CORRECTION: Nominations for the DCN Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards close TOMORROW
You have JUST TWO DAYS left to get your nominations in for the DCN Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards. Nominate now for these prestigious awards, to be announced at the shipping...
Queensland Government seeks Torres freight EOI’s
THE QUEENSLAND State Government has opened an expression of interest process for sea freight services to Outer Torres Strait Island (OTSI) communities. The state government is...
Shipping industry golf day in sight of the green
MORE than 100 players are preparing for the upcoming Shipping and Logistics Golf Challenge, now less than two weeks away from teeing off. The annual industry golf day aims to...
Toll and Port of Brisbane complete refurbishments at Port Gate
LOGISTICS and freight company Toll has announced its refurbishment of the Port Gate chemical site in Brisbane has been completed. The project was in collaboration with the Port of...
Big, bigger, biggest: WW upsizes Shapers
WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN has decided to increase the size of four of its highly-advanced Shaper class PCTCs currently on order with Jinling Shipyard (Jiangsu) to become the largest...
AIMS Biennial Conference 2024
Representatives and associates of the maritime industry gathered for the Australiasian Institute of Marine Surveyors (AIMS) biennial conference, which was this year held in...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report
THE BALTIC Dry Index has continued to increase, rising to 2110 for the week ending 27 September Capesize This week saw significant positive momentum in the Capesize market. The...
PCTC in Port Phillip near miss
SKILLFUL WORK by pilots averted a possibly serious incident in Port Phillip Bay on Wednesday afternoon [25 September] when the inbound PCTC Höegh St Petersburg suffered a steering...
World Container Index keeps falling
DREWRY’S World Container Index decreased 7% this past week to US$3691 per 40-foot container. The index is 4% below the previous pandemic peak of US$10,377 in September 2021, but...
TRADE LAW: What’s the fuss on de minimis?
THOSE in industry live in a world dominated by acronyms (for example, ABF, DAFF, NCTF, TFIWG, ATTP, FID and the like). Lawyers also have their own special terminology which draws...
ACCC consults on Olam's Namoi bid
SINGAPORE-based Olam has offered court-enforceable undertakings in its efforts to obtain ACCC clearance for its bid for Namoi Cotton, but the Commission remains concerned about...
New Pilbara port facility to move salt
THE THIRD biggest salt project in the world has begun operations in the Pilbara and will export through a new port facility and 2.4 kilometre long jetty at Mardie. Managed by the...
QLD maritime college expansion underway
CONSTRUCTION has started on a $17.9-million upgrade and expansion of a maritime college in Cairns. The Great Barrier Reef International Marine College is being expanded to include...
Maersk reworks Oceania products
MAERSK LINE is to undertake a major re-organisation of its Oceania services, adding one, canning two and revising a fourth. The headline is the introduction of a revived Northern...
Work to get underway on Port of Dampier wharf
WORK ON a new 200-metre wharf at the Port of Dampier, designed for berthing Supramax and Panamax bulk carrier vessels, will get begin in October. The construction of the Dampier...
