Spare a thought for a freight transport worker this Christmas
AUSTRALIANS should spare a thought for tens of thousands of freight transport workers who will give up holidays and Christmas Day with families and friends to keep the country...
Draft plan to boost heavy vehicle productivity
NHVR executive director freight and supply chain productivity, Peter Caprioli, has released a Draft Heavy Vehicle Productivity Plan 2020–2025 for feedback. “This is a draft...
Solar companies burnt $1.3m for duty evasion
A QUEENSLAND solar wholesale business has been ordered to pay more than $1m in recovered Duty and Goods and Services Tax following an investigation by the Australian Border Force...
Dust busted at Port Hedland
DUST levels at Port Hedland Air Shed remained within Western Australian guidelines during the 2018-19 financial year. The Port Hedland Industries Council Ambient Air Quality...
Fund to help Queensland cruise into superyachts
MAKING Queensland a global superyacht centre is the aim of the Queensland government’s Superyacht Industry Development Fund. State development minister Cameron Dick said grants...
Shipping sector announces $5bn zero-carbon fund
CORE funding from shipping companies across the world of about US$5bn, to be spent over a 10-year period, will go towards efforts to decarbonise the industry. Specifically, the...
AMSA awards YM Efficiency recovery contract
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has signed a contract to remove lost containers from box ship YM Efficiency that famously lost 81 containers overboard off Newcastle last...
$5bn research fund to eliminate CO2 emissions from shipping
THE international shipping community has this week announced plans to create the first “collaborative shipping” research and development, aimed at eliminating CO2 emissions from...
Safety win for Asian box terminal
PAKISTAN International Container Terminal, International Container Terminal Services’ subsidiary at Karachi, recently became the first container terminal in the country to obtain...
MDMA hidden in barbecues seized by authorities
A 30-year-old man from Coomera (Queensland) and a 33-year-old Canadian national have been arrested and charged over their involvement in a criminal enterprise to import 645kg of...
Maritime a focus of Cairns Manufacturing Hub
THE QUEENSLAND government has today officially opened the $10m Cairns Manufacturing Hub and has released a new plan to help skill up Queensland’s future workforce. Minister for...
OPINION: A packing quagmire
PACKING declarations have been in operation since around 1998/1999. International sea freight trade into Australia has changed dramatically since that time; sea freight shipments...
ISPT secures pre-lease at Melbourne’s PortLink
ISPT has signed appliances retailer Winning Group to a 45,500 square-metre new, purpose-built logistics and warehouse facility at its $300m PortLink Logistics Estate in...
Second commercial-scale graphene coating trial
ADVANCED battery anode materials and graphene additives provider Talga Resources has announced the commencement of a new large-scale commercial trial of its Talcoat™ graphene...
Shipowner invests in ballast water treatment
NORWEGIAN shipowner Hordafor is investing in ballast water treatment in order to become more competitive and better cooperate with the local aquaculture and fisheries sectors....
