Vessel loses power off Victorian coast
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has confirmed that heavylift/MPP AAL Genoa suffered engine failure yesterday afternoon [23 September] en route to the port of...
Safe container loading seminars kicking off in QLD
CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia is hosting two Queensland seminars next month on safe container loading and transport practices, as part of a series making its way around...
AMSA head of vessel safety elected chair of IMO sub-committee
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority’s head of vessel safety and cargo systems, David Anderson, has been elected to chair the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
US amplifies Chinese port crane concerns
THE UNITED STATES Committee for Homeland Security has renewed claims the world’s leading ship-to-shore gantry crane manufacturer, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company, has...
Are new spirits sailing for Singapore sojourn?
LEAKS FROM a ‘government business enterprise’, raised in Tasmania’s Parliament yesterday, suggest TT Line’s new Spirit of Tasmania ferries may be sent to lay by in Singapore...
AMSA calls on owners, operators to assess overboard risks
No excuse is ever good enough for those left behind Lifejackets save lives, it’s a simple message that the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is urging commercial vessel owners...
Kiwis rail against possible exclusion
THE NEW ZEALAND Government has admitted it may not make a decision on Interisland Line replacement ferries until year’s end, as opposition grows to the likelihood they’ll have no...
Dali collision consequences spread
IN THE ongoing aftermath of the electrical system failures that saw the 9962 TEU Maersk-chartered Dali collide with and destroy Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March new...
Watch out for the whales
THE PILBARA Port of Dampier is warning all vessels to watch out for whales heading to their feeding grounds in the Kimberley. A notice issued by harbour master Captain Mike...
Huge seizure of illegal cigarettes from sea cargo consignments
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force (ABF) has seized more than 45 million cigarettes in a five-day period from ten separate sea cargo consignments. Almost 6500 kilograms of tobacco was...
Birdon to build BEBs for Swedish army
BIRDON has been tasked with supplying bridge erection boats (BEBs) to the Swedish army. The NSW-based boat-builder, which has headquarters in both Port Macquarie and Colorado,...
Freight rail upgrade to boost grain volumes
AN UPGRADE to Western Australia’s freight rail system will allow more grain to be delivered to the port of Geraldton during the peak pricing period. A state government media...
Lloyd’s Register and MSC part of new collaboration with global players
SOME of the maritime industry’s big players have joined together in a new memorandum of understanding, in order to enhance the design of container vessel to accommodate ammonia...
GeelongPort progresses offshore wind-farm terminal aspirations (with video)
GEELONGPORT has thrown its hat in the ring to become Victoria’s next offshore wind hub, to support the state’s growing renewable energy industry. The port authority says it is...
Tassie shipbuilder's electric ferry reaches structural completion
INCAT Tasmania has reached structural completion of the 130-metre-long battery-electric ferry under construction at its Hobart shipyard. On 23 September the Tasmanian shipbuilder...
