Authorities bust cigarette importation attempt
THE Commonwealth Government’s Illicit Tobacco Taskforce has found more than one million cigarettes in an air cargo shipment from Korea declared as “mini massagers”. On Saturday 19...
Clyde & Co makes key maritime appointment
INTERNATIONAL law firm Clyde & Co has announced maritime, commodities and transport lawyer, Ernie van Buuren is to join the firm as a partner in December this year. Mr van Buuren...
White responds to “misinformation in market”
CO-FOUNDER and chief executive of WiseTech Global, Richard White, has hit out at “misleading claims” that forced the company to seek a trading halt late last week. A reported...
International award for VICT
VICTORIA International Container Terminal was the winner of the Lloyd’s List Asia Pacific Award for Excellence in Port Management and Infrastructure. Based at Webb Dock, the...
DHL launches new multimodal service from Indonesia
PROVIDER of air, sea and road freight DHL Global Forwarding, has rolled out DHL ASIACONNECT+ in Indonesia. The new less-than-truckload (LTL) scheduled service connects Indonesia...
Plans in the wind for sail-driven coal carrier
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines and Tohoku Electric Power Co have announced plans to proceed with a joint study regarding the installation of the world’s first hard sail system (Wind...
Pork offence brings visa cancellation
A VISITOR from Vietnam who failed to declare 4.5kg of pork at Sydney Airport has had her visa cancelled. Agriculture minister Bridget McKenzie said the cancellation showed that...
Iron ore exports in 2019 tipped to be similar to 2018
AUSTRALIAN iron ore exports are expected to end the current year with about the same total volumes as in 2018, analysts Banchero Costa say. This was described as “quite...
DHL Express announces Korean expansion
FREIGHT specialist DHL Express has signed a concession agreement with Incheon International Airport Corporation to implement a €131 million expansion at the terminal. DHL Express...
Ship registration gets a blockchain boost
THE Singapore Shipping Association says it is working with the International Chamber of Commerce and Singapore tech startup Perlin to build an advanced digital blockchain ship...
Loss of life as cargo ship sinks off Japan
AT LEAST five crew members have died and three others remain missing after Panamanian cargo ship Jie De (IMO 8989848) sank late Saturday in Tokyo Bay. The ship was at anchor as...
Liberian Registry opens another Japan office
THE Liberian Registry has announced it is opening an office in Imabari, Japan, as part of an expansion into Asia. Liberia sought to build up its network of full-service offices...
VICT announces new board appointments
TWO new appointments have been made to the board of Victoria International Container Terminal, with prominent industry figures Philip Lovel AM and Tony Cousins stepping up to the...
Slower throughput reported in the Pilbara
PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered total monthly throughput of 56.6m tonnes for the month of September 2019. This throughput was a 5% fall compared with the same month in 2018....
Workshop targets fresh produce exports to Asia
MAKING Queensland’s fresh produce exports the “first choice” of importers and shopkeepers in Asian markets was the focus of a supply chain workshop in Brisbane this week....
