ANL reports progress with APL England clean-up (with video)
ANL is talking up progress with cleaning up coastal areas affected by the containers that fell overboard from containership APL England on 20 May. Following the incident, ANL...
Last minute bid to save the Aurora Australis
THE Independent member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has appealed to the Prime Minister, Tasmanian Premier, and the owner of the RSV Aurora Australia, so its cultural, heritage and...
Weipa annual dredging completed
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has completed annual maintenance dredging at Weipa. NQBP chief executive Nicolas Fertin said the dredge vessel TSHD Brisbane left the port...
OPINION: Ongoing role for methyl bromide in the supply chain
A RECENT article by Peter McRae, Methyl Bromide and the Road to 2047, addressed the Montreal Protocol regarding the use of methyl bromide and how the Department of Agriculture,...
Safety message following ship elevator tragedy
THE death of a containership crew member who became trapped between an elevator cage and a bulkhead highlights safety management, an investigation from the Australian Transport...
Key appointment for Port of Tauranga
PORT of Tauranga has announced Melanie Dyer as its new corporate services manager. Ms Dyer replaces the recently retired Sara Lunam and is to join Port of Tauranga later this...
Bollard installation completed in Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne recently finished installing new 150-tonne bollards at Swanson Dock East and West to accommodate bigger ships. This $8.5m project was engineered by AECOM and...
AMC deal to deliver training to Filipino seafarers
AN MOU has been signed during a virtual Zoom meeting between AMC Search, the training and consultancy division of the Australian Maritime College, and Oceanwide Maritime Services...
Industry group releases new IoT container standards
THE Digital Container Shipping Association’s standards for IoT containers have just been released, the first of their kind in the shipping industry. DCSA is a neutral, non-profit...
Logistics specialists to the fore in supplying Victoria with PPE
THE logistics skills of C.H. Robinson have come to the fore in helping supply the state of Victoria with personal protective equipment during the pandemic. Health Purchasing...
Live export exemption rejected for Al Kuwait vessel
THE Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has made the decision to not grant Rural Export and Trading (WA) Pty Ltd an exemption to export livestock after 1 June....
Newcastle appointments aimed at driving business growth
PROMINENT Australian infrastructure leaders Glenn Thornton and Paul Brown are to join Port of Newcastle’s executive team next week as the organisation begins what it says is “a...
Global LNG demand faces seasonal contraction
THE global liquefied natural gas industry is about to face its first seasonal demand contraction since 2012, with demand in northern summer 2020 expected to fall 2.7% or 3 million...
Expanded national road train network to unlock freight productivity
A NEW national road train notice will begin in eastern states of Australia to make improvements to cross-border travel and reduce requirements for access permits. Assistant...
Minister talks COVID-19 care packages for Woolworths truckies
FEDERAL assistant freight transport minister Scott Buchholz has congratulated Woolworths on “a job well done” after visiting the Brisbane Regional Distribution Centre at...
