New streamlined COVID measures for freight leave out maritime
MARITIME Industry Australia has noted that National Cabinet’s decision on Friday to streamline COVID-19 measures for land-based freight does not address the maritime sector. MIAL...
Approval for dual diesel/ammonia VLCC
CLASSIFICATION society DNV has awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) to shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for a “fuel ready” (ammonia, D, S, Ti) class notation for their...
More needed from Productivity Commission after report on supply-chain vulnerabilities: Ports Australia
PORTS Australia has called on the Productivity Commission to conduct further investigations into supply-chain vulnerabilities after releasing their Vulnerable Supply Chains Study...
Australian flag flies on RSV Nuyina
THE AUSTRALIAN flag is flying for the first time on the country’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, after a ceremony in the Netherlands. The event in Vlissingen was the official...
Toll truck drivers to strike for 24 hours on Friday
TOLL truck drivers and warehouse workers have voted to strike for 24 hours on Friday in a dispute about job-security provisions. The Transport Workers’ Union said workers voted...
Drewry’s world container index update
MARITIME research consultancy Drewry’s composite World Container index increased marginally by 2% or $192 to reach $9,613.28 per 40ft container on 19 August. That’s 360% higher...
Toll introduces paid COVID-19 vaccination leave
TOLL Group today announced it is introducing paid leave of up to four hours to support employees to attend COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Toll chief human resources officer...
American Airlines to temporarily suspend cargo and passenger services to Australia
AMERICAN Airlines has announced a decision to suspend both passenger and cargo flights to Australia for two months starting in September. In a letter to customers, the airline...
UECC’s second LNG battery hybrid PCTC
UNITED European Car Carriers (UECC), a Norwegian roll-on/roll-off shipping line, remains on track to upgrade its fleet with low-carbon vessels, with the launch of the second in a...
Passengers rescued from capsized vessel off Pilbara coast
A SVITZER pilot boat crew rescued two passengers from a capsized recreational fishing boat off the coast of Onslow, Pilbara over the weekend. The Svitzer Seara crew received the...
Kiribati’s future in shipping threatened by agreement breakdown
KIRIBATI’S future in the maritime industry has been jeopardised by the collapse of a longstanding arrangement between their government and a consortium of German shipping...
Nearly 8 million cigarettes smuggled in Botany-bound container
POLICE have thwarted an attempt to smuggle almost eight million cigarettes through Port Botany in a sea-cargo consignment. Authorities have said a Sydney man with connections to...
Ningbo terminal still shut, congestion deepens
NINGBO Meishan Island International Container Terminal (MSICT) has been closed since 11 August when a worker there tested positive for COVID-19. Shipping lines have been omitting...
Blockchain trial shows promising results for reducing transaction costs
THE Australian Border Force, IMDA Singapore and Singapore Customs, confirmed in statement that a trial has concluded using blockchain to issue and verify trade documents digitally...
NYK deploys clean-up team to Crimson Polaris site
OPERATOR of Crimson Polaris, NYK, has apologised for last week’s grounding and oil spill and said it would dispatch a team of 10 to clean up the oil spill from the vessel. The...
