Victorian Ports Corporation boss joins CEO sleepout
VICTORIAN Ports Corporation (Melbourne) chief executive Rachel Johnson experienced a night of sleeping rough recently, but it was all for a good cause. Ms Johnson joined other...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: Profile - Natalie Godward
NATALIE Godward works from Eden on the beautiful south coast of New South Wales, a wonderful natural harbour and a developing cruise destination. She manages cruise visits into...
Dennis determined to keep up the good work
DESPITE forty years of chaplaincy work, Dennis Claughton from the Fremantle Flying Angel has no plans to hang up his boots. Dennis Claughton was made a Member of the Order of...
Port to help kids via fun run
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation has announced children’s charity Give Me 5 for Kids as its 2019 Botanic to Bridge beneficiary for Gladstone’s biggest fun run. The GPC event is now in...
Large quake fails to affect Port of Darwin
SHIPPING and port operations were unaffected by an earthquake that shook up Darwin about 12.30pm (local time) on Monday. The quake was measured at 7.2 on the Richter Scale and is...
Trade office opens in San Francisco
A FOCUS on trade and investment is the objective of a new office opened in San Francisco by Trade and Investment Queensland. Tourism and innovation minister Kate Jones said the...
Minister seeks “Holy Grail” of freight on rail
VICTORIAN ports and freight minister Melissa Horne says the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme is critical in getting more containers off roads and onto rail near the Port of Melbourne....
Trade mission seeks to capitalise on China opportunities
THE Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia is running a “trade visit” to China from 30 July to 10 August. SCLAA chief executive Amanda O’Brien said the trip was “a...
Inland Rail and Parkes the focus of Sydney breakfast
PARKES as the rail gateway to the nation was the focus of a breakfast in Sydney, organised by rail operator SCT. The breakfast was attended by politicians, freight forwarders and...
Sailor denied entry to Australia over child exploitation material
A 26-year-old Vietnamese merchant seaman has been stopped from coming ashore after Australian Border Force officers found child exploitation material on his mobile phone. The man...
New CEO takes the helm at TasPorts
A NEW chief executive has been appointed to run the Tasmanian Ports Corporation (TasPorts). TasPorts chairman and former Port of Melbourne CEO Stephen Bradford said 44-year-old...
Western Sydney Airport reaches earthmoving milestone
WESTERN Sydney Airport CEO Graham Millett says progress is being made on this "once-in-a-generation project" since work began in September, but there’s still much more to be done....
Dredge arrives in Cairns for cruise ship expansion
DREDGE vessel Balder R (IMO 9578232) has arrived in Far North Queensland to begin work on the $127m Cairns Shipping Development project. Local state MP Michael Healy said the...
Ag minister to discuss EU trade deal in Rome
AGRICULTURE minister Bridget McKenzie is jetting off to Rome for talks on Saturday about a free trade agreement with the European Union. Senator McKenzie said this was an...
Third man arrested over 2018 cocaine seizure
A THIRD man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in an attempt to import almost 600kg of cocaine into Australia in July last year. A 43-year-old Byron Bay man was...
