Shipping lines urged to provide detention relief
SHIPPING lines have been urged to waive detention and related charges caused by the escalation of industrial action at DP World Australia terminals this week. The Maritime Union...
Specialist harbour vessel supplied to Port Hedland
DONGARA Marine recently delivered its second work boat for a business at Port Hedland. Jetwave Stanley Point has been operating in Port Hedland since shortly after Dongara Marine...
NT airboat crash investigated
THE national transport safety investigator, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has confirmed an investigation into an incident involving the airboat Gale Force on Sweets...
Further IR action planned at DPWA terminals
CONTAINER terminals run by DPWA are this week set to be hit with protected industrial action by the Maritime Union division of the CFMMEU. The stevedore has argued successfully in...
Strikes at DPWA, with company and union at loggerheads
A MAJOR escalation of industrial action is about sending stevedore DPWA a clear message, Maritime Union assistant national secretary Warren Smith says. Wharfies are this week...
Clothing used to conceal half a tonne of ‘ice’ in container
FOUR men have been charged and methylamphetamine (ice) with a street value of almost $400m has been seized after a joint investigation involving New South Wales police and...
Exports to fall as herd and flock rebuild commences
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences has released its June quarter forecasts for Australian agriculture, which values the farm production...
A mixed bag for Victoria’s food and fibre exports
COMMONWEALTH government figures show Victoria remains Australia’s largest food and fibre exporter, providing 27% of Australia’s food and fibre exports and accounting for 50% of...
Rail a feature of FMG’s Pilbara project
PREMIER of Western Australia Mark McGowan has joined Fortescue Metals Group founder and chairman Andrew Forrest and chief executive Elizabeth Gaines for the official sod turning...
British marines seize Iranian oil tanker
ROYAL Marines have seized control of Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar. Marines boarded the vessel off British-controlled Gibraltar, apparently following a request from the...
Secon secures another major Victorian lease deal
TRANSPORT company Secon Freight Logistics is further expanding its presence in Victoria having secured an additional 33,310sq metre facility in Truganina in Melbourne's west. The...
Premier bullish over Queensland beef
INCREASED beef exports were a contributory factor in record exports (by value) from Queensland, according to the state government. Trade figures released this week by the...
Port of Brisbane and Qube extend partnership
A 33-year extension to Qube’s lease on Fisherman Island, Port of Brisbane, takes its fixed lease period to 40-years and increases its total lease area by almost five hectares. As...
VIDEO: Container vessel cuts it too close while berthing
Taken by port workers at the Pakistani port of Karachi last year shows containers falling from the moving container ship and crashing onto the wharf. Luckily it appears that...
HMAS Canberra docks in Cairns
THE flagship of the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Canberra, has made a call in Cairns. The 230metre vessel is one of the newest of the fleet, commissioned in 2014 and arrived...
