Study finds seafarer training deficit in decarbonised, digitalised industry
A SURVEY of 500 seafarers found the maritime workforce needs more training to work in a decarbonised and digitalised shipping industry. DNV and the Singapore Maritime Foundation...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 51
IN THE news with week, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority announced it had banned the general cargo ship BBC Weser for 90 days....
Unions divided on Svitzer's proposed enterprise agreement
UNIONS representing Svitzer Australia’s maritime workforce have encouraged their members to vote in favour of, and against, a new national harbour towage enterprise agreement. The...
World Container Index decreases slightly
DREWRY’S composite World Container Index decreased by 0.1% to US$1681.04 per 40-foot container this week. The index has dropped by 78% since the same week last year and is now 84%...
Logistics contract awarded for WA lithium plant expansion
DB Schenker has received a contract to provide freight forwarding and logistics services for the Kemerton Lithium Expansion Project (KEP) in Western Australia. Albemarle’s...
Dual-purpose container facility opens in Hobart
CONTAINER supplier Royal Wolf has opened a new container facility in Hobart. The new facility, built on 12,000 square metres of land in Cambridge, includes self-storage services...
Dates announced for King Island slipway repairs
REPAIRS to the Port of Currie slipway on King Island are due to begin next week. TasPorts closed the slipway at the port late last year because of the poor condition of submerged...
MOL trials satellite communication service at sea
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines is trialling satellite communication service Starlink on one of its ships. MOL installed the Starlink system under an agreement with maritime connectivity...
Seafarer labour market tightest in 17 years of reporting
NEW research from Drewry has found the seafarer labour market is the tightest it has been since the shipping consultancy began analysing it 17 years ago. Drewry’s latest Manning...
Ammonia-powered gas carrier gets AiP from DNV
CLASSIFICATION society DNV has awarded several organisations an approval in principle for the design of a new ammonia-powered gas carrier. The design was from the Mærsk Mc-Kinney...
Government to progress offshore wind project in Bass Strait
THE TASMANIAN government on Thursday (8 June) signed a memorandum of understanding to progress the Bass Offshore Wind Energy project. The BOWE project is a partnership between...
Qube trials double stacked container vehicle at port
QUBE has trialled a new double-stacked container vehicle at the Port of Brisbane. The port claims the trial was a first for Australia. The new Super B Double Double Stacked...
Big containership joins OOCL fleet
OOCL has welcomed the third of twelve new 24,188-TEU vessels into its fleet. The new containership was officially named OOCL Turkiye with a ceremony at the Nantong COSCO KHI Ship...
ATSB sheds light on bulk carrier grounding in Port Hedland
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau is progressing with its investigation into bulk carrier grounding in Port Hedland, having published an interim report on the incident. The...
AMSA bans general cargo ship BBC Weser
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has banned the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged general cargo ship BBC Weser for 90 days for being unsafe, unseaworthy and an “unacceptable...
