BAL Container Line opens new route from China to Australia
BAL CONTAINER Line has launched a new liner service from China to Australia. The first vessel – ALS Ceres, a Marshall Islands-flagged 4395-TEU containership – called Brisbane on...
More biosecurity officers recruited to target frontline risks
AUSTRALIA’s frontline offensive against biosecurity risks, African swine fever (ASF) and hitchhiker pests, has been bolstered by the appointment of 96 new biosecurity officers....
Darwin ship lift project reaches milestone
PLANS to install a ship lift at Darwin have reached a key milestone. The Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority has released the draft environmental impact...
Port Kembla crew claim Business of the Year Award
THE Port Authority of NSW has taken out two awards at the 2021 IMB Bank Illawarra Business Awards, being named Illawarra Business of the Year and winner of the Excellence in...
Drugs smuggled in air-cargo dough mixer
THREE men have been charged by the Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) for an alleged attempt to import 140 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia concealed in...
Swire takes out long-term charter of six heavy-lift vessels
THE project division of Swire Shipping and Nordic Project & Finance have signed a charter agreement for the multipurpose heavy-lift vessels, to be delivered in December 2021....
New virtual space inspires women to take unique pathways
COMPANIES from around Australia are throwing their support behind an innovative new platform that was officially launched this week to inspire and prepare young women to enter...
Qube Bulk awarded logistics services agreement for Coburn WA project
STRANDLINE Resources has signed on Qube Bulk to a long-term haulage and logistics services agreement for its Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia. The agreement...
QLD men charged after nearly 540kg of cocaine was smuggled in reefer
IN a joint release, law enforcement agencies have reported that two Queensland men are scheduled to face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 19 November, charged with possessing...
Marine cadets set sail on journey of a lifetime
KARRATHA locals Katelyn Arnold and Jeri Ingleton will spend six months at sea onboard a Rio Tinto owned iron ore vessel, training for a career in the maritime industry as part of...
Big 2021 throughput at DPWA’s Botany terminal
DP WORLD Australia’s Sydney terminal handled its 1 millionth TEU for 2021 in early November. The milestone comes, the stevedore said, across 345 vessels at an average exchange of...
Poseidon Sea Pilots gearing up to begin operations at Brisbane
IN a press release, Poseidon Sea Pilots said they are “ready to go” as the clock ticks down to the day they take over pilotage duties in Brisbane. The group last year won the...
Inland Rail Skills Academy supports Indigenous youth
THE Inland Rail Skills Academy will provide $500,000 in funding to support 13 Clontarf Academies along the rail corridor in Queensland and New South Wales to help boost school...
DAWE updates livestock export standards
THE Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has updated the Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock, ASEL 3.2. The ASEL sets the requirements for exporting...
New CEO starts work at Port of Melbourne
THE Port of Melbourne has welcomed Saul Cannon, who has joined the port as its new CEO this week. Mr Cannon comes to the port from Toll Group, where he was most recently the chief...
