DCN Magazine April 2024 edition: Feature Focus – New Zealand
The April 2024 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: New Zealand – Challenges and developments for New Zealand’s...
OPINION: The Pondus weighing system in Australia
THE DEPLOYMENT of the Pondus weighing system in recent years by major Australian port operators represented a pivotal development in the realm of maritime safety and compliance....
NTRO and Tonga partner on infrastructure program
AUSTRALIA’S National Transport Research Organisation has launched a Strategic Transport Infrastructure Advisory Program with Tonga’s Ministry of Infrastructure. NTRO and the...
Box lines gaming ETS, NGO claims
A EUROPEAN non-government organisation campaigning for cleaner transport has claimed four leading container lines are exploiting customers via the EU’s emissions trading scheme...
Melbourne container trade up 19% in February
PORT of Melbourne’s total container trade jumped 19.1% last month, compared with February 2023. The port handled a total of 262,250 TEU in February 2024. Full container import...
Kiwis’ Easter travel plans Cooked
INTERISLAND Line’s trouble-plagued Cook Strait ferry services face more disruption this weekend, potentially crimping Easter freight and passenger movements. In service alerts...
Technical problems dim Brilliance
CRUISE ship Brilliance of the Seas is undergoing repairs in Newcastle after a technical issue forced the truncation of its summer season in Australia and the South Pacific. The...
DNV maritime supports record results in 2023
NORWAY'S DNV has reported record results for 2023, supported in part by its maritime business. The company posted an operating revenue of 31,594 million Norwegian kroner for last...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen cars and trucks on
PCTC/ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has added to its backlog of newbuildings, this week signing contracts for the recently declared options for four 9,300 CEU ‘Shaper’ class...
Sydney welcomes first Parramatta River Class ferry
THE FIRST new Australian-built Parramatta River Class ferry arrived in Sydney this week. Frances Bodkin, the first of seven new vessels in its class, was designed in the Northern...
Biden orders Baltimore clearance
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has ordered the US Army Corp of Engineers to lead efforts to clear the port of Baltimore of wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge was...
Air-freight vape haul seized in Sydney
AUTHORITIES are investigating the origin and intended recipient of an air freight consignment found to contain 18,000 vapes. Australian Border Force officers intercepted the...
Kununurra cottons on
THE WESTERN Australian government has granted a development lease for the Knox farmlands near Kununurra in the state’s far north it says will pave the way for the expansion of a...
Vic govt backs driver training for freight industry
THE VICTORIAN government has partnered with the Victorian Transport Association to fund training for more heavy-vehicle drivers. The extra $1 million from the government would...
PacBasin puts on a new coat
HONG Kong-headquartered Pacific Basin, owner and operator of one of the world’s largest dry bulk fleets, has decided to apply a Canadian-developed sustainable coating to the...
