Engage Marine awarded north QLD towage contract
PORT of Townsville and Ports North have announced that Engage Marine has been awarded a new contract to supply towage services to ports in Townsville, Lucinda, Cairns and...
Napier and Otago to purchase Dutch dredge
NAPIER Port and Port Otago have announced the formation of a joint venture to build and purchase a trailing suction hopper dredge from Dutch shipbuilders Damen Shipyards. Worth...
PANSW announces acting CEO
THE PORT Authority of New South Wales (PANSW) has announced John Mckenna as its acting CEO. Mr Mckenna has been the chief customer and commercial officer with PANSW since 2020,...
ICS names next secretary general
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping has appointed Thomas Kazakos as its next secretary general. He will replace current incumbent Guy Platten, who is stepping down in June 2025....
Crustaceans head for ships, not Christmas dinner plates
THERE’S a feast of crustaceans attacking vessels in the Pilbara rather than finding their way to our Christmas plates. A mass spawing of crustaceans are gathering under ships and...
Manawanui fuel recovery set to begin
WEATHER will play a major role in the recovery of fuels from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa, according to the NZ Defence Force’s Senior National Representative for Operation...
Pilbara Ports throughput increases 9%
PILBARA Ports handled 67 million tonnes total throughput last month. Figures posted for November 2024 are a 9% increase on total monthly throughput handled in the same month last...
Vanuatu port still blocked by landslide
LANDSIDE access to Vanuatu’s port of Port Vila is still obstructed following an earthquake on Tuesday, but plans to move cargo through an alternative entrance could see some...
Xmas spirits may be curbed
INDUSTRIAL ACTION by members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union will likely delay tomorrow night’s sailings of TT Line’s Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes as deck officers...
Iron ore consortium to tackle carbon with nation's biggest electric furnace
A CONSORTIUM of some of Western Australia’s biggest players in the iron-ore industry will launch the nation's largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace at Kwinana making the...
DSV opens Port of Brisbane container depot
DSV AIR & Sea has officially opened its new facility at the Port of Brisbane’s Fisherman Islands in a move aimed at growth potential in the Queensland logistics market. The new...
Portchain integrated at four DP World terminals
SOFWTARE solutions company Portchain has announced it has successfully integrated with DP World terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Fremantle. The announcement comes two...
Dampier Hampton Harbour Pontoon back open
THE HAMPTON Harbour Pontoon at the Port of Dampier is back in business. A spokesperson for the port said a minor collision had damaged the pontoon, which had led to its emergency...
Bulk carrier Bunbury makes Bunbury first port of call
HUDSON Shipping Lines (HSL), new 80,000 tonne Kamsarmax bulk carrier HSL Bunbury, has made its namesake its first port of call. The parcel carrier arrived at Bunbury on 14...
Leeward Group partners with BSM Global
LEEWARD Group has announced its new partnership with BSM Global, which will enables booking requests between the two companies’ systems. The parent company of shipping agencies...
