Spirit set for Asian wind work
A FORMER Bass Strait offshore supply ship whose owners collapsed last year is destined for a new career in Asian waters for a new owner and charterer. Last month Tek-Ocean Spirit...
Scrubber water banned but not here
THE GOVERNMENT of Denmark has reached a cross-party agreement to ban the discharge of scrubber water in territorial waters from mid-2025 and will push for similar restrictions to...
No recovery yet for OOCL
FIRST quarter results from Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line show international box trades continue the slide in revenues evident in 2023. The trans-Pacific and the...
20 years of Australian Coastal Shipping
Australian Coastal Shipping is celebrating a milestone this year. It’s been 20 years since the launch of ACS, and in that time the independent company has grown into a strong team...
Maritime community commemorates merchant navy
ON SUNDAY 14 April the newly finished stone plaques were in place at the Merchant Navy War Memorial in Rookwood cemetery as representatives from naval and maritime organisations...
BigLift getting bigger
SPLIETHOFF Group member BigLift Shipping and South Korea’s CY Shipping have placed orders in China for two heavy transport vessels to extend their joint fleet of HTVs to six. The...
FTA issues biosecurity levy plan
THE FREIGHT & Trade Alliance and the Australian Peak Shippers Association have issued a three-point plan which they believe will improve trade facilitation and biosecurity...
Bridge outage hits KiwiRail
RAIL freight links between Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill on NZ’s South Island will be severely disrupted for at least two weeks after floodwaters on Friday (13 April)...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index dipped slightly in the first part of the week before a rebound. The week began with a BDI of 1594, and ended it at 1729. The Baltic Dry Index for the week...
Bundaberg conveyor opens for business
A NEW bulk goods conveyor at the Port of Bundaberg has the potential to significantly increase and diversify the port’s throughput, according to Gladstone Ports Corporation. The...
AutoStrad Botany Rail Expansion wins innovation award
THE SYDNEY AutoStrad Botany Rail Expansion (SABRE) took out a top award at the 2024 Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Awards in Melbourne last night (11 April). SABRE was...
BMG wells de-com nearing completion
DECOMMISSIONING of Basker Manta Gummy wells off Victoria’s Gippsland is now over 70% complete, according to a market update from Cooper Energy. Specialised vessel Q7000, owned by...
World Container Index drops 1%
DREWRY’S World Container Index decreased by 1% to US$2795 per 40-foot container this week. The composite index has increased by 64% when compared with the same week last year and...
Extra Emerald, smarter Scenic
LUXURY superyacht operator Emerald Cruises will introduce a third, larger deepsea vessel in 2026 while parent Scenic Group is to upgrade its oceangoing and river cruise fleets....
Cruisers back in force
THE NUMBER of people taking a cruise globally returned to and exceeded 2019 levels last year, the first largely unaffected by covid. Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)...
