Unions accuse miner of abandoning ship
UNIONS for Australian officers and engineers have hit out at BHP, saying the mining giant has “abandoned the last vestiges of its commitment to the Australian shipping industry”....
Ship shortage a risk to Asian LNG trade
GROWING demand for liquefied natural gas in Asian markets risks causing a shortage of transport vessels, the EnergyQuest December report reveals. According to the report, spot...
Hong Kong fire highlights fuel risks, says union
A FIRE on board Vietnamese oil tanker Aulac Fortune off Hong Kong highlights the need for Australia to have its own tanker fleet, Maritime Union national secretary Paddy Crumlin...
Maersk, MSC and ZIM extend “strategic cooperation”
MAERSK and Mediterranean Shipping Company (the ‘2M Alliance’) and Israeli line ZIM have announced an agreement to extend their strategic cooperation. The agreement is to cover...
Analysts report slight reduction in coal trade
AUSTRALIAN shipments of coal to China fell 2.1% to 78.4m tonnes in the first eleven months of 2018, analysts Banchero Costa have reported. This was largely as coking coal (also...
Ceremony held for New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor
A LAUNCHING ceremony has been held on Hainan for the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. The launching ceremony of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and COSCO...
Littleproud bullish over TPP and ChAFTA
AUSTRALIAN farmers exporting overseas will be better off as tariffs are slashed or abolished under the Trans Pacific Partnership as well as the China-Australia Free Trade...
Gloomy outlook for Hong Kong exports
HONG Kong export values are tipped to shrink 20% in 2020, according to the latest forecast by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Meanwhile, the HKTDC Export Index for the...
Stink bug bust highlights risk, department says
A DISCOVERY of brown marmorated stink bugs on board a ro-ro ship off Western Australia highlights the risk to Australian agriculture, according to the Department of Agriculture....
Littleproud puts the heat on live exporters
AGRICULTURE minister David Littleproud says he has written to the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council demanding to know when new technology can be installed on live export...
Davies Turner restructures China Rail operation
BRITISH freight forwarder Davies Turner has announced changes to its fixed-day, weekly rail import service for less-than-container-load cargoes from China. This follows...
Class society recognised
PROMINENT classification society Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), won ‘Classification Society of the Year’ during the recent Samudra Manthan Awards ceremony on 5 December....
President Xi inspects Panama Canal locks
PRESIDENT of China Xi Jinping has inspected the new neo-panamax locks at the Panama Canal as part of a visit to the small Central American nation. President Xi and his Panamanian...
LNG imports may be coming to Newcastle
PORT of Newcastle has inked a deal with South Korean project development company EPIK to develop a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at the port for the import of...
Changes at North P&I Club in Asia
NORTH P&I Club Hong Kong director Alan Lo has announced his retirement. Mr Lo began his career with North in 1995 as manager of the new Hong Kong Office and became general...
