Advancing Australia’s trade interests in India
AUSTRALIA’S minister for trade and tourism, Dan Tehan, is travelling to India on 9 February to advance negotiations on a free trade agreement and promote Australia as a premium...
Stevedore fined NZ$90,000 for dropping excavator overboard
NEW ZEALAND stevedoring company C3, a part of Linx Cargo Care Group, has been fined NZ$90,000 for dropping an excavator overboard from a log carrier in 2018 at CentrePort in...
Shipping line installs weather stations on vessels
SHIPPING line Maersk has collaborated with the National Meteorological Service of Germany, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), to install automated weather stations on 50 of its...
DCN 2021 Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards are NEXT WEEK
TIME is running out to book your tickets to the 2021 Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards – the event is next Thursday, the 17th of February. We will gather at 6.30pm to...
BHP's LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk arrives in Singapore
BHP has today welcomed the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier to Singapore, the first of five chartered by the company. MV Mount Tourmaline will transport iron...
New coal loader for Gladstone
PORT of Gladstone set to replace the oldest of the three machines at the RG Tanna Coal Terminal. The new shiploader is expected to secure the capacity of the coal terminal for...
Eden centre recognised at tourism awards
THE Eden Visitor Information Centre has been recognised with the Judges’ Star Award at the 2021 NSW Tourism Awards. The Eden centre was the only business to be recognised from the...
Liner performance report reveals “staggering drop” in schedule reliability
GLOBAL schedule reliability plunged from 63.9% in 2020 to 35.8% last year, according to a recent analysis from Sea-Intelligence. The 2021 Global Liner Performance Report indicates...
Seafarers unfairly criminalised over North Sea collision, union says
THE arrest of a master and chief officer following a collision off the Dutch coast has demonstrated a trend in premature seafarer accusations, according to Nautilus International....
AMSA detains Delos Wave at Port Botany
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority detained the Marshall Islands-flagged containership Delos Wave at Port Botany on 4 February, the day after it arrived from Shanghai. A...
Patrick Terminals and the MUA reach in-principle agreement
PATRICK Terminals and the Maritime Union of Australia reached an in-principle agreement late Friday after two years of at times acrimonious enterprise bargaining negotiations. The...
Bigger Fuel import facilities for Port of Brisbane
CONSTRUCTION has commenced on fuel importing facilities and storage tanks at Port of Brisbane and Lytton Fuel Import Terminal. The improved facilities will allow for the storage...
Decrease in December containers at Freo
CONTAINER throughput in December at Western Australia’s main container port saw a month-on-month decrease but was in line with the same month in 2020, according to the latest...
Marathon swimmer to swim Newcastle to Sydney to support seafarers
MARATHON swimmer Dean Summers is preparing to embark on Australia’s longest ocean swim to raise awareness and funds for the global seafaring workforce. Formerly an official of the...
COVID restricts South East Asia drydocking capacity
HIGH freight rates and ongoing workforce limitations due to travel restrictions and COVID-19 measures are expected to result in South East Asia’s ship repair capacity falling by...
