Container handling records broken in Townsville
TOWNSVILLE Marine Logistics (TML) has reported a record in container handling for a Swire Shipping vessel recently at the Port of Townsville. The stevedore said it had achieved a...
MOL to trial hydrogen-fuelled engine
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines, MOL Drybulk and Japan Engine Corporation are to co-operate in a trial of a hydrogen-fuelled engine installed in an on-service vessel. The companies say the...
General cargo ship runs aground, crew rescued
CONTAINERHIP Rise Shine has run aground near the Russian port of Nakhodka on Tuesday morning local time. Container ship Rise Shine (Panama flag) with 14 on board ran aground and...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Let’s get the facts straight
THE COMMENTS by Shipping Australia’s CEO Melwyn Noronha about the container road transport sector can’t go unchallenged. Responding to the findings of the ACCC’s Container...
New bulk grain facility up and running
T-PORTS’ new grain bunker facility received its first loads of barley in recent weeks. The facility is located at Kimba on the upper Eyre Peninsula, and the company said it...
$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle
AS announced recently by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Port of Newcastle is partnering with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group and the Commonwealth government’s...
Saving lives and transforming communities
VESSEL charterers, brokers and agents along with owners, operators and others will participate in the annual Cargo Day which, since 2016 has raised almost S$5.4 million (Singapore...
12 new auto-strads are bound for Aussie ports
TWELVE new Kalmar Auto-strads are now on their way to Australia from Euope. The equipment will be employed at Patrick’s Brisbane and Sydney terminals. The new, eighth-generation...
Shipping forum highlights different paths to net zero emissions
THE Shaping the Future of Shipping event held on 6 November in Glasgow attracted global heavyweights and decision makers in shipping. Reports from the event have highlighted...
OPINION: 1 January 2022 – a new year is not fun for everyone!
MANY people look forward to a new year as a time for celebration. However, for importers and exporters and their service providers, including licensed customs brokers and freight...
Work underway to bring Spirit of Tasmania to Geelong
LOCALS will start to see more activity around GeelongPort’s Corio Quay precinct with contractors due to start major landside works on Spirit of Tasmania’s passenger and freight...
OPINION: Quarantine will cancel Christmas – believe me
FURTHER to my piece from 19 October, nothing has changed in regards to entry processing with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Quarantine). The dire situation has...
LETTER TO THE DCN: ACCC report gets some things right
DEAR editor, I would like to comment on the recently released Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Container Stevedore Monitoring Report 2020-21 and the commentary by...
Index cited in ACCC stevedore report draws fire
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, relied on data from another report, the Container Port Performance Index...
New tenancy customer charter for the Port of Melbourne
THE Victorian government has welcomed the release of the Port of Melbourne Tenancy Customer Charter, which it says will improve rent pricing clarity, delivering lasting benefits...
