Ports North heralds cruise season record
PORTS North has is expecting a record cruise season for Cairns with 99 ships expected to visit the port this year. The port is on track to see a 22% increase in passenger and crew...
Newcastle Clean Energy Precinct progresses with EIS engagement
PORT of Newcastle has launched into community engagement on the development of its Clean Energy Precinct environmental impact statement (EIS). The community engagement process...
LNG bunkering a cruise ship first
SILVERSEA CRUISES’ Silver Nova, which recently completed its first Australian season, has become the first cruise ship to be bunkered with LNG in Asia. The transfer was...
OPINION: The highly compliant importer scheme
DAFF’s highly compliant importer (HCI) scheme is a reduced inspection intervention scheme that applies to green coffee beans for processing, new tyres, aircraft and machinery and...
Melbourne container trade sees December uptick
PORT of Melbourne has reported a 10% increase in total container throughput for December 2024, compared with the same month in 2023. The port handled a total of 287,000 TEU in...
New GM at Pacific Tug Group
PACIFIC Tug Group has appointed Kim Jenkins as its new general manager. Ms Jenkins has worked with the maritime services provider for nearly 13 years, her most recent role being...
MIAL calls for action on "maritime skills crisis"
MARITIME Industry Australia Limited has again raised the alarm on what it considers a maritime skills crisis, with labour shortages now affecting defence capabilities and the...
IMO GHG working group discusses MARPOL changes
LAST week’s latest round of discussions at the IMO's Intersessional Working Group on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships (ISWG-GHG 18) was to further develop and streamline the...
Sea trials a breeze for Newcastle TRAnsverse tug
THE FIRST of two new Newcastle-bound Svitzer tugs has exceeded expectations during sea trials in Türkiye. Svitzer Barrington hit the water in late January, and while there is...
Trump plan to tax Chinese-built, owned ships
THE TRUMP Administration is proposing to “fight back” against China’s perceived maritime dominance by introducing new port fees and banning infrastructure ownership. The office of...
Lindsay to tackle WA rural market through acquisition
ROAD transport company Lindsay Australia has bought Western Australia’s G.J. Freight, giving it a springboard into the South West horticultural market. In a notice to the...
Consortium moves to simplify NZ's Northport ownership
A CONSORTIUM, comprising the Northland Regional Council, Port of Tauranga and Tupu Tonu* has conditionally agreed to buy out minority shareholders in Marsden Maritime Holdings in...
No chianti, but Qube makes fava bean breakthrough
SAY ‘FAVA beans’ and the movie Silence of the Lambs immediately springs to mind with Sir Anthony Hopkins quote as Hannibal Lecter, "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice...
Multi-national offshore merger agreed
TWO REGULAR participants in Australia’s offshore energy sector have announced an in-principal agreement to merge. Italy’s Saipem and Norway’s Subsea 7, with the backing of...
Massive fine for former Ports of Auckland CEO
FORMER Ports of Auckland Ltd CEO Tony Gibson has been hit with a six-figure fine over a 2020 health and safety breach that saw the death of a stevedore. In November last year,...
