Engage Marine secures funding partner
ENGAGE Marine has found a top-tier financial backer to capitalise on growth opportunities and fund expansion of its marine services across Australia. The US-based PGIM Private...
Planned Melbourne freight terminal deferred indefinitely
PLANS for the Western Interstate Freight Terminal (WIFT), a freight hub that was to be situated in the suburb of Truganina in Melbourne’s west, have been deferred indefinitely...
MOL backing wind propulsion technology into the future
MITSUI O.S.K. Line have announced their intention to install wind propulsion systems on seven newbuilding bulk carriers and multi-purpose vessels. This will bring the total number...
Key Lumsden Point contracts let
PILBARA Ports’ Lumsden Point common-user infrastructure project at Port Hedland has achieved two major milestones with the confirmation of two significant contracts. Jan De Nul...
WW sells MIRRAT to AAT
IN SHOCK news Wallenius Wilhelmsen has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Melbourne International Ro-Ro & Auto Terminal to Australian Amalgamated Terminals. Qube’s...
Aussie-designed hybrid ferries launched in Med
THE FIRST vessels in a new fleet of hybrid ferries designed by Australia’s Incat Crowther is said to have exceeded performance expectations during sea trials, ahead of deployment...
TasPorts’ clean sweep in North West
A PROGRAM of bed-levelling is underway in the port of Devonport following similar work in Burnie that successfully increased alongside depth at several berths. Polaris Marine’s...
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...
