Body found in search for overboard cruise passenger
A BODY has been found in waters off Sydney following a search for a cruise ship passenger believed to have gone overboard. Emergency services were notified just after 0400 on...
MSC Aries crew released
IRAN has released the crew of MSC Aries, but the vessel is still “detained under judicial rules”, according to Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. The...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index remained fairly stable for the first part of the week before increasing to 1774 on Friday 3 May. The Baltic Dry Index for the week ending Friday 3 May 2024....
OneStop to go live at new DP World container park
DP WORLD’S new container park at Port of Brisbane will be set up with depot operating system OneStop Modal. Logistics software developer OneStop announced its partnership with DP...
MSQ reforms to tackle abandoned vessels in QLD river
MARITIME Safety Queensland is continuing its roll-out a suite of safety and pollution reforms that should see the removal of derelict and abandoned vessels in a Queensland river....
Kembla FSRU re-directed to Egypt
THE floating storage and re-gasification unit chartered for Port Kembla Energy Terminal use will be redeployed to Egypt under an agreement between Australian Industrial Energy,...
Schoeller orders more Super-Bs
Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings, parent of AAL Shipping, has place orders for two additional 32,000 dwt heavylift multi-purpose vessels with Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, part of...
Maersk see strong recovery in Q1
A.P. Moller-Maersk says its Q1 2024 results were in line with expectations, with a strong recovery in container line earnings since the final quarter of 2023 and a strong...
Slight WCI increase ends downward trend
THE DREWRY World Container Index increased 1% over the week to US$2725 per 40-foot container. The index has been falling steadily since its spike at the beginning of the year. The...
Crane chainers charged
VICTORIAN Police have thrown the book at 13 anti-Israel protesters who cut fences to access VICT at Webb Dock, Melbourne early on Tuesday [30 April] and chained themselves to the...
Cosco seeing turnaround in Q1
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings, which houses the Cosco Group’s container line and terminal activities, has reported a positive recovery in the first quarter of 2024. CSH posted EBIT of...
Air cargo demand strengthens in March
THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association has reported a continuing strong annual growth in air cargo demand in March 2024. Total demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres,...
SCT’s cool new WA project
The property division of the SCT Group has begun construction of a new refrigerated facility at Forrestfield, Western Australia in a move it says will improve supply chain...
Bogged Baltimore boxship to be freed
Container ship Dali, trapped by the ruins of the Francis Key Scott Bridge collapse in Baltimore since 26 March, is expected to be moved this week, enabling the re-opening of the...
Whale saver arrives in Hobart
A FORMER Japanese fisheries patrol vessel has arrived in Hobart for refit before taking up an expected renewed battle against whaling in the Great Southern Ocean. To be renamed...
