Aon launches fuel price insurance for shipping
INSURANCE broker Aon has launched a new policy aimed at sectors for which fuel purchasing constitutes a significant cost, with major interest expected to come from shipping. The...
Drugs smuggled in air cargo consignment
NEW SOUTH Wales Police have charged a man after $675,000 worth of liquid MDMA was discovered in an air-cargo consignment. The Australian Border Force examined a consignment that...
Seafarer jumps ship, swims ashore, is arrested in WA
A CREW member on a bulk carrier berthed at Albany jumped overboard and swam ashore on 7 January. Police arrested the 37-year-old Vietnamese national on 9 January at an Albany...
Bowen Wharf repair project awarded
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports has announced Central Queensland based company, Wisely Services, as the principal contractor for its Bowen Wharf Repair Project, which is set to start...
Gladstone exports record LNG in December
GLADSTONE exported 2.19 million tonnes of LNG in December a record, GPC acting CEO Craig Walker said. LNG shipments from the port for 2020 reached high of 22.4 million tonnes, up...
How long will container rate highs last?
WE are in one of the strongest bull markets for container carriers seen in the last few decades, with container rates on many trade lanes setting records week after week. But how...
Narrabri to Turrawan rail upgrade to better link Port of Newcastle with Inland Rail
DEPUTY prime minister and minister for infrastructure Michael McCormack said a recently announced rail investment would better link northern New South Wales, Inland Rail and the...
Barkly Pearl banned from Australia for 24 months
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has issued what it says is the most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands flagged livestock carrier...
Antarctic shipping season arrives with ice-class vessel
THE Australian Antarctic Division has chartered MPV Everest to undertake two voyages to Casey, Davis and Mawson research stations in Antarctica. The vessel arrived in Hobart in...
LNG-fuelled vessel calls at Port Hedland for first time
THE BULK carrier HL Green (IMO 9869344) received a special greeting when it arrived on its maiden voyage to Port Hedland on Wednesday 6 January. HL Green was the first LNG-fuelled...
Recommendations from investigation into loss of Conception
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority issued a safety alert to raise awareness of the recommendations made by the US National Transportation Safety Board following the...
First of three Svitzer tugs arrives at Geraldton
THE FIRST of three new Svitzer tugs has arrived at Geraldton Port. Following a community naming competition, the first vessel was named Svitzer North after former Geraldton Port...
GPC teams up with CSIRO for Bundaberg monitoring station
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation and CSIRO have teamed up to better understand the environment and improve safety systems with a new water quality and wind monitoring station at the...
Spirit of Tasmania to turbo-charge Tassie tourism
THE federal government will give Tasmania’s economic recovery a boost by injecting $6m into making it free for Spirit of Tasmania passengers to take their car to Tasmania....
Melbourne road work exacerbates container freight challenges
CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia said the Victorian government’s “Big Build” road construction projects underway in greater Melbourne are heightening the challenges for...
