Global air freight demand dips in June
GLOBAL air-freight demand decreased by 4.8% in June, compared with the same month last year, measured in freight-tonne-kilometres. The data released by the International Air...
YM Efficiency clean up expected in 2020
ON 1 June 2018, the Liberian-flagged container ship YM Efficiency lost 81 containers in heavy weather about 30 kilometres southeast of Newcastle. The Australian Maritime Safety...
Steady throughput for Pilbara in July
PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 56.7 million tonnes for the month of July 2019. This throughput was a 1% increase compared to the same month in...
New container rail service between Ultima and Port of Melbourne
A NEW rail service between Ultima and the Port of Melbourne has started up, providing access to international markets for agricultural producers in the Mallee region of Victoria....
Port of Rotterdam launches new digital company
A NEW entity, known as PortXchange Products will offer the Pronto platform and application to ports around the world, together with strategic partners Shell and A.P....
Victorian review of port access and pricing announced
THE Victorian Department of Transport has engaged Deloitte Access Economics to undertake a review related to a recommendation made by the state's freight plan to “investigate...
Brisbane port chief on the growing freight task
THE Port of Brisbane’s CEO Roy Cummins spoke at ARUP’s Brisbane Alive event on 8 August, about the future of freight movement around Brisbane. He also touched on the need to...
Silk Contract Logistics purchases Rocke Brothers
SILK Contract Logistics has announced the acquisition of Victorian-based wharf carrier Rocke Brothers that has a depot in Lara, Victoria servicing the Geelong region. SCL has...
Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday region aims to boost ag exports
THE Growing Greater Whitsunday Agrifood report aims to be a roadmap to get more Queensland agricultural exports to more foreign markets. The Mackay-Isaac-Whitsunday region is set...
Japanese partnership to develop zero-emissions electric tankers
A COALITION of Asahi Tanker Co, Exeno Yamamizu Corporation, Mitsui OSK Lines and Mitsubishi Corporation have come together to provide new infrastructure services in marine...
Fremantle Ports marks record rail performance
THE Western Australian government's policy to raise the container rail subsidy has resulted in a 30% increase in the amount of freight taken by rail to Fremantle Inner Harbour....
International bodies call for action on Hormuz
THE International Chamber of Shipping, the European Community Shipowners’ Association and the Asian Shipowners’ Association have jointly urged immediate action by the...
Shanghai tops ranking of world's best-connected ports
THE Shanghai port has topped the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s 2019 ranking of the world’s best-connected ports. The Chinese port garnered a connectivity...
Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards go carbon neutral
THE Australian Shipping & Maritime Industry Awards ceremony, in Melbourne on Thursday 14 November 2019, will now be carbon neutral thanks to a new sponsorship from maritime risk...
Google pledges carbon-neutral shipping by 2020
GOOGLE says it will neutralise carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware by next year and include recycled plastic in each of its products by 2022. Anna Meegan, head of...
