Austal delivers fast ro-pax cat
AUSTRALIAN shipbuilder Austal announced this week the delivery of a $109m ferry to Molslinjen of Denmark. The ferry is the largest commercial ferry (by volume) Austal has built at...
Electric Vehicles Report misses the boat
THIS month, the Senate Select Committee’s release of the Electric Vehicles Report received backlash from the Australian Logistics Council for failing to recognise freight as a...
VICT to increase infrastructure surcharge
VICTORIA International Container Terminal is increasing its infrastructure surcharge 77% to $85.00 per container starting from 1 March, the stevedore announced yesterday (30...
Deputy PM to address Vic conference
THE Victorian Transport Association announced that transport minister and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was scheduled to address the State Conference 2019. The minister...
2018 a big year for containers at Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne’s container throughput increased 7.5% in 2018, according to the latest data from the port. Over the 2018 calendar year, Port of Melbourne handled a total of 3m...
NatRoad calls for an independent price regulator for the heavy vehicle industry
THE National Road Transport Association (NatRoad) announced it had lodged a pre-budget submission with the Treasury outlining measures that focus on promoting small business and...
Botany December container numbers up
PORT Botany saw a busy month this past December, with more container throughput than the previous month and the same month last year. Total container trade through Port Botany...
Liquefied hydrogen bunker barge designed
HYDROGEN as a fuel has become a hot topic, with Australia looking to develop hydrogen production and export capacity, and it has been marked as a possible maritime fuel. Four...
Bulker at Hay Point arrested, released
THE bulker Indus Victory was arrested on 24 January and released on 25 January, according to court filings made in Sydney. The plaintiff, Turbo Solutions Pte Ltd, filed orders...
Port of Townsville’s channel upgrade project provides learning opportunities
TWO fourth-year engineering students and a graduate in geology from James Cook University are gaining hands-on experience on the Port of Townsville’s $193m channel upgrade...
DP World Logistics Australia to impose "off window surcharge"
DP World Australia Logistics recently announced it would impose an “off window surcharge” starting on 1 February at its Sydney terminal. If a truck arrives more than an hour prior...
Coal terminal teams up with conservationists for a leafier Brisbane
AN unlikely alliance has formed between Queensland Bulk Handling (QBH) and Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) to plant trees and revegetate industrial areas...
Port Hedland berth works underway
WORK is underway on the $33.5m replacement of the fender and deck of Berth 3 at Port Hedland. The successful tenderer was Fremantle-based Total AMS, which estimates that about 75%...
Newcastle has profitable year after construction boom
PORT of Newcastle, the third largest port by trade volume in Australia, completed another successful year of trade in 2018 as the Hunter region’s construction and industrial boom...
Italian BMSB heat-treaters still treating cargo
THE Department of Agriculture and Water Resources said there was no indication that Italian heat treatment providers ceased treating Australia-bound cargo in solidarity with three...
