370kg of drugs seized from Sydney storage facility
POLICE are calling on the public to help identify the criminal syndicate behind 300 kilograms of MDMA and 70 kilograms of ketamine seized from a Sydney storage facility. The drugs...
Strike action still on at DP World
ELECTRICIANS at DP World's Brisbane terminal continue not to work as they strike for a better pay deal. A DP World spokesperson confirmed to DCN late on Monday afternoon that...
Throughput at Pilbara Ports down
PILBARA Ports has delivered a total monthly throughput of 58.2 million tonnes for January, but it was a 10% decrease compared to January 2023. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a...
Study pinpoints offshore de-com tasks
A REPORT by a body set up to manage the decommissioning and removal of Australia’s redundant offshore oil and gas infrastructure has made a series of high-level recommendations...
Pacifica launches coastal shipping logistics project
COASTAL shipping operator Pacifica Shipping, an operating division of Swire Shipping, has launched a project to combine battery electric trucks with coastal shipping. The project...
MinRes commissions first transhipper
MINERAL Resources last week commissioned MinRes Airlie, the first of seven 124-metre transhippers to serve the company’s Onslow Iron project in the Pilbara. The vessel...
WA upgrades grain rail
WORK to drive further capacity into Western Australia’s farm-to-port grain supply chain is continuing with the letting of two new contracts. Rail siding upgrades through the $200...
Maersk launches new facility in New Zealand
MAERSK has opened its integrated cold chain facility at the Ruakura superhub, solidifying Hamilton as a touch point within the Golden Triangle for freighting and logistics in New...
Tropical cyclone Lincoln goes easy on Pilbara Ports
THE news to come out of Pilbara Ports on Friday morning was good regarding ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) advised ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln was...
Carriers combine to rationalise WA services
THE overtonnaged Fremantle-South East Asia route is set for rationalisation, with ANL, Cosco SL and subsidiary OOCL to mount a new joint service. The carriers will combine their...
Industrial action “painful”
THE Electrical Trades Union and DP World failed to meet on Friday (23 February) to continue negotiations for the new enterprise agreement. Electricians at DP World’s Brisbane...
Prop-less tanker to be towed to Singapore
AN LPG tanker that lost its propeller in Bass Strait in early February and has since remained in sheltered anchorage off the Victorian coast will be towed to Singapore for...
Tauranga volumes, profits down
NZ’S PORT of Tauranga has seen lower overall cargo volumes and a 24.7% slide in net profits “amid challenging trading conditions” for the six months ended December 2023. Releasing...
Merchant ships to the rescue
LAST Friday [16 February] the Maersk-chartered container ship Northern Diamond, en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne via the Inner Route of the Great Barrier Reef, was tasked by...
AMSA calls on more Australian businesses
THE tender for technical support and logistics for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA’s) maritime Aids to Navigation (AtoN) network has launched on AusTender today...
