New director at logistics company
NEW ZEALAND transport and logistics group Move Logistics has appointed a new independent director. Julia Raue, who stepped into the role on 3 May, will also be a member of the...
New Austal vessel bound for Pacific Islands
AUSTAL has launched a new catamaran that will transport passengers and cargo across French Polynesia. Austal built Apetahi Express at its Vietnam shipyard for maritime and tourism...
Global air-cargo demand continues decline in March
GLOBAL demand for air-cargo services decreased 7.7% in March (down 8.1% for international operations), compared with the same month last year. The International Air Transport...
Port hosts government aboard NZ coastal containership
CENTREPORT Wellington this week hosted government and shipping industry representatives who came to visit a containership on a New Zealand coastal service. The port welcomed NZ...
Wärtsilä and DNV roll out platform partnership on fleet
WÄRTSILÄ is integrating its fleet optimisation tool with an industry cloud platform built by DNV. Under their partnership, the companies are rolling out the connection across the...
Video series to help educate about the CII
THE GLOBAL Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping has developed a series of videos to help educate industry about the Carbon Intensity Indicator. The videos – free to...
Tanker Pablo burns off coast of Malaysia
AN OIL tanker has caught fire off the coast of Malaysia, with three crewmembers missing. According to media reports, Malaysian maritime authorities rescued 25 crew from...
Adelaide container volumes down in February
FULL container throughput at Port Adelaide in February saw a decrease compared with the same month last year, according to the latest available trade statistics from Flinders...
Australian logistics company announces new CEO
ASX-listed transport and logistics company Lindsay Australia has announced the appointment of Clayton McDonald as its new CEO. He is to start in the role on 17 July. Mr McDonald...
Port of Newcastle unveils designs for Clean Energy Precinct
PORT of Newcastle has released concept designs for stage one of the port’s Clean Energy Precinct. The port has earmarked 220 hectares of land to develop a production, storage and...
Cruise line launches "ambitious" program for Aussie ports
P&O Cruises has scheduled 157 sailings bound for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific ports over the 2024-25 cruise season. The cruise company claims the program is its biggest and...
New CEO for Aussie airline
QANTAS announced Vanessa Hudson would become the next CEO and managing director, taking over from Alan Joyce when he retires in November 2023. According to Qantas, its freight...
IMO to trial green shipping corridor cluster
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization plans to implement a pilot green shipping corridor cluster project proposed by Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub. LR MDH...
Container volumes set to rise at NZ port
INCREASED shipping activity at New Zealand’s Port Nelson is expected to lift container capacity by a third. The four shipping companies which call Port Nelson – Maersk, ANL, MSC...
March increase in Freo container throughput
FREMANTLE Ports reported an uptick in container throughput in March. The port handled a total of 68,648 TEU in March. This was the highest total monthly throughput since October...
