USS America docks at Patricks Brisbane
PATRICKS Brisbane terminal hosted a ship with a difference this week, an amphibious assault vessel of the United States Navy. The USS America berthed at the Port of Brisbane...
MUA: ‘Pilbara Ports crying poor’
PILBARA Ports has been on the receiving of a social media swipe from the Maritime Union of Australia’s WA branch which claims the ports are crying poor. A Facebook post from the...
Houthis sink another in Red Sea
THE WORLD Shipping Council has joined the worldwide condemnation of the Yemeni Houthi rebels’ resumption of attacks on merchant shipping in the Red Sea. “What we’re seeing unfold...
New Darwin port container yard builds capacity
A NEW container yard at Darwin Port’s East Arm, opened at the end of June, has seen daily truck slot availability jump by 33% and daily container delivery rates increase by 35%. A...
Flinders container pact follows Qube and Patrick MUA deals
THE MARITIME Union of Australia (MUA) has followed up deals with Qube Ports and Patrick Terminals with a new in-principal enterprise agreement with the Flinders Adelaide Container...
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Line rush to raise rates in July and August
WITH Trans-Pac volumes and rates predictably falling as various Trump tariff deadlines come, go and are re-imposed carriers are likely returning attention to lesser trades,...
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Triumvirate to build LNG opportunities
WOODSIDE Energy has reinforced its support for Liquified Natural Gas, signing agreements with Hyundai Engineering and Hyundai Glovis to work on joint LNG projects. The three...
OPINION: BRM is a world-leading innovation born in Australia - let's not lose momentum
ON JULY 10, 1995, I was a cadet aboard the Australian Maritime College’s training vessel, MV Wyuna, rounding Tasmania’s northwest coast, a stretch of ocean that, on that night,...
VBS technology set to go live in Bell Bay
LOGISTICS technology provider Inbound Connect has announced its vehicle booking system technology is to be installed at Bell Bay, the first use of VBS in Tasmania. Adopting the...
Clean Energy Precinct to deliver high skill jobs
AT THE recent unveiling of the Clean Energy Precinct (CEP) masterplan, Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody spoke to DCN about the project’s potential to drive future jobs and...
Take sleep seriously, warns AMSA
VESSEL owners and operators are being reminded that failure to maintain watchkeeping and crewing standards could result in enforcement action from the Australian Maritime Safety...
ACFS looks for shipping line collaboration after St Mary’s deal
ACFS Port Logistics is looking for expansion opportunities after securing its future at St Mary’s intermodal in Sydney’s west. ACFS has signed a twenty-year lease with Cadence...
MSC panders to Victorian reefer shippers
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is changing the East Coast rotation of its China-Australia Panda service to speed up export transits from Melbourne. In a customer advisory MSC said...
Terracotta warriors a fragile task for Cathay
TAKE 10, more than 2000-year-old, fragile Terracotta Warriors and transport them more than 7000 kilometres from China to Perth. That was the challenge Cathay Cargo faced in moving...
Ground-breaking hull cleaning trials for Fremantle
FREMANTLE Port pilot vessel Paddy Troy was the guinea pig for new hull-cleaning technology that could allow for vessel cleaning in-water, in ports - changing the way ship hulls...
