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...
Record year for trade at Southern Ports
THE PORTS of Albany, Bunbury and Esperance have broken 16 trade records over the past 12 months, according to Southern Ports. The port authority said exports of spodumene and...
Contract awarded for WA oil field decommissioning works
WOODSIDE Energy has awarded McDermott with a contract for offshore decommissioning work off Western Australia. McDermott, an engineering company headquartered in Texas, is to...
AMSA releases State of the Fleet report
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Bureau, over 2022, inspected 2671 domestic commercial vessels, 2405 foreign-flagged vessels and 95 regulated Australian vessels, according to its...
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...
QLD port fuel import facility upgraded
FUEL supplier IOR, with support from the Queensland government, has completed $60-million upgrade of the Lytton Fuel Terminal at the Port of Brisbane. Works on the...
Offshore wind zone declared for Hunter coast
THE FEDERAL government has officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast. The declared area stretches over 1800 square kilometres of Pacific Ocean between Swansea...
Government backs Gladstone hydrogen alumina plant
RIO Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation are to build a new hydrogen plant at Gladstone as part of a program aimed at lowering carbon emissions from the process of refining alumina. The...
Hydrogen export from WA takes step towards reality
THE WESTERN Australian government has welcomed the memorandum of understanding signed between Western Green Energy Hub and Korea Electric Power Corporation. The agreement is to...
Freo sees May container uptick
TOTAL container throughput at Fremantle increased in May, compared with the previous month, according to the latest available trade data from Fremantle Ports. In May the port...
New company and board to govern Inland Rail project
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation is establishing a new subsidiary company with its own board to govern the delivery of the Inland Rail. The creation of the new company,...
MtS Victoria gears up for 21st Maritime Art Prize and Exhibition
MISSION to Seafarers Victoria is preparing for this year’s Maritime Art Prize and Exhibition. The annual competition invites artists to submit pieces responding to the theme “the...
Port Authority of NSW to standardise pilot ladder rules
PORT Authority of New South Wales is to introduce a standardised approach to accepting marine pilot ladder arrangements across all ports in the state, starting on 1 October. A...
Construction begins on Melbourne intermodal terminal
CONSTRUCTION has started on the $400-million Somerton Intermodal Terminal – a key hub in Melbourne’s Port Rail Shuttle Network. The Intermodal Terminal Company (ITC) is building...
AMSA diverts ships in Great Australian Bight rescue effort
A BULK carrier helped rescue a solo sailor in the Great Australian Bight over the weekend as part of a rescue effort co-ordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. AMSA...
