Q7000’s BMG job done
HELIX Energy Solutions’ deepwater offshore vessel Q7000 is this week wrapping up the main decommissioning work at Cooper Energy’s Basker Manta Gummy oil field in Bass Strait....
Methanol bunkering milestone at Singapore
SINGAPORE’S first ever simultaneous methanol bunkering and cargo operation (SIMOPS) has been completed at Tuas Port. On 27 May an X-Press Feeder container vessel (name not...
NYK commences alternative fuel test-run for crude oil tanker
NIPPON Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) line has begun a long-term test run on the safety and stable procurement of using biofuel onboard a very large crude oil (VLCC) tanker. The...
Esperance service boat facility slated for upgrade
A $5-MILLION infrastructure upgrade planned for the Port of Esperance is set to give the port’s pilot and lines boats a new home. The new small boat facility would replace the...
Qube releases more details on MIRRAT buy
AS MIGHT be expected, Qube will re-brand the Melbourne International RoRo & Automotive Terminal with the Australian Amalgamated Terminals identity when it completes the facility’s...
Crims target Spirit terminal
TASMANIAN police have arrested and charged four youths after a week-long crime spree at TT Line’s East Devonport Spirit of Tasmania terminal. Over three separate occasions in the...
First Blue Visby trials demonstrate CO2 cuts
PROTOTYPE voyages of bulk carriers employing the so-called Blue Visby Solution have produced considerable savings in CO2 emissions and confirmed theoretical and pilot trial...
Noumea port working but uncertainty remains
THE port of Noumea is returning to some normality after recent New Caledonian upheavals but carriers remain cautious about the impacts of the ongoing political situation. Neptune...
Huge vape importation stopped in historic Sydney bust
ALMOST 400,000 disposable vapes have been detected by the ABF within one week in Sydney, in what is now the largest seizure of illegal vapes at the border since legislation...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen confidence high as extra orders confirmed
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has declared its options to build a further four next generation Shaper Class PCTCs in China. The Oslo based shipping line now holds firm contracts for a...
Engage’s Wyndham betrothal confirmed
ENGAGE Marine has successfully begun its new contract providing iron ore transhipment services for Kimberley Metals Group at Wyndham. The 66,721 DWT bulk carrier African Lion is...
Emerging risks in focus at IFCBAA National Conference
IFCBAA’S 2024 National Conference brought freight forwarders and customs brokers together for two days of dialogue on the emerging opportunities and risks for Australia’s...
PNG ports sector partners on coastal conservation
PNG Ports Corporation, TotalEnergies and Motukea International Terminal have signed a conservation agreement aimed at preserving the mangroves that help protect port...
Drug bust: Van scam foiled in Fremantle
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have appealed for public assistance after discovering a large quantity of MDMA onboard a cargo vessel that was docked at Fremantle in February this...
Rising sea levels threaten oil trades
GLOBALLY-focused think-tank China Water Risk has identified considerable consequences of rising sea levels for the intercontinental crude oil and refined products supply chains....
