Ports Australia calls on governments to safeguard supply chains as lockdowns lift
PORTS Australia is urging governments to safeguard the supply chain by planning ahead and implementing contingency plans instead of waiting for inevitable COVID-19 outbreaks to...
ATSB commissioner joins AMS Group board
GARY Prosser has joined the Poseidon Sea Pilots parent company AMS Group board as a non-executive director. Mr Prosser has a maritime career spanning more than 40 years. He is...
John Coombs remembered in ports across the nation
MARITIME workers around Australia today paused to pay tribute to former Maritime Union of Australia national secretary John Coombs, who died last week aged 81. As his funeral took...
Air cargo coke smuggler arrested in Wollongong
THE Australian Federal Police have arrested a 41-year-old Spanish national in Wollongong after Colombian authorities seized more than 35 kilograms of cocaine bound for Australia....
ICHCA invites submissions for 2021 TT Club Innovation in Safety Award
GLOBAL cargo handling association ICHCA has opened the 2021 TT Club Innovation in Safety Award, which aims to highlight the importance of safety at a time of increased operational...
New truck staging area at Port of Townsville
THE Port of Townsville has opened a new $4.5 million truck staging area that will provide safer access for the 300,000 trucks that pass through the port gates each year. Up to 20...
ABF investigations lead to arrests for illicit drugs
POLICE recently executed 20 warrants across metropolitan Melbourne as part of a Joint Organised Crime Task Force investigation that has led to Victoria’s largest ever heroin...
Renewable hydrogen exports from WA get boost in state budget
THE Western Australia state government is investing $61.5 million to boost the state’s renewable hydrogen industry. A new $50 million fund, included in the government's 2021-22...
Qube to acquire Newcastle Agri Terminal
ASX-listed logistics company Qube has acquired the Newcastle Agri Terminal from its existing shareholders CBH, Viterra Australia, Riverina and CTC Terminals. Qube acquired the...
Teekay signs new contract with Department of Defence
TEEKAY Corporation has entered into a contract with the Australian Government Department of Defence to provide marine services for five vessels through the Defence Marine Support...
New guidelines for the carriage of containers on bulk carriers
TESTING, inspection and certification body, Bureau Veritas, has developed a formalised approach to support the safe carriage of containers in bulk carriers. BV’s Guidance for...
Sydney pilot Neil Farmer retires
CAPTAIN Neil Farmer has retired after 46 years working on the water.He spent the past 24 years as a Sydney marine pilot. Mr Farmer’s career started in 1975 as a cadet with the...
AMSA detains containership at Botany
THE containership Thorstar (IMO 9253002) was detained last week at Port Botany and is now at White Bay in Sydney undergoing repairs. A spokesperson for the Australian Maritime...
Townsville port signs agreement for hydrogen export
NORTH Queenslanders could be shipping 120,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen to South Korea in the next decade with the Port of Townsville and Ark Energy signing a Memorandum of...
Aussie farmers looking forward to top crop
WITH a record 23.2 million hectares sown to winter crops across the country, this year is once again forecast to be well above average, according to the Australian Crop Report....
