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Port Kembla Mission to Seafarers celebrates new bus
A BRAND new 12-seater bus was officially handed over on Friday to the Mission to Seafarers Port Kembla. Port Authority of New South Wales head of regional ports and chair of the...
Port of Brisbane maintains five-star sustainability rating
PORT of Brisbane has received a five-star rating from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark. The 2022 financial year was the fourth consecutive year the port has...
NSW releases net-zero emissions policy for heavy road and rail freight
THE NEW South Wales government will conduct a two-year trial to give extra mass zero-emission heavy vehicles access to the state road network as part of its Towards Net Zero...
WiseTech acquires MatchBox Exchange
LOGISTICS software developer WiseTech Global announced on Wednesday (4 October) it had acquired MatchBox Exchange, a provider of an online open market platform for the reuse and...
ATSB releases interim report on CMA CGM Puccini loss of steering incident
AN INTERIM report from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has shown some light on the causes behind a loss of steering incident in May in Melbourne. The containership CMA CGM...
Port Hedland navigation aids project completed
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has completed a major $15.5-million two-year project, to repair and rejuvenate essential aids to navigation (AtoNs) off the coast of Port...
GeelongPort keeps its five-star GRESB rating
GEELONGPORT has achieved a five-star GRESB rating for a third consecutive year, again putting the business in the top 20% of all GRESB participants globally, with maintained score...
Govt funding to grow Cairns' maritime workforce
THE QUEENSLAND government has committed funding to growing the maritime workforce in Cairns. The local maritime industry is one of four regional sectors included in the new “Grow...
AMSA bans containership for serious maintenance issues
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has banned the Marshall Island-flagged 1730-TEU containership Big Lilly (IMO 9150406) from Australian waters for 90 days, for serious...
Ports minister stays in Vic cabinet shuffle
VICTORIAN Premier Jacinta Allan this week unveiled the state’s new cabinet, which includes Melissa Horne as minister for ports and freight, as well as the minister for roads and...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index ended this past week at 1701 on Friday (29 September). This was an increase of 5.4% on Monday’s index of 1614. However, Friday’s index was a decrease on a...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 67
IN THE news this week, the Australian Federal Police seized 200 kilograms of cocaine from a ship that berthed at the port of Melbourne....
Sod turned on Blue Water Shipping facility at Brisbane
PORT of Brisbane and Blue Water Shipping have turned the sod at the site of a new warehouse on Fisherman Islands. PBPL and the international transport and logistics provider have...
Aurizon launches east coast container service
AUSTRALIAN rail operator Aurizon has launched a new container service between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Aurizon will operate the weekly return service on the east coast...
DP World welcomes longest ship to berth in Brisbane
THE CONTAINERSHIP CMA CGM Pelleas has set another record at an Australian port, having docked at the DP World terminal at the Port of Brisbane. The Maltese-flagged vessel is 350...
