Pilbara throughput down 1% in October
PILBARA Ports Authority has reported a total monthly throughput of 62.5 million tonnes in October 2024 – a 1% decrease compared with the same month last year. The Port of Port...
Spirits berth work underway
SOMEWHAT mixing his metaphors, Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff has declared the Spirit of Tasmania new berth project “back on the road”. Mr Rockliff was speaking at a media...
$38m road to support $6bn Pilbara plant
A $38 MILLION road in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been completed. The road to support the $6 billion Perdaman Urea Plant included a new intersection at Burrup Peninsula Road...
Search for dangerous insecticide overboard at Esperance
SOUTHERN Ports in Western Australia is helping fumigation company Fintran Australia and CBH in the search for an extremely flammable canister of insecticide that has fallen...
NSW Government cracks down on rail activists
THE NEW South Wales Government has announced it will crack down on railway protesters by strengthening penalties in an effort to boost safety. The state’s Hunter Valley has...
Hunter to Narrabri freight line upgrade complete
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation has finished upgrading a freight line positioned to become an important link between Northern NSW, the Inland Rail and the port of Newcastle....
NZDF reports Manawanui salvage progress
THE NEW ZEALAND Defence Force has yet to finalise the contract for the removal of fuel from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui, five weeks after its sinking after striking a reef off the...
DHL Express opens Adelaide Airport facility
DHL Express has yesterday (12 November) celebrated the opening of its newly relocated Adelaide Gateway facility in the city’s Airport Junction precinct alongside partners and...
Fertiliser company goes big with fire replacement
FERTILISER company, Nutrien Ag Solutions has begun work on a new $70 million distribution centre at Rockingham, after a fire destroyed the company's existing bulk fertiliser site...
CMA CGM flags surcharge rise
THE CMA CGM/ANL Group has warned shippers toughening of the criteria of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme will require increased cost recovery next year. “Significant...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen shapers up again
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN has declared an option for two additional 11,700 CEU Shaper class vessels at China Merchants Jingling Shipyard Co., Ltd. The two declared options are part of...
MMA Offshore secures Gippsland wind zone contract
PERTH-BASED marine and subsea services company MMA Offshore has been awarded a contract in the Gippsland Offshore Wind Zone in Bass Strait. On behalf of key client, offshore wind...
Govt bids farewell to outgoing NHVR CEO
THE AUSTRALIAN government has thanked the outgoing CEO for the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), Sal Petroccitto, for his leadership in the role. Mr Petroccitto will finish...
Crack-down on battery flare-ups
THE CMA CGM/ANL GROUP will discontinue bookings for shipments involving lithium-ion batteries co-packed with other hazardous goods, effective immediately. The carriers say that in...
OPINION: Fatality statistics paint a grim picture
ICHCA International has recently conducted wide-ranging research on worldwide cargo-related workplace fatalities covering the period 2000 to the present day. We aim to learn from...
