Hapag-Lloyd posts "significant" earnings decrease
HAPAG-LLOYD has reported a “significant” decrease in earnings in the 2023 financial year. Transport volumes increased a marginal 0.8% to 11.9 million TEU in 2023 while the average...
Sheep ship back but future unclear
A LIVESTOCK carrier ordered back to Australia has returned to waters off Fremantle but wrangling continues over the fate of the animals on board. The 2010-built, Marshall...
Seafarers' happiness drops again in Q4
THE DECLINE in seafarers’ happiness continued its downward trend in the fourth quarter of 2023. The Seafarers Happiness Index, a survey and quarterly report by Mission to...
SEA service to continue port skipping
WITH NO resolution of the DPW/MUA dispute in sight a major consortium in the South East Asia-Australia trade has been forced to extend workaround measures. For some months the six...
Wayward Whitsunday skipper convicted
A QUEENSLAND charter boat skipper has been convicted and fined more than $15,000 after a successful prosecution by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions on behalf of...
First of Höegh's Aurora class launched
THE FIRST of a class of PCTCs claimed as the largest, most environmentally-friendly deep sea vessel of the type ever built has hit the water in China. Höegh Aurora, the name ship...
Maersk names first large methanol ship
MAERSK welcomed its first large methanol-enabled container vessel Ane Mærsk with a ceremony at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. Ane Mærsk is the first of...
Nautical Shipping loads up Grimaldi
NAUTICAL Shipping, an agency subsidiary of the Gold Coast-based Leeward Group, has been appointed to provide exclusive Australian representation for Italy’s Grimaldi Group....
TasPorts pilots lift industrial action
TASPORTS marine pilots are lifting their current protected industrial action, TasPorts has announced. A statement from TasPorts indicates the change came into effect overnight on...
AFP, ABF see through drug import ruse
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police is investigating after about 100 kilograms of methamphetamine was imported into Australia concealed within window frames. Australian Border Force...
Final report on Ports and Maritime Act and PBLIS released
THE NSW government has released its final report on the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 and Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy. The state government announced a...
ONE cleans up with ammonia nod
JAPAN'S Ocean Network Express has moved closer to placing orders for ammonia dual-fuel containerships after achieving approval-in-principle for a 3500 TEU prototype. The new...
UNCTAD frets over sea route ructions
ESCALATING disruptions to global trade are causing the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, “profound concerns”. UNCTAD’s head of trade logistics, Jan Hoffmann, says that...
NSW commits to freight reform
AN EXPERT three-person advisory panel will advise the NSW government on the development of a new freight strategy for the state. Minister for transport Jo Haylen has announced...
Methbusters put heat on smugglers
ACT Policing and the Australian Border Force have intercepted 106 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of car radiators in what is said to be the ACT’s largest meth...
