K + N reports sea freight volume increase
INTERNATIONAL logistics business Kuehne + Nagel has reported an increase in sea freight volumes for the first half year of 2019. According to results released to the market, sea...
Queensland announces Hong Kong trade commissioner
QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Julia Herries as the state’s trade and investment commissioner for Hong Kong. The commissioner is the Queensland government...
VIDEO: Box ship slams into Indonesian pier
FOOTAGE of boxship Soul of Luck slamming into a pier at Indonesia’s Semarang Port has gone viral. The video footage shows the aging vessel not only hitting the pier but bringing...
New bulker welcomed in Townsville
SINGAPORE-flagged bulker Friedrich Schulte (IMO: 9841940) has made its maiden appearance at the Port of Townsville. The brand-new 38,000 tonne bulker built in China sailed...
ONE announces delivery of seventh 14,000TEU boxship
OCEAN Network Express has announced the delivery of 14,000 TEU containership ONE Cygnus at Japan Marine United Corporation’s Kure shipyard in Hiroshima. This is ONE’s third...
Japanese seafarers rescued after vessel catches fire
JAPANESE mariners have been rescued off the coast of Perth after their fishing vessel caught fire. In a statement, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it coordinated the...
Kalmar supplies container handlers to Chinese business
EIGHT new empty container handlers from Kalmar are to be added to China Merchants Port Group’s mobile equipment fleet. The group has established a large port network covering...
Strong growth in Australian LNG in 2018-19
AUSTRALIA exported a total of 75.1m tonnes of liquefied natural gas in the 2018-19 fiscal year, according to energy advisory firm EnergyQuest. This was via 1111 cargoes and was...
ABF snares five tonnes of illicit tobacco
MORE than five tonnes of illicit tobacco from Indonesia has been discovered in a shipping container at Melbourne, the Australian Border Force says. ABF officers at the Container...
MSC unleashes giant boxship
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has deployed a giant on the east-west network. At some 400 metres, MSC Gülsün has a record-size capacity for a container ship of 23,756 TEU and is...
Chinese LNG imports surge
CHINESE imports of liquefied natural gas soared 40.4% year-on-year during 2018 with Australia the primary beneficiary, analysts Banchero Costa have reported. These were from...
AI-enabled freight platform launched in Asia Pacific
A NEW system from Kuehne + Nagel that uses artificial intelligence to match shippers’ requirements with carrier availability, has been launched in Thailand, with Australia among...
Shipping line supports exhaust cleaning technology
TECHNOLOGY group Wärtsilä and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding covering the development of local production resources for Wärtsilä’s exhaust...
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...
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...
