Gladstone Ports recycling scheme keeps hard hats out of landfill
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation is taking part in a recycling initiative to prevent used hard hats from going to landfill. GPC said Australian regulations require hard hats to be...
PANSW pulls almost 200 kilos of rubbish from Sydney Harbour
PORT Authority of New South Wales has used a Seabin to remove nearly 200 kilograms of marine litter from Sydney Harbour as part of an employee-led sustainability initiative. A...
Aussie company Visy to reduce carbon footprint with Maersk ECO Delivery
PACKAGING and resource recovery company Visy has become the largest customer of Maersk’s ECO Delivery product in Oceania. Visy’s stated goal is to invest in renewables and green...
International cruise returns to Port of Cairns
PORT of Cairns welcomed Pacific Explorer over the weekend as its first international cruise ship to visit since the start of the pandemic. Having recently sailed from Port of...
Sydney man charged for 233kg meth shipment
A SYDNEY man has been charged with importing 233 kilograms of meth into Australia in a shipping container. In March this year the Australian Border Force examined a container...
MSQ to host three-day pollution response exercise in Gladstone
MARITIME Safety Queensland has announced it will lead a pollution response exercise in Gladstone on Tuesday to protect coastal waters from ship-sourced pollution. MSQ general...
Independent review of NSW PAMA Act and PBLIS releases options paper
THE Independent review of the New South Wales Ports and Maritime Administration Act and the Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy has released a paper outlining options to...
THE DCN WEEKLY PODCAST: A roundup of the week's news
THE LATEST episode of The DCN Weekly covers our top news stories for the week, including a milestone in reporting seafarer fatalities at sea and an investigation into a fatal...
ICS celebrates centenary ahead of Shaping the Future of Shipping summit
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping will celebrate its centenary next week, ahead of its Shaping the Future of Shipping summit. The ICS was established in 1921. The global body...
Shipping resilient despite congestion, war, fires and crew shortages, but challenges still growing
LARGER vessels, crew shortages, port congestion, challenging decarbonisation targets and the war in Ukraine allow no room for complacency in shipping, according to marine insurer...
Container throughput at Freo up slightly in April
TOTAL container throughput at Fremantle increased slightly in April on a month-on-month basis, but April this year saw a lower throughput than the same month last year, according...
Two arrested in drug smuggling case
POLICE arrested two people this week as part of a Taskforce Icarus investigation into smugglers of methylamphetamine into Melbourne. A 23-year-old Wantirna South man and a...
Wormald Technology joins industry group
MARITIME fire detection, gas detection and fire suppression systems provider Wormald Technology has joined Shipping Australia. The company has expertise in the design, supply,...
MSC adopting biofuel in its ships
MSC announced it is adopting “sustainable biofuel” as a transition fuel in its ocean operations. The ocean carrier said the “MSC Biofuel Solution” is available at “selected world...
ATSB releases findings on fatal helicopter crash during pilot transfer
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has released its final report on a fatal helicopter crash during a pilot transfer off the coast of Port Hedland. The tragedy occurred on the...
