Nautical Shipping appointed Ultrabulk agent
NAUTICAL Shipping, part of Gold Coast-based Leeward Group, has been appointed as agent for global dry bulk operator Ultrabulk. Ultrabulk, a subsidiary of Chile-headquartered...
Vessel searched at Gladstone after 500kg cocaine bust
POLICE have searched a vessel in Port of Gladstone after three men allegedly collected 500 kilograms of cocaine from a cargo ship at sea. The men were arrested at the regional...
MARITIME COUNTRY PROFILE: Tanzania
Among the most important connections between Australia and this Tanzania are Aussie-built ferries and Tanzanian coffee exports TANZANIA has a complex port history tied into...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: Women of the wharves & waves
THE GROWING vision for gender equality in this industry culminates each year as the International Day for Women in Maritime. It’s a fairly recent addition to our calendars,...
Svitzer, Smit Lamnalco roll over four-port deal
CONTRARY to widespread industry speculation Svitzer and Smit Lamnalco have extended their agreement to share towage assets in Brisbane, Newcastle, Port Botany and Melbourne. While...
THE GRILL: Tom Pinder
Australian Coastal Shipping director Tom Pinder sat down with DCN to chat about his days as a sailor, the future of the company he co-founded, and cycling around Europe What made...
Tas premier wants Vics out of the way
TASMANIAN premier Jeremey Rockliff has expressed “extreme disappointment” with an intransigent Victorian shire council preventing the shipment of critically-needed stockfeed to...
ONE not the loneliest
JAPAN'S Ocean Network Express has joined the vast majority of leading container lines in reporting a massive drop in revenue and earnings for its 2023 financial year but managed...
Svitzer pushing up profits
GLOBAL towage provider Svitzer has enjoyed a strong trading start to 2024 and its demerger from AP Møller - Mærsk A/S has been confirmed by the latter’s shareholders at an EGM....
Hapag alive to digital tracking
HAPAG-LLOYD is claiming a global first for container lines with the launch of full, on-demand, door-to-door visibility of dry container shipments. The ‘Live Position’ service uses...
Go slow in Melb port waters
NEW speed limits for the Williamstown port area, declared yesterday by the Victorian Government, are unlikely to affect commercial shipping. Ports minister Melissa Horne announced...
Metro's tripling transhipper fires up
IKAMBA, Metro Mining’s new offshore floating terminal, on Sunday began its first assignment at Skardon River, loading bauxite on the capesize bulker Jewel (175,874 DWT) eight...
ANL/CMA CGM cut NEMO surcharge
THE CMA CGM Group has halved one contingency fee levied on shippers on its NEMO service between Australia and Europe, effective immediately. The charge was amongst more than a...
Bell Bay reopens after ship goes adrift
TASPORTS has reopened the port of Bell Bay after the one-time pilot mother ship Wyuna, awaiting possible preservation, broke its moorings in the Tamar River on Tuesday morning [30...
Collision cuts TasRail services
A COLLISION between a truck and train at Westbury in northern Tasmania has blocked TasRail’s main line linking Hobart with Burnie. Two locomotives and a string of predominantly...
