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Maritime Safety Queensland – 160 years serving Queenslanders

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Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) oversees a portfolio of responsibilities unmatched by any of our peers in Australia. As the sunshine state’s primary maritime safety regulator our...
Maritime Safety Queensland – 160 years serving Queenslanders

An evening aboard the James Craig

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A DOWNPOUR drenched Sydney as guests arrived for a joint networking function on the nineteenth-century barque James Craig. Shipping industry professionals of all ages gathered...
An evening aboard the James Craig

The DCN Weekly: Episode 78

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WOODSIDE Energy signed a deal with three maritime unions this week to employ about 70 Australian seafarers on a Woodside-chartered LNG carrier....
The DCN Weekly: Episode 78

Incat Crowther to design ferry for US Virgin Islands

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AUSTRALIAN marine engineering company Incat Crowther is partnering with a US shipyard to deliver a new ferry for the US Virgin Islands. Incat Crowther is designing 32-metre-long...
Incat Crowther to design ferry for US Virgin Islands

Looking ahead in the west

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Could you give us a snapshot of trade through Fremantle Ports over the past 12 months? The headline numbers for the past financial year, we had a before-tax profit of $67 million,...
Looking ahead in the west

Ports reopen in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper

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ALL ports have reopened in northern Queensland in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Several ports were shut or put on alert this past week as the cyclone lashed the coast....
Ports reopen in wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper

Corroded wire caused shipboard crane failure: NTSB

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A CORRODED wire rope caused a crane failure on the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk in July last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board has found. An NTSB incident...
Corroded wire caused shipboard crane failure: NTSB

US asks for Australian warship in Red Sea

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THE US Navy has asked Australia to send a warship to the Red Sea. Global media have reported the request is for the vessel to join an international task force following a rise in...
US asks for Australian warship in Red Sea

Shipping Australia NSW 2023 Christmas luncheon

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SHIPPING Australia’s annual Christmas lunch is a highlight of the festive season – and the year – for many in the shipping community. Hundreds gathered at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency...
Shipping Australia NSW 2023 Christmas luncheon

NYK joins ammonia research partnership

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NYK Line, JERA and chemicals company Resonac have partnered for a joint study on ammonia bunkering. Shipping company NYK and Japanese power company JERA said the companies are...
NYK joins ammonia research partnership

Charting a new course at Barry Beach Terminal

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BARRY Beach Marine Terminal is situated in an area of southern Victoria know for its natural beauty and wild coastline. The terminal is on Corner Inlet, which is just north of...
Charting a new course at Barry Beach Terminal

Time for a sea change

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UNCONVENTIONAL thinking and disruptive ideas have shaped maritime transport into the industry as we know it. From compasses to steam power to the standardisation of shipping...
Time for a sea change

Maritime NZ says health and safety risks need to be top priority

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MARITIME NZ has told commercial operators they need to understand and meet their health and safety obligations, including when staff are sent to work overseas. This comes after...
Maritime NZ says health and safety risks need to be top priority

Freo sees October increase in containers

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PORT of Fremantle saw an influx of container throughput in October, driven by an increase in both imports and exports. Fremantle Ports handled a total of 77,436 TEU in October...
Freo sees October increase in containers

Minister extends Coastal Shipping Act exemption for cruise

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MINISTER for infrastructure and transport Catherine King has extended an exemption from the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 for cruise ships. The...
Minister extends Coastal Shipping Act exemption for cruise