Sugar Terminals Ltd appoints new CEO
SUGAR Terminals Limited has announced a significant leadership change, with David Quinn to take over as chief executive in October, following the retirement of current CEO John...
BBC Chartering moves crane between ports [WITH VIDEO]
HEAVY lift and breakbulk specialist carrier BBC Chartering Australia recently completed an unusual job in South Australia. The company moved a used Gottwald Mobile Harbour Crane...
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Containers on the move at Mackay Port [WITH VIDEO]
THE Port of Mackay has been instrumental in shipping 300 containers as part of a project to decommission a trestle and conveyor from Hay Point Coal Terminal. It has released a...
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COVID cases reported in ships off Queensland
MARITIME Safety Queensland has reported five cases of COVID-19 aboard four vessels arriving within Queensland during the past week. The cases were: Globe Electra (at anchor off...
Fortescue announces annual results
FORTESCUE Metals Group has announced its financial results for 2019-20, hailing a “successful execution” of integrated operations and marketing contributing to record revenue,...
GPC opens new parklands
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation has officially opened its new East Shores 1B parkland precinct to the public. And being in Queensland and with COVID-19 seemingly in check, people are...
Gladstone throughput dips slightly in July
CARGO throughput at Gladstone Port totalled 10.22m tonnes in July, according to the latest available trade statistics from the port. This was a decrease of less than 1% on June’s...
Newcastle trade drops to a 2020 low
CARGO throughput at the Port of Newcastle for July was the lowest total for this year, according to the latest available trade statistics from the port. Total throughput at the...
Adelaide’s July container trade hits 2020 high
CONTAINER throughput at the Port of Adelaide experienced a significant bump in July, according to the latest trade statistics available from Flinders Ports. The port’s throughput...
First Australian LNG shipment to Chile celebrated
MARKET analysts EnergyQuest have reported the first shipment of Australian liquefied natural gas cargo to Chile in South America. The cargo was from the Shell-run QCLNG project at...
Contract awarded for newbuild wind turbine vessels
OUYANG Offshore has awarded AqualisBraemar the construction supervision contract for two newbuild self-elevating wind turbine installation vessels to be constructed at Chinese...
Positive July shipping figures for Pilbara
PILBARA Ports Authority has achieved a 5% increase month-on-month, with a July throughput of 59.7 million tonnes. The Port of Port Hedland achieved a monthly throughput of 43.8...
Seafarer tests positive to COVID-19
A SEAFARER on board the bulker Globe Electra (IMO 9483827) has tested positive to COVID-19. According to Maritime Safety Queensland, the ship’s master reported a crew member...
Traceability tech potential for grape shipments
AND Fresh Pty Ltd has been awarded a grant to trial data logging technology across the table grape export supply chain. Minister for agriculture David Littleproud said improved...
East coast gas outlook forecasts challenges for producers
BEFORE the disastrous events of 2020, conditions in the east coast gas market had improved in 2019. According to EnergyQuest, demand grew in all the key sectors. Gas-fired power...
