New Zealand wine exporters to benefit from new inland port
NEW Zealand’s Port Nelson has announced its logistics division QuayConnect will develop an inland port in the Marlborough region. The development is part of Port Nelson’s wider...
BHP tests automated shiploaders at Port Hedland
BHP is testing two new automated shiploaders at its export facility in Port Hedland as part of a $50 million project to fully automate eight shiploaders by 2023. The automation...
Port Kembla imports heaviest piece of cargo ever
PORT Kembla has received its heaviest piece of imported cargo on record: a 372-tonne gas turbine which will power Australia’s first dual-fuel natural gas/hydrogen power plant. The...
New TAFE training vessel headed to Gippsland
THE Victorian government has invested in a training vessel at TAFE Gippsland. The boat will be used to train the next generation of local marine experts. Minister for ports and...
Port Hedland will soon be home to Australia's first wind fences
THE INSTALLATION of Australia’s first wind fences is nearing commencement in Port Hedland with BHP having awarded the contract to CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors. Standing 30 metres...
Logistics platform C.H. Robinson welcomes new reconciliation plan
LOGISTICS management platform C.H. Robinson has announced its second Reconciliation Action Plan has been approved by Reconciliation Australia, the peak body in national...
New president and CEO steps up at Wallenius Wilhelmsen
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has a new president and CEO as of 1 June – Lasse Kristoffersen has stepped into the role. Mr Kristoffersen said he had been looking forward to officially...
FMC determines recent high freight rates are product of market forces
THE US Federal Maritime Commission has determined that high ocean freight rates since the pandemic started are the product of supply and demand market forces. In its Final report...
10 magenta mega-ships ordered
OCEAN Network Express has signed shipbuilding contracts with both Hyundai Heavy Industries and Nihon Shipyard to build five vessels each, adding a total of 10 modern very large...
Catherine King becomes the new minister for infrastructure and transport
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday (31 May) announced the members of his government’s full ministry, and they were sworn in today. When announcing the new ministry, Mr...
First passenger cruise in over two years departs Sydney
PACIFIC Explorer departed Sydney on Tuesday on a cruise – the first cruise to depart from the east coast in more than two years. The vessel is headed for Brisbane on a four-night...
Australasian freight tech company expands in SE Asia
TRADEWINDOW, a New Zealand-based freight technology company, has expanded its reach in South East Asia with a sales-agency agreement with InterCommerce Network Services....
Svitzer aims at carbon-neutrality by 2040
SVITZER aims to become carbon neutral by 2040, according to its recently revealed decarbonisation strategy. Under the strategy the global towage operator will decarbonise in two...
Maersk pulls plug on two Oceania services
MAERSK announced on Wednesday that it would terminate two services in Oceania: the Polaris and the Sirius Star. The company cited continued schedule disruption and terminal...
Wild weather hampers freight operations at Botany
WILD weather in eastern New South Wales is affecting the flow of cargo through the state’s ports. The weather has affected all three container terminals at Port Botany, albeit to...
