Pilbara Ports trade dips in February
PILBARA Ports handled 52.7 million tonnes of cargo in February 2024. The latest monthly throughput figures were down 4% compared with February 2023. The Port of Port Hedland...
Friends of the Earth claims rigged, Esso says
ESSO Australia has issued a detailed rebuttal of claims by Friends of the Earth that is threatening the marine environment by short-cutting the decommissioning of Bass Strait oil...
Bulker caused "severe damage" at NT wharf
A BULK carrier which allided with wharf infrastructure on Groote Eylandt on Monday has caused “severe damage”, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed. Cyprus-flagged...
Freo finds there's no place like dome
FREMANTLE Ports has inflated a 40-metre high cement clinker dome at its Kwinana Bulk Terminal in the Outer Harbour, as part of an initiative to streamline import procedures. The...
Revised EU Customs requirements looming
AUSTRALIAN companies exporting to the European Union face added data requirements from June, as part of the upcoming third release of the EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2). In a...
Industry coalition calls for better consultation on strategic fleet
AN INDUSTRY coalition has called on federal infrastructure and transport minister Catherine King to commit to an “open and transparent” strategic fleet consultation process....
IMO to open Pacific regional office
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization is opening a regional office in Fiji to serve Pacific member states, including Australia and New Zealand. The Suva office would be the...
New NZ coastal service nears realisation
A WEST Coast South Island company is about to launch a new barge-based bulk distribution and transhipment operation, partly funded under the coastal shipping initiative of NZ’s...
Man sentenced over 266kg air-freight MDMA haul
A MAN has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment for his role in the importation of 266 kilograms of liquid MDMA in a consignment of wine bottles. The drugs were concealed in...
Fortescue, partners complete ammonia trial
AUSTRALIA’S Fortescue late last week completed the world’s first use of hydrogen-based ammonia as marine fuel, in the port of Singapore. The demonstration vessel Fortescue Green...
Environmentalists want Bass Strait rig de-coms halted
ENVIRONMENTAL group Friends of the Earth claims Esso Australia plans to “dump eight toxic oil platforms” off Gippsland and wants state and federal government intervention. FoE...
Opposition building to NZ live export backtrack
A PLAN by the New Zealand Government to soon resume live animal exports by sea has re-ignited opposition from several creature welfare groups. End Live Export NZ began regular...
WA port wraps up crossed lines remediation project
MID West Ports has completed its Berth 5/6 Crossed Lines Remediation Project at the Port of Geraldton. The infrastructure improvement project is expected to help facilitate a...
Wharf damaged as cyclone bears down on NT
TROPICAL Cyclone Megan damaged a mining company’s wharf infrastructure as the weather system approached the Northern Territory coast on Monday. The category-three cyclone stirred...
US unions want tolls on Chinese-built ships
HOT on the heels of President Joe Biden directing the replacement of Chinese-built terminal hardware in US ports unions have petitioned the government for an investigation into...
