Port seeks Aboriginal artist
AS a component of Mid West Ports Authority’s first reconciliation action plan (RAP), Aboriginal artists who reside in and have connections to the Mid West have been invited to...
ANL helps the kelp
ANL, in collaboration with the University of Tasmania, has launched the K-Help Initiative, which aims to restore the giant kelp forests of south-east Tasmania. Seaweed is an...
New methanol-fuelled tanker named
PROMAN Stena Bulk formally named its first newbuild IMOIIMeMAX methanol-fuelled 49,900 DWT vessel, Stena Pro Patria, in a ceremony hosted in Trinidad and Tobago on 23 November....
Labor IR bill gains Senate support
THE government announced over the weekend that it had secured the support of the Senate to pass its “Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill”. In a statement employment and workplace...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 25
In the news, a direct shipping service between Tasmania and New Zealand commenced last week. The launch was marked as a ship received the first load of cargo in Port of Devonport....
Inland Rail section opens for freight
EIGHTY-THREE kilometres of upgraded Inland Rail track is now open. The Australian Rail Track Corporation confirmed today (25 November) it has completed work on a section of track...
Firefighting helicopter arrives, takes off from Port Botany
A CH-47D Chinook helicopter that will join New South Wales’ firefighting arsenal for the upcoming bushfire season arrived at Port Botany’s Patrick Terminals this week. The Coulson...
Drug bust at Sydney freight depot, logistics employee arrested
AUTHORITIES have seized about 60 kilograms of cocaine from a Sydney freight depot and have arrested a logistics worker for allegedly monitoring drug imports. The man was one of...
Shipwreck artefacts returned to Western Australian Museum
SEVERAL artefacts believed to be from the ship Vergulde Draeck, wrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1656, have been returned to the Western Australian Museum. Vergulde...
Net Zero Unit to drive down transport emissions
THE GOVERNMENT has established a Net Zero Unit in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communication and the Arts. The new unit aims to identify how...
Gladstone Ports Corporation celebrates trainees and apprentices
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation celebrated the work of its trainees and apprentices with an awards ceremony this week. GPC held its annual Apprentices and Trainee Awards ceremony on...
Tassie government to launch Bass Island Line inquiry
THE TASMANIAN government is commissioning an inquiry into Bass Island Line’s pricing policies. Tasmanian treasurer Michael Ferguson said the shipping line’s freight volumes have...
Patrick Terminals launches landside efficiency initiatives
PATRICK Terminals has announced plans to publish quarterly landside performance metrics and launch representative landside efficiency groups. The terminal operator is launching...
Increases in trade at Botany and Kembla
CONTAINER trade at Port Botany last month saw an increase, with upticks in both export and import volumes. In October 2022, the port handled a total of 252,425 TEU – an increase...
Supply chain "digital twins" can help brace for disruptions, whitepaper says
A WHITEPAPER from the Melbourne Business School suggests organisations can use so-called “digital twins” to enhance supply-chain visibility and brace for disruptions. The...
