 October ranging from whale strike reporting to safe use of towing and mooring equipment. The notices are for Varanus...
VPP changes welcome but inadequate
ENHANCEMENTS to Melbourne’s Voluntary Pricing Protocol for container stevedores have been met with the sound of one hand clapping. Under the changes announced last week by ports...
Tasmanian ferry furore intensifies - UPDATED
TASMANIAN Deputy Premier, Treasurer and former infrastructure minister Michael Ferguson resigned this morning (15 October) before he could face a no-confidence motion in...
Cook Strait still all at sea
NEW ZEALAND’s deputy prime minister and NZ First party leader Winston Peters has declared he has no faith in KiwiRail’s assessment of its own Cook Strait ferries and sees no...
Bunbury breakwater is rocking
THE FIRST rocks have been placed in what will be a new 460-metre long northern breakwater at the Port of Bunbury. The $69.2 million project follows the start of dredging to...
VIC updates stevedores’ price protocols
MELBOURNE container stevedores have agreed to confine changes to terminal access/infrastructure fees to 1 January of each year, in one of two changes to the Voluntary Pricing...
Rightship lowers age triggers
MELBOURNE-founded RightShip, the safety-focused digital maritime platform, has announced a change in its vessel inspection age trigger in what it says is a response “to evolving...
No golden week blanks but schedules sliding
THE ‘TRADITIONAL’ blank sailings that normally accompany China’s Golden Week holiday do not seem to have occurred in the Australasian trade this year but port congestion, bad...
Upgrades nearly complete on SA-WA rail corridor
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has said that works on a culvert upgrade project in South Australia are nearing completion. The works, taking place in a remote part...
Fresh Produce Exports A Winner At Business Awards
FRUIT and vegetable exporter, Australian Global Exports was announced as the winner of the Ocean Economy category of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce Business Awards at a gala...
World Container Index Continues Decline
DREWRY’S World Container Index has continued to decline, falling by 4% to US$3349 per 40-foot container this week. The latest composite index is 68% below the previous pandemic...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 11 October 2024
THE BALTIC Dry Index has continued to decrease, declining to 1809 for the week ending 11 October. Capesize The Capesize market faced a generally soft week with declining rates...
Lobsters back on Chinese menus
THE Chinese ban on Australian lobsters is over with exports getting under way in time for the Chinese new year. News service AAP is reporting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and...
Arrests made in New Zealand following half-tonne meth importation
A JOINT operation between New Zealand authorities has resulted in arrests and the seizure of over half a tonne of methamphetamine. The illicit consignment, one of the largest ever...
Technology upgrade for Southern Ports
INTERNATIONAL technology group Accenture has been awarded a $13.6 million contract to upgrade technology at Western Australia’s southern ports at Bunbury, Esperance and Albany....
