BMSB season commences with bugs in the system
THE Freight & Trade Alliance has provided advice on an issue being experienced by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as the brown marmorated stink bug season...
Two in three Aussies will spend more online than in-store
PARCEL pick-up and drop-off network Hubbed has commissioned research on online shopping habits. It has found that pandemic-related closures and social distancing may be having a...
Gladstone dredging finished, Weipa beginning
HALL Contracting’s backhoe dredge Woomera has left Gladstone after the completion of the Ports Corporation’s Clinton Vessel Interaction Project. The dredge arrived in March, along...
Ground broken at Glebe Island multi-user facility
THE first sod has been turned at the new multi-user facility being developed by the Port Authority of New South Wales at Glebe Island. “This first sod turning marks an important...
Svitzer unclear on possible MUA action
SVITZER Australia has greeted the MUA’s threat of possible protected industrial action affecting towage services with a commitment to continue good faith negotiations over a new...
IFCBAA ramps up fees fight
ANALYSIS by the International Forwarders & Customs Brokers Association of Australia has found unregulated access charges levied by stevedores and empty container parks are adding...
Locals await fate after global Maersk shake-up
MAERSK is embarking on a massive global re-organisation that will see two historic group brands disappear, greater consolidation of back-office services and, according to overseas...
Shipping Australia warns of waterfront standstill
INDUSTRY peak body Shipping Australia says the addition of the towage sector to what it asserts is the Maritime Union of Australia’s nationally-coordinated protected industrial...
Brisbane's container throughput down in July
CONTAINER throughput through the Port of Brisbane dipped slightly last month, according to the latest trade statistics published by the port. July saw a total of 110,443 TEU move...
New China barley barney hits CBH
IN ANOTHER blow to Australian grain growers and exporters China has imposed a total ban on all barley imports from WA’s CBH Group, Australia’s biggest shipper of the commodity....
DHL Express’ unveils new Sydney service centre
LOCATED within the Goodman Airgate Business Park in Mascot, DHL Express Australia’s new service centre is well positioned for access to Sydney Airport and key arterial...
Urgent actions to address invasive pest
THE Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment will commence the first phase of its plan to combat the khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) on 3 September. The Freight &...
MUA to vote on Svitzer industrial campaign
THE MARITIME Union of Australia is piling more grief upon shipping lines with members to vote on a proposed campaign of protected industrial action against tug company Svitzer...
Cruising in for longer bruising
THREE of Carnival Corp & plc’s divisions have extended the shutdown of Australasian operations until at least December, as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic linger in the...
K Line explores on-board carbon capture
A COAL carrier regularly engaged in Australian trades has been earmarked by operator K Line for trials of new on-board carbon capture technology. In collaboration with project...
