First transhippers set for Onslow action
MINERAL Resources will begin exports from its Onslow Iron project mid-year upon the completion of commissioning work on the first two of its new mega-transhippers. MinRes Airlie...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index was 1844 on Friday 17 May. The index is now 33% higher than it was in the same week last year. The Baltic Dry Index for the week ending Friday 17 May 2024....
TechnipFMC wins another Woodside contract
UK AND US offshore engineering specialist TechnipFMC has secured a new contract with Woodside Energy for work tied to the Pluto LNG project on the North West Shelf. TechnipFM,...
Ferry projects fraught on both sides of Tasman
DOCUMENTS released last week by the NZ Government show the country’s Ministry of Transport raised many concerns about the cost of the iReX Cook Strait replacement ferries long...
Partnership looks at long-term biofuel use
A PROJECT to assess the impact of long-term and continuous use of biofuels on engine performance and fuel delivery system operations has been launched by the Global Centre for...
Dali suffered multiple blackouts
THE PRELIMINARY report of the US National Transportation Safety Board into containership Dali’s allusion with Baltimore’s Francis Key Scott Bridge has found the ship suffered a...
The Liner Shipping Game is coming to Australia
THE LINER Shipping Game, an educational tool created for the maritime industry, will soon be rolled out in Oceania. Sydney-based strategic advisory firm MPC International has...
Hapag happy despite 1Q slump v 2023
HAPAG-Lloyd has reported declines in group EBITDA, EBIT and profit for the first quarter of 2024 but is upbeat about trends and has revised its forecast for the full financial...
HMM another to report 1Q bounce
EVIDENCE of a strong first quarter recovery in container trade revenues and profits continues to emerge with Korea’s HMM turning in encouraging figures. The carrier’s revenue...
Both sides back US maritime future
NEWS of apparently bipartisan support from Australia’s major political parties for a strong future for the nation’s maritime sector comes after US Republicans and Democrats last...
Freo container trade increases in Feb
TOTAL container throughput at Fremantle increased in February, according to the latest available trade data from Fremantle Ports. The port handled 75,069 TEU in February this...
Drug fiends try deals on wheels
ILLICIT drug importers and transnational crime syndicates are using ro-ro ships to smuggle cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy) and ketamine into Australia, concealed in new vehicles. The...
GMF: decarbonising shipping will be a job creator
NEW analysis, commissioned by the Global Maritime Forum and conducted by Arup, projects that the maritime sector’s transition to e-fuels could support up to four million new green...
MIAL's Blueprint for a Maritime Nation underway
MARITIME Industry Australia kicked off its Blueprint for a Maritime Nation conference in Brisbane on Tuesday (14 May). The event officially opened with a welcome reception on...
Dali subjected to little bang theory (UPDATED)
PLANS by the US Army Corp of Engineers to use explosives to assist in the removal of the section of Baltimore’s Francis Key Scott Bridge still laying over the bow of the...
