Qube doubles up at Whyalla
SOUTH Australia’s Whyalla is to get a second mobile harbour crane (MHC) with Qube investing in a new state-of-the-art Liebherr LHM 550 unit. Qube says the new crane, a sister...
Seafarers recognised on Merchant Navy Day
THE significant and invaluable contribution merchant seafarers make to Australia’s economy and society, both during wartime and at peace, is being recognised today on Merchant...
Cattle ship missing in typhoon off Japan
A LIVESTOCK carrier regularly trading from Australia is believed to have capsized in a typhoon off Japan during a voyage from Napier, NZ with cattle. The 2002-built Gulf Livestock...
Williamstown Piers in need of funding says community group
A SECTION of Boyd Jetty in Williamstown has collapsed, with one side of the pier subsiding, leaving all three piers at Seaworks closed amid concerns for public safety....
Full ships see carriers push up freight rates
HIGH slot utilisation on virtually all inbound Australian container trades has encouraged carriers to apply a raft of freight rate increases. Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd is the latest...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Waterfront in a vicious circle
I WRITE in relation to the ongoing debate regarding the variously labelled waterfront charges levied on road transport operators and hence on the whole supply chain. There was a...
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...
