AAL to take delivery of two heavy lift vessels
AAL SHIPPING is expanding its core fleet to 720,200 total deadweight with the delivery of the Pacific Action and AAL Gladstone. Both vessels have served in the AAL fleet in the...
New reefer LCL concept launched in WA
WITH the International Freight Assistance Mechanism set to end in the middle of this year, exporters, especially smaller exporters, need a cost-effective way to get goods to...
Container throughput at Adelaide falls in Feb
FLINDERS Ports reported a total full container throughput at Port Adelaide of 28,612 TEU in February 2021, a decrease of 1.4% from the port’s February 2020 throughput of 29,011...
Graphene coating stands up to 15 months of trials
PERTH-based battery anode materials and graphene additives provider Talga Group announced the first year of sea trials for its graphene additive for marine coatings, Talcoat, was...
THE GRILL: Kerryn Woonings
What is your job? I’m a marine surveyor with Crawford & Company. I’ve been based in Sydney for the past six-and-a-half years but am excited to have headed back home to WA to...
Launch of women in aviation and logistics pledge
CHANGE Horizon and Meantime Communications are calling on businesses, trade associations and individual professionals to sign the Women in Aviation and Logistics Pledge to promote...
WISTA webinar on authentic leadership on Thursday
WISTA’s March webinar is coming up soon – the theme this month is authentic leadership. The webinar will be led by Andrea Slattery, who WISTA says as a “visionary thinker in...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen president and CEO steps down
CRAIG Jasienski has quit his role as president and CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, effective yesterday, with the CFO, Torbjørn Wist, stepping into the role of acting CEO. The...
Large-scale methanol testing to begin
MAJOR tests of methanol as a marine fuel will soon begin at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. Working closely with MAN Energy Solutions and other...
Auckland HY container volumes, revenue, profits down
“THE FIRST half of this financial year has been incredibly hard for the business, but we can now look forward with some optimism,” Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson...
NQBP and JCU team up for reef science scholarship
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and James Cook University have partnered to help a marine science scholar engage with the port industry on the Great Barrier Reef. Amy...
2020 global shipping carbon emissions down during COVID
MARITIME data provider Marine Benchmark reports that CO2 emissions from global shipping decreased by 1% last year due to the pandemic. Carbon emissions among the “Big Three” -...
Port Kembla trade remains strong
MONTH-to-month trade was down at Port Kembla in January largely due to a drop in break bulk revenue tonnage, according to the latest trade statistics from NSW Ports. In January,...
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021
THE theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #ChooseToChallenge, a timely reminder that we can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. The...
Deputy PM recognises Capt Jeanine Drummond on Intl Women’s Day
DEPUTY Prime Minister and minister for infrastructure, transport and regional development Michael McCormack said International Women’s Day – the global day celebrating the social,...
