Patrick Terminals launches landside efficiency initiatives
PATRICK Terminals has announced plans to publish quarterly landside performance metrics and launch representative landside efficiency groups. The terminal operator is launching...
Fire, inflation, etcetera – trends in marine insurance claims
FIRE and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, cargo damage is the most frequent...
Increases in trade at Botany and Kembla
CONTAINER trade at Port Botany last month saw an increase, with upticks in both export and import volumes. In October 2022, the port handled a total of 252,425 TEU – an increase...
Supply chain "digital twins" can help brace for disruptions, whitepaper says
A WHITEPAPER from the Melbourne Business School suggests organisations can use so-called “digital twins” to enhance supply-chain visibility and brace for disruptions. The...
New trade deals to strengthen trade and economic relationships: PM
AUSTRALIAN exporters, businesses, workers and consumers will soon be able to reap the opportunities and benefits of more open trade with India and the United Kingdom with the...
INSIGHT: Commencement of Australia’s free trade deals with the UK and India comes closer
IT HAS been a busy few weeks in the Australian Federal Parliament. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) in parliament issued its reports into proposed treaty action...
BIMCO campaign to reduce plastic bottles on ships
BIMCO has launched a campaign to reduce waste from single-use plastic bottles on ships. The organisation has partnered with reusable bottle brand Ocean Bottle to create co-branded...
DNV and MPA partner for three more years of maritime research
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore and classification society DNV have extended a maritime research and development agreement by three years. The memorandum of...
NHVR opens submissions for Round 8 of HVSI
THE National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has opened submissions for Round 8 of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative to fund new projects to deliver a safer heavy vehicle industry....
ARTC re-opens freight line after derailment
A FREIGHT corridor closed by a recent train derailment re-opened on Monday night (21 November). The Australian Rail Track Corporation closed the Melbourne-Adelaide rail line last...
Importers and exporters lose when infrastructure is treated as a cash machine: Sims
ROD Sims, the former ACCC chair and now a professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU, said importers and exporters lose out when governments treat infrastructure as...
Shipping lines join forces with power company on ammonia study
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines, NYK Line and Japanese power generation company Jera are launching a joint study on transporting ammonia as a fuel. The two shipping companies signed a...
Hydrogen export project in Tiwi Islands progresses
PROVARIS’ project in the Tiwi Islands to develop a hydrogen production and export facility has advanced with several appointments across key workstreams. The company said the...
TasPorts and Spirit of Tasmania sign QuayLink construction charter
TASPORTS and Spirit of Tasmania have signed a charter agreement for environmental responsibilities during construction of the Devonport East QuayLink project. The parties entered...
Spirit Super and Stonepeak to acquire GeelongPort
AUSTRALIAN super fund Spirit Super and US investment firm Stonepeak have agreed to acquire GeelongPort. Spirit Super and Stonepeak signed the definitive agreement on Sunday (20...
