Master planning begins for Kimberley ports
KIMBERLEY Ports Authority has engaged a port planning consultant to develop master plans for the ports of Broome, Derby, Wyndham and Yampi Sound. Kimberley Ports awarded the...
Southern Ports and WA uni partner on regional scholarship
SOUTHERN Ports has partnered with Curtin University to offer the Steve Lewis Regional Scholarship, named after the ports’ former CEO. The scholarship aims to financially support a...
CMA CGM and Air France-KLM scupper air-cargo deal
CMA CGM and Air France-KLM have agreed to end their air-cargo partnership. The ocean carrier entered a partnership deal with the airline holding company in May 2022, and it came...
Newcastle international terminal taking shape
CONSTRUCTION is progressing on a new international terminal at Newcastle Airport. The federal government committed $55 million for the terminal expansion project and border...
Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore shipments increase in Q4
MINING company Rio Tinto has reported it shipped a total of 86.3 million tonnes of iron ore from its Pilbara operations over the course of the last three months of 2023. This is...
New leadership and regional structure at Röhlig
RÖHLIG Logistics has appointed Christoph Passek as managing director for China and Hong Kong. The logistics company has also assigned four area general managers to a new regional...
Nuyina researchers discover subsea Antarctic canyon
ACOUSTCIANS onboard Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina have discovered an underwater canyon. The canyon was discovered when wild weather forced a temporary suspension of resupply...
Yemen's Ansar Allah threaten US ships in Gulf of Aden and Red Sea
YEMEN’S Ansar Allah group, also known as the Houthi movement, intends to expand its targets in the region to include US ships. Global media have reported Ansar Allah plans to...
Singapore-based PSA sees record container throughput for 2023
SINGAPORE-based container terminal operator PSA International saw a record-breaking year in 2023. The company’s terminals handled a total of 94.8 million TEU across its port...
New CCO for global port agency firm
GLOBAL port agency and marine services company Inchcape Shipping Services has appointed Svend Stenberg Mølholt as chief commercial officer, effective 9 January. Mr Mølholt has...
Albo urges DPW and MUA to “sort this out”
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese called on DP World and the Maritime Union of Australia to negotiate an end to the ongoing protected industrial action on the wharves. In an...
Logs shift to rail in Tassie
OVER the past decade, there has been a 10-fold increase in logs transported by rail in Tasmania, according to the state government. From a base of a little more than 20,000 tonnes...
ICTSI commits to 2050 net-zero for scope 1 and 2 emissions
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for its scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050. ICTSI is the owner of the Victoria...
Pilbara Ports throughput sees small December decline
PILBARA Ports reported a total monthly throughput of 66.5 million tonnes of cargo for December 2023. This throughput was a 1% decrease compared with December 2022. The Port of...
Record year for container throughput in Singapore
ANNUAL vessel arrival tonnage at the Port of Singapore exceeded three billion gross tonnes in 2023, setting a record for the port. Singapore’s acting minister for transport Chee...
