Celebrations begin for World Maritime Day 2024
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization’s World Maritime Day has kicked off for 2024, with this year’s theme Navigating the future: safety first! The annual event, this year held...
Melbourne's August container trade takes a tumble
PORT of Melbourne’s total monthly container throughput decreased to 252,000 TEU last month, down 6% on August 2023. Full container import volumes (excluding Bass Strait) were down...
Spotlight On: Maritime Services
2024 Sponsor Through the efforts of hardworking teams and the achievments of singular individuals, the strength of the maritime industry is in the quality of its people, who work...
VICT reaches five million TEU
VICTORIA International Container Terminal (VICT) has reached a milestone five million TEU handled since commencing operations at Melbourne’s Webb Dock in 2017. VICT is owned and...
Next steps announced for Southern Ocean offshore wind zone
THE FEDERAL Government has announced the next steps for the Southern Ocean offshore wind zone, as part of its Reliable Renewables Plan. Spinifex Offshore Wind Farm has been...
New vessel traffic services centre opened at Dampier
A NEW integrated Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) Centre at the Port of Dampier has been officially opened providing advanced sensors, radar and metocean equipment to control vessel...
FMC puts lines on notice
WITH THE LIKELIHOOD of industrial disruption at US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports growing stronger the Federal Maritime Commission has warned container lines there will be no...
Industrial action to impact Qube operations at Port of Brisbane
THE MARITIME Union of Australia has notified Qube Ports that participating wharfies in Brisbane are proceeding with industrial action. The actions, which involve a host of...
TasPorts manager moves on
THE EXECUTIVE leading QuayLink, TasPorts’ redevelopment of Devonport berths including the TT Line terminal, has resigned. The departure of project manager Sam Wilson-Haffenden is...
CMA CGM opens Solomon Islands agency
CMA CGM opened a new agency in Solomon Islands today (25 September). Solomon Islands is serviced by ANL’s WESTPAC service, which connects to Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua...
Vessel loses power off Victorian coast
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has confirmed that heavylift/MPP AAL Genoa suffered engine failure yesterday afternoon [23 September] en route to the port of...
Safe container loading seminars kicking off in QLD
CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia is hosting two Queensland seminars next month on safe container loading and transport practices, as part of a series making its way around...
AMSA head of vessel safety elected chair of IMO sub-committee
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority’s head of vessel safety and cargo systems, David Anderson, has been elected to chair the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...
US amplifies Chinese port crane concerns
THE UNITED STATES Committee for Homeland Security has renewed claims the world’s leading ship-to-shore gantry crane manufacturer, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Company, has...
Are new spirits sailing for Singapore sojourn?
LEAKS FROM a ‘government business enterprise’, raised in Tasmania’s Parliament yesterday, suggest TT Line’s new Spirit of Tasmania ferries may be sent to lay by in Singapore...
