$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle
AS announced recently by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Port of Newcastle is partnering with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group and the Commonwealth government’s...
12 new auto-strads are bound for Aussie ports
TWELVE new Kalmar Auto-strads are now on their way to Australia from Euope. The equipment will be employed at Patrick’s Brisbane and Sydney terminals. The new, eighth-generation...
OPINION: 1 January 2022 – a new year is not fun for everyone!
MANY people look forward to a new year as a time for celebration. However, for importers and exporters and their service providers, including licensed customs brokers and freight...
Work underway to bring Spirit of Tasmania to Geelong
LOCALS will start to see more activity around GeelongPort’s Corio Quay precinct with contractors due to start major landside works on Spirit of Tasmania’s passenger and freight...
Index cited in ACCC stevedore report draws fire
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, relied on data from another report, the Container Port Performance Index...
New tenancy customer charter for the Port of Melbourne
THE Victorian government has welcomed the release of the Port of Melbourne Tenancy Customer Charter, which it says will improve rent pricing clarity, delivering lasting benefits...
SAL takes aim at issues raised in stevedore report
A high-level meeting was held today (8 November) to discuss the ongoing issues of port congestion, port performance and industrial relations, as highlighted in the recent...
Industry reacts to thorny issues in the ACCC’s stevedoring report
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report revealed a sometimes-scathing analysis of the container supply chain in...
Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be repealed: ACCC
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, argues that Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be...
Final WW vessel in HERO class delivered
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen’s fourth and final HERO-class vessel, MV Nabucco has started its journey towards Europe and is expected to reach Zeebrugge at the beginning of December. The...
MUA crews on Svitzer tugs to down tools
THE Maritime Union of Australia has given notice of work stoppages for Svitzer crews at ports around the country. MUA members are to stop work for four hours at various time at...
Brisbane container throughput up in September
PORT of Brisbane saw an increase in containerised cargo throughput in September, according to the latest trade statistics from the port. A total of 129,452 TEU crossed the wharves...
AAL joins SAL
SHIPPING Australia has announced it has a new member, with breakbulk and project cargo carrier AAL Shipping joining the organisation. AAL operates regular sailings on key trade...
Australia ratifies the RCEP
AUSTRALIA has ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which ensures that exporters can access the benefits of what will be the world’s largest...
Inland Rail upgrades completed in time for ag export season
BULK grain exporters in north-west New South Wales will be able to ship their harvest this year through Port Botany and Port of Newcastle with a key section of the enhanced Inland...
