Mid West Ports chief resigns
DR ROCHELLE Macdonald is stepping down from the CEO role at Mid West Ports Authority, and will return to Queensland, according to MWPA chair Captain Noel Hart. “Rochelle has...
OPINION: Underwriters' view of the lessons of 2020
By Paul Jennings WITH COVID-19 testing improving and vaccine roll-out accelerating, there is much to feel hopeful about in 2021 for a maritime industry learning from its 2020...
TasPorts invests in fire system upgrade
TASPORTS is investing more than $8 million in the fire system at the Selfs Point fuel transit facility on the River Derwent about five kilometres from the Hobart city centre....
Another large containership hits trouble in heavy weather
ANOTHER ship in the North Pacific this winter saw an incident in heavy weather. The incident on MSC Aries “impacted a limited number of empty containers”, according to MSC. The...
UPDATE: Maersk Essen berths at Lazaro Cardenas after container loss
MAERSK Essen has arrived at APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico on 30 January, Maersk has confirmed to the DCN. “[Maersk Essen] will undergo standard discharge of damaged...
New ABB emissions solution to help decarbonisation
COMPLIANCE with maritme emissions regulations has become easier with ABB's new analyser solution. CEMcaptain is the name of the new system designed to help the maritime industry...
ALC calls for national operating standard for heavy vehicle operators
THE AUSTRALIAN Logistics Council called for the development of a national operating standard for heavy vehicle operators as part of a review of the Heavy Vehicle National Law in a...
UK applies to join CPTPP
THE UK announced it would begin negotiations to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, with formal negotiations set to start in 2021. Rigby Cooke...
Fire breaks out on board MPV Everest
THE AUSTRALIAN Antarctic Division was advised of a small fire on board the MPV Everest en route back to Hobart from the resupply of Australia’s Casey research station. It occurred...
Bell Bay hydrogen tech cluster gets funding boost
THE BELL Bay Advanced Manufacturing Zone is one of the successful applicants of National Energy Resources Australia’s seed funding program. BBAMZ was granted $100,000 to form a...
IMO 2020: the sulphur cap one year on
ON 1 January 2020, new reduced limits on sulphur in fuel oil brought about a 70% cut in total sulphur oxide emissions from shipping, according to the International Maritime...
Incident alert on ships in eastbound lane of Singapore Strait
THE ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued an alert for ships in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait as incidents of armed robbery against ships continued to occur to...
Deepening trade and maritime ties with Malaysia
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison and Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, held the first Australia-Malaysia Annual Leaders’ Meeting on 27 January 2021 via video...
Bridges upgraded for bigger trucks
SAFER, more reliable and efficient freight journeys are being delivered across the Upper Hunter with three bridges being upgraded to allow unrestricted B-double access. Minister...
Update: Maersk Essen arrives at Lazaro Cardenas
MAERSK Essen has arrived Lazaro Cardenas and is scheduled to berth at the APM terminal there on Saturday 30 January. Maersk Line said it plans to inspect the vessel once it has...
