New leadership at DNV Maritime
DNV has appointed a new offshore classification director for DNV Maritime. The classification society announced on Monday that Torgeir Sterri had been appointed to the role. Mr...
Floating ammonia production unit receives AiP
DNV has issued an approval in principle for a floating ammonia production unit. Dutch offshore energy company SwitcH2 and Norwegian company BW Offshore are developing the...
Inland Rail signalling huts to bolster sustainability with passive cooling
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation is looking to expand the use of passive cooling designs for its Inland Rail signalling huts. The huts will have improved building design...
Floods close rail traffic in central NSW
A SECTION of railway was washed away after heavy rainfall on Sunday evening caused flash flooding in Cootamundra and surrounding areas. Following the rainfall, the Australian Rail...
MOL offsets emissions from Australia-Japan voyage
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines said it has offset emissions from an iron ore carrier’s voyage from Australia to Japan. Japan-flagged bulk carrier Shinzan Maru, operated by MOL, is engaged in...
Big ship delivered
MSC has taken delivery of the 24,116-TEU MSC Tessa, said to be the largest containership completed and in service. China State Shipbuilding Corporation subsidiary Hudong-Zhonghua...
New NYK coal carrier aims for carbon neutral
A NEW coal carrier in NYK Line’s fleet will offset carbon emissions on its contracted voyage with an electricity company. The new ship, Kagura, is to operate under a long-term...
DCN Magazine March 2023 edition: Feature Focus – Queensland
The March 2023 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Queensland – Trade, renewable energy and wild weather in the...
Swire announces new East Timor Service
SWIRE Shipping is launching a new shipping service connecting Darwin with Timor-Leste, Singapore and Indonesia. The East Timor Service (ETS) will call ports of Singapore, Dili,...
Second charged in maritime drug smuggling case
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has charged a second man in connection with a transnational drug trafficking investigation following the discovery of more than 300 kilograms of...
Increase in February throughput in the Pilbara
TOTAL cargo throughput at ports in the Pilbara in February increased by 5% compared with the same month last year, according to the latest data available from the Pilbara Ports...
Port of Hastings to be home to renewable energy terminal
THE VICTORIAN government has named the Port of Hastings as the location of the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal in its Victorian Offshore Wind Energy Implementation Statement...
Supplies delivered to Wyndham
THE WESTERN Australian department of Fire and Emergency Services on Tuesday morning contacted Auriga Marine to request that a landing craft take essential supplies to the region...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 38
IN the news this week, Senator Bridget McKenzie called for the infrastructure and transport minister to issue a Section 11 exemption from the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow...
Swire Projects’ new H-Class vessel completes first voyage
SWIRE Projects, the projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, completed the inaugural voyage of its first of three chartered H-Class vessels, Pacific...
