PIL To install satellite communications on all ships
PACIFIC International Lines is installing satellite communication, or VSAT, on its entire fleet of about 100 vessels. PIL said such efforts were aimed at improving productivity on...
ACCC raises concerns about Cargotec and Konecranes merger
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has outlined preliminary competition concerns in relation to a proposed merger between container handling equipment companies...
GEV to develop green hydrogen export project on Tiwi Islands
THE Tiwi Islands, the traditional lands of the Munupi people, are the proposed site for a new green hydrogen export facility to be run by ASX-listed Global Energy Ventures. The...
AAL adds to orderbook and acquires additional tonnage
AAL Shipping has acquired two heavy lift 33,000dwt W-Class multipurpose vessels from the second-hand market: the AAL Mars and the AAL Merkur. The vessels have been serving within...
First vessel sails into Lumsden Point at Port Hedland
ON Tuesday BBC Pearl became the first cargo vessel to sail into Lumsden Point. The Pilbara Ports Authority is looking to develop the area into a multi-user facility and logistics...
AMSA consultation begins for mandatory lifejackets
INFORMED by safety data, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is exploring options to increase lifejacket use across the domestic commercial vessel sector, focusing on sectors...
Company runs afoul of food import law, cops fine
A company has been issued an infringement notice for $13,320 for allegedly contravening subsection 9(4) of the Imported Food Control Act 1992 by moving imported food without...
Container trade on the up at Botany
CONTAINER trade at Port Botany showed a big increase last month, according to the latest available trade statistics from NSW Ports. Port Botany’s total container throughput...
MUA announces another round of strikes at Patrick’s Melbourne terminal
THE Maritime Union of Australia on Monday gave notice of rolling work stoppages at Patrick’s Melbourne terminal. The stoppages are scheduled to begin on Monday 1 November and...
New Dandenong South Intermodal development underway
THE Victorian and Commonwealth governments will jointly invest $28 million on government-owned land to connect rail to Salta’s Intermodal Terminal site boundary as part of...
Port to commence upgrade of much-loved local icon
THE Port of Newcastle is undertaking a once in half a century upgrade to Carrington’s locally-loved Tippler Footbridge, which connects Carrington to green space areas along the...
Woodside plans to develop hydrogen facility at Kwinana
WOODSIDE plans to build a hydrogen and ammonia production facility at Kwinana, with the support of the Western Australian government. The proposed project, named H2Perth, would be...
Svitzer tug engineers to down tools at three ports
SVITZER tug engineers are to down tools on Thursday (28 October) for four hours at Kwinana/Fremantle, Melbourne and Brisbane. The Australian Institute of Marine and Power...
NSW Auditor General’s report critical of Sydney freight rail capacity management
THE New South Wales Auditor General found the state’s transport agencies do not have strategies or targets to improve the efficiency or capacity of the metropolitan shared rail...
VTA advocates for COVID compliance cost recovery
VICTORIAN Transport Association CEO Peter Anderson has written to transport operators encouraging them to consider ways to recover the massive cost of compliance that COVID...
