Top score for Port of Melbourne
THE PORT of Melbourne has scored a perfect 100 points in the 2024 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Infrastructure Asset Assessment. The score gives it the...
Gales send Fremantle vessels back to sea
STRONG to gale force winds on 2 and 3 October are forcing vessels at the Port of Fremantle to take evasive action. A note to shipping agents on 2 October said weather forecasts...
Lumsden Point works to attract private investment
DREDGING has started at Lumsden Point in the port of Port Hedland as part of a project to encourage private investment in a landside logistics hub. Around one million cubic metres...
Australian guide released to combat container product loss
LOGISTICS specialists Corsafe have partnered with the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA) to create a guide on safely packing containers for overseas suppliers. Corsafe,...
Hanwha’s Austal bid dead in the water
SOUTH Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean’s bid for Western Australia-based Austal Shipping, appears to be dead in the water. Hanwha had made an unsolicited bid for Austal of around...
Fleet expansion for Spliethoff
MULTI-PURPOSE specialist Spliethoff has placed an order with China’s Wuhu Shipyard for a new series of eight vessels, with an option for two additional vessels, delivering from...
Dali lawsuits pile on
CONTAINERSHIP Dali’s owners Grace Ocean and managers Synergy Marine are the target of still more legal claims over the vessel’s March allision with and destruction of the Francis...
Shipping industry golf day in sight of the green
MORE than 100 players are preparing for the upcoming Shipping and Logistics Golf Challenge, now less than two weeks away from teeing off. The annual industry golf day aims to...
Toll and Port of Brisbane complete refurbishments at Port Gate
LOGISTICS and freight company Toll has announced its refurbishment of the Port Gate chemical site in Brisbane has been completed. The project was in collaboration with the Port of...
AIMS Biennial Conference 2024
Representatives and associates of the maritime industry gathered for the Australiasian Institute of Marine Surveyors (AIMS) biennial conference, which was this year held in...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report
THE BALTIC Dry Index has continued to increase, rising to 2110 for the week ending 27 September Capesize This week saw significant positive momentum in the Capesize market. The...
World Container Index keeps falling
DREWRY’S World Container Index decreased 7% this past week to US$3691 per 40-foot container. The index is 4% below the previous pandemic peak of US$10,377 in September 2021, but...
TRADE LAW: What’s the fuss on de minimis?
THOSE in industry live in a world dominated by acronyms (for example, ABF, DAFF, NCTF, TFIWG, ATTP, FID and the like). Lawyers also have their own special terminology which draws...
ACCC consults on Olam's Namoi bid
SINGAPORE-based Olam has offered court-enforceable undertakings in its efforts to obtain ACCC clearance for its bid for Namoi Cotton, but the Commission remains concerned about...
Maersk reworks Oceania products
MAERSK LINE is to undertake a major re-organisation of its Oceania services, adding one, canning two and revising a fourth. The headline is the introduction of a revived Northern...
