New facilities for Melanesian marine services camp
PACIFIC Towing has launched a new commercial kitchen and dining facilities at its dedicated tug base in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Managed to international standards and...
Preparations to hospitalise COVID-affected crew
MARITIME Safety Queensland says arrangements are being put in place to transfer two crew members from the Sofrana Surville to hospital. This follows tests on all 19 of the crew on...
Napier Port and Winstone Pulp extend partnership
NAPIER Port and long-time customer, Winstone Pulp International, have entered into an agreement for a 10-year contract renewal for exports to be handled from Napier Port. Napier...
LINX connects grain suppliers to Australia’s busiest port
LINX Cargo Care Group has created a new avenue for Australia’s grain farmers in the Central West with the recent expansion of services from its Intermodal Terminal, part of the...
Charter Hall TradeCoast Industrial Park completed
A NEW facility for big name businesses Amazon and Australia Post has been completed at the Brisbane suburb of Pinkenba by Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund. The new facility...
New directors to take over at GRDC
Minister for agriculture David Littleproud, has appointed the next Grains Research Development Corporation non-executive directors for a three-year term, which commenced on 1...
Qube announces new board appointment
QUBE Holdings has announced the appointment of Nicole Hollows to its board of directors of Qube Holdings Limited effective from today. Ms Hollows has more than two decades of...
Virus and fall in oil prices take toll on LNG revenues
ACCORDING to Energy Quest’s monthly Australian LNG report for September, the biggest impact of COVID-19 and the fall in oil prices on the market for liquefied natural gas has been...
Rod Sims’ market power rocket
MARKET power and understanding its consequences are crucial as Australia seeks to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, ACCC chair Rod Sims says. The competition czar used...
Crew awaits COVID test results off Queensland
CREW on board the container ship Sofrana Surville are anxiously awaiting the results of tests for COVID-19 following a possible exposure to the virus. Currently anchored off...
MT Gulf Sky crew remain without pay and CDCs
FOURTEEN weeks after their repatriation from Tehran in mid-July following the hijack of their vessel while anchored off Port Khor Fakkan Anch, United Arab Emirates, the 28 Indian...
EV chargers power up TasPorts’ sustainability commitment
TASPORTS has announced the commissioning of two new electric vehicle charging stations on Hobart’s waterfront. They will be joined by a third in the coming months, giving...
GPC’S Auckland Point berth welcomes 100th HQP vessel
THE hundredth shipload of timber has been shipped by HQPlantations from Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Auckland Point berth. HQPlantations began exporting from Auckland Point Berth...
ZIM’s new China – Australia service underway
PORTUGESE-flagged ship Northern Vivacity (IMO 9304966) is set to dock at Port Botany on 2 November, the first of ZIM’s new China - Australia Express (CAX) Line. The ship has left...
Liberian Registry opposed to “unilateral implementation” of EU emissions scheme
CLASS society The Liberian Registry, has issued a statement opposing a recent proposal from the European Union Parliament on the implementation of an emissions trading system...
