Abbot Point hydrogen hub plan takes step forward
A CONSORTIUM of South Korean companies has signed a heads of agreement to develop a project to export renewable hydrogen and green ammonia from Queensland to South Korea. The...
Ro-ro ship transports turtles for migration research
THE RO-RO vessel Galaxy Ace recently transported 25 loggerhead turtles and the staff of a Japanese aquarium as part of a research project. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines teamed up with the...
Construction begins on PIL's largest LNG dual-fuelled containership
CONSTRUCTION has started on Pacific International Lines’ first 14,000-TEU LNG dual-fuelled containership. A steel-cutting ceremony at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard marked the first...
Man charged over meth shipment in gas heaters
A MAN has been charged over a shipment of methamphetamine sent from Malaysia to Australia hidden in gas heaters. The Victorian man, 31, is the second man charged as a result of an...
Japan’s first LNG bunker barge launched
KEYS Bunkering West Japan recently named and launched a new LNG bunkering vessel. Keys Bunkering is a joint venture between Kyushu Electric Power, NYK Line, Itochu Enex and Saibu...
Port of Newcastle unveils 30 clean energy partnerships
THIRTY organisations have agreed to support the Port of Newcastle’s development of a clean energy precinct, the port has announced. Some of the partnership agreements were signed...
Piracy risk rises in Gulf of Guinea and Singapore Straits
THE ICC International Maritime Bureau has warned of a resurgence of piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea and the Singapore Straits. In its latest mid-year report, IMB...
MPA invites proposals for electric harbour craft in Singapore
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore has called for proposals to design full-electric harbour craft for the port of Singapore. MPA has initiated an expression-of-interest...
SHI completes voyage with autonomous navigation
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries has completed a demonstration of its autonomous navigation technology on a containership in the South China Sea. The South Korean shipbuilder said the...
Shiling released from detention, bound for Singapore
MARITIME NZ has lifted a detention order imposed on the containership Shiling. The vessel was due to sail for Singapore on Friday 7 July. Shiling’s departure follows a detention...
Air freight data shows weak market conditions
GLOBAL air cargo data for May shows weakening market conditions. According to the International Air Transport Association, global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres, fell...
OOCL revenue plummets 63% in second quarter
ORIENT Overseas International has reported a 62.6% decrease in total revenue for Orient Overseas Container Line for the second quarter of 2023. The Hong-Kong headquartered company...
NYK and GCMD to trial ammonia under new partnership
NYK Line has partnered with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation to boost the centre’s capacity to trial ammonia as a marine fuel. GCMD and NYK signed a five-year...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index continued its downward trend this past week. The BDI stood at 1233 on Monday (xx June) and ended the week at 1091 on Friday, a 11.5% decline on the start of...
AiP for liquefied CO2 and ammonia carrier
CLASSNK has granted approval in principle to Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha for a ship that can transport ammonia and liquefied carbon dioxide....
