DNV supports Hapag-Lloyd’s milestone green financing
CLASSIFICATION society DNV has supported shipping line Hapag-Lloyd in obtaining finance for six efficient containership newbuilds according to the Green Loan Principles of the...
VICT owner ICTSI reports positive financial results
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, which owns the Victoria International Container Terminal, reported revenue from port operations of US$1.5 billion for the 2020 calendar...
Vehicles, appliances, furniture imports up at Fremantle
TRADE data issued by Fremantle Ports covering the first seven months of the financial year (July 2020-January 2021), shows Western Australians are continuing to buy a lot of...
New data shows drop in global container port performance in 2020
CONGESTION at major global seaports spiked in the second half of 2020, with ships requiring the loading and unloading of more than 6000 containers per visit spending an average of...
DAWE expanding cost recovery for live export
THE Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is expanding cost recovery for the regulation of many Australian export industries, but cost increases for the live export...
Container throughput at Botany hitting records
TOTAL container throughput at Port Botany in January was up 14.93% on January 2020 to 247,894 TEU. This increase was largely even between exports and imports. Total exports were...
An increase in meat shelf life allows sea-freight shipping
THE SAUDI Arabian Food and Agriculture Authority (SFDA) will increase shelf life for chilled vacuum-packed beef and sheep meat in response to Australia's submission on draft...
Toll New Zealand’s new purpose-built site
TOLL New Zealand has officially opened a new 3500-square-metre freight forwarding facility in New Plymouth. This follows a 12-month construction period and will now deliver...
Recent container losses show need for freight contingency planning
CONTAINER losses at sea can have a huge impact on business and should be factored into logistics planning, according to Andrew Coldrey, vice-president of third-party logistics...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen returns three more vessels from cold lay-up
SHIPPING line Wallenius Wilhelmsen is in the process of re-activating three more vessels of the 15 it had placed in cold lay-up last year. In early January, the company announced...
MOL to expand operational ship data sharing
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines and Ship Data Center have agreed to share the data from some 180 MOL through a ship data sharing platform promoted by ShipDC, the Internet of Ships Open...
Airports back new report on vaccines and borders
THE Australian Airports Association is backing a new report released by the Business Council of Australia highlighting the need to ease COVID-19 restrictions in line with the...
Port of Brisbane’s $100,000 Community Grants Program now open
PORT of Brisbane’s 2021-22 Community Grant Program is now open, with a total of $100,000 available to support not-for-profit organisations and registered charities in South East...
Patrick fees increase, long vehicle charge raises ire
NEW landside charges at Patrick Terminals have come into effect this week, including a controversial charge for long trucks at some of its terminals. The revised charges, which...
Customs broker joins Freight & Trade Alliance team
THE Freight & Trade Alliance has announced the appointment of Tony Vinson, bringing its team of licensed customs brokers to five. FTA now represents more than 420 international...
