Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index ended last week at 1545 – an increase of 10% since the previous Friday. Capesize The capesize market started the week with a cautiously optimistic tone...
NYK Stolt renewing fleet
JOINT venture partners NYK and Stolt-Nielsen are expanding their fleet renewal program, doubling an earlier Stolt order for 38,000 DWT stainless steel chemical tankers. The latest...
Emerald engines to be replaced
SYDNEY'S troubled second-generation Emerald-class Manly ferries are to be re-engined, the NSW Government announced on Wednesday (7 February). Since their introduction in late 2021...
Aust run for NYK's first LNG-fuelled Capesize
JAPAN'S NYK has taken delivery of the first LNG-fuelled Capesize bulk carrier built in a Japanese yard and it will be dedicated to Australian ore and coal trades. The 210,933 DWT...
Stinky beetles bug EVs but app on the way
IMPORTS of new and used vehicles are still being hindered by biosecurity problems, with the CSIRO highlighting a shipment of electric vehicles turned away after the discovery of a...
South Aust exports break records
SOUTH Australia’s Malinauskas government is claiming credit for the state registering record exports valued at $17.93 billion for the year ending December 2023. SA also recorded...
Pilbara Ports supports vital safety services
PILBARA Ports has committed $200,000 to Marine Rescue Port Hedland to support the establishment of a new training centre and operational base. Marine Rescue Port Hedland responds...
Austal kicks off US expansion
PERTH-headquartered Austal’s US subsidiary has begun the next phase of a major expansion of it ship-building capabilities in Mobile, Alabama. Design work began on Tuesday [6...
Police seize 132 litres of liquid meth in washing detergent
A MELBOURNE man has been charged after allegedly being linked to the attempted importation of 132 litres of liquid methamphetamine concealed in bottles of washing detergent. The...
New launch lifts Flinders Ports' spirit
SOUTH Australian ports operator Flinders Port Holdings has placed in service Spirit, the first of three state-of-the-art pilot boats built by Hart Marine. Spirit was inaugurated...
MOL, Yara link for WA ammonia exports
A MITSUI O.S.K. Lines tanker taken on charter by Yara International for Pacific trading has already loaded two ammonia cargoes from Dampier’s Withnell Bay. The 2010-built, 34,500...
Emirates returns to Adelaide with direct daily flights
From 28 October, Emirates will again operate daily flights from Dubai to Adelaide operated by a Boeing 777-200LR. The relaunch of direct Emirates flights is set to deliver an...
Truck tax goals questioned
THE Allan government’s proposed carbon tax on trucks moving through the Port of Melbourne is unlikely to have the desired effect according to Container Transport Alliance...
It's the time of sands in the Kimberley
THE PORT of Broome has hosted its first export shipment of product from Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in the West Kimberley. Approximately 5100 tonnes of Kimberley Mineral...
TasPorts and AMOU reach in-principle agreement
AN IN-PRINCIPLE agreement between TasPorts and the Australian Maritime Officers Union has brought marine pilots’ industrial action to an end. TasPorts pilots had been escalating...
