Freo container trade increases in Feb
TOTAL container throughput at Fremantle increased in February, according to the latest available trade data from Fremantle Ports. The port handled 75,069 TEU in February this...
Eleen Sofia owners fire back
THE OWNERS of the ITF-focused bulk carrier Eleen Sofia have hit back at claims made by the Federation and, by implication, Daily Cargo News, in a lengthy rebuttal issued by a...
Drug fiends try deals on wheels
ILLICIT drug importers and transnational crime syndicates are using ro-ro ships to smuggle cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy) and ketamine into Australia, concealed in new vehicles. The...
Boxship Dali now unabridged
AFTER a two-day delay due to high winds and lightning the US Army Corp of Engineers last night US time successfully used small explosive charges to remove most remaining bridge...
GMF: decarbonising shipping will be a job creator
NEW analysis, commissioned by the Global Maritime Forum and conducted by Arup, projects that the maritime sector’s transition to e-fuels could support up to four million new green...
MIAL's Blueprint for a Maritime Nation underway
MARITIME Industry Australia kicked off its Blueprint for a Maritime Nation conference in Brisbane on Tuesday (14 May). The event officially opened with a welcome reception on...
PPSP offers Hart-felt thanks
VICTORIAN builder Hart Marine has delivered its latest ORC-type pilot boat to Port Phillip Sea Pilots at Queenscliff following successful sea trials. Named Torquay, 17.3-metre...
Dali subjected to little bang theory (UPDATED)
PLANS by the US Army Corp of Engineers to use explosives to assist in the removal of the section of Baltimore’s Francis Key Scott Bridge still laying over the bow of the...
Reported MLC breaches decline in 2023
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority in 2023 received fewer complaints about Maritime Labour Convention breaches, but the number of injuries reported to AMSA has increased....
MWPA appoints first community chair to consultation forum
MID West Ports has appointed the first community chairperson of a forum set up for industry and community stakeholders to discuss port operations. MWPA's Community Consultation...
Port of Newcastle liability extinguished
PORT of Newcastle has paid the one-off compensation payment determined by IPART last month. The port is no longer liable to reimburse the state of NSW if it grows its container...
Man charged following Botany meth bust
A MAN has been charged over the importation of 100 kilograms of meth found in a shipment at Port Botany, on its way to a storage facility used by a freight forwarder. The meth was...
NYK finds a way to re-hash the lash
JAPAN'S NYK has found a way to recycle and re-purpose one of the indispensable tools of international vehicle shipping. Last month NYK Line, NYK Trading Corporation, Azbil...
Seaborne live sheep exports banned in 2028
THE FEDERAL Government will ban all live sheep exports by sea from 1 May 2028 in a move already condemned by the National Farmers Federation, the WA Government, the National Party...
NYK Group's 2023 down but still third highest
JAPAN'S NYK Group saw profits fall for all major divisions in fiscal 2023 (ending 31 March 2024) but revenues and net profit came in as the third highest ever achieved. Profit...
