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...
RCEP implementation legislation passes
ON Thursday, implementing legislation for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was passed. The RCEP is a comprehensive free-trade agreement between Australia...
Almost 300 kilos of drugs smuggled in excavator through Botany
AUTHORITIES uncovered 295 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden inside an excavator imported through Port Botany, sparking an investigation led by the Australian Federal Police....
ABF cancels major Sydney cargo depot’s licence
THE Australian Border Force has cancelled PCA Express’ licence, ceasing the company’s ability to handle air and sea cargo under customs control. The cancellation comes after...
Full container throughput at Adelaide at multi-year low in September
CONTAINER throughput at Port Adelaide was at a nadir in September, according to the latest available trade statistics from Flinders Ports. Port Adelaide’s full container...
Research reveals new insights about supply chain labour shortages
AGAINST a backdrop of a massive transformation in global supply chains, the Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics at Deakin University and its Wayfinder program, recently...
