$280m in construction announced for coal terminal
DALRYMPLE Bay Infrastructure has announced it will design and construct a new ship loader and reclaimer for its coal terminal in Queensland. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary...
Program to train more truckies in the Pilbara and Kimberley
A TRUCK driver training program in the Pilbara and Kimberley aims to grow the local heavy vehicle workforce. The state government and logistics industry initially developed the...
Port Hedland breaks 24-hour throughput record
PILBARA Ports Authority has reported the largest 24-hour throughput on record at Port of Port Hedland. Following a temporary closure last week due to Cyclone Ilsa, the port...
National biosecurity action plan to tackle evolving threats
THE FEDERAL government has released a national biosecurity action plan exploring a biosecurity risk management trial at Port of Melbourne and plans for a sea container data...
LR and ClassNK award AiP for ammonia-fuelled gas carrier
LLOYD’S Register and ClassNK have issued approvals in principle for an ammonia-fuelled liquefied gas carrier. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding and Tsuneishi...
Port of Dampier welcomes first cruise ship
PORT of Dampier received its first-ever visiting cruise ship last week. The 91-metre-long APT cruise vessel MS Caledonian Sky called the port on Thursday last week (13 April). It...
IMB records lowest piracy levels since 1993
THE ICC International Maritime Bureau has recorded its lowest level of piracy and armed robbery incidents since 1993. Twenty-seven incidents were reported in the first quarter of...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 43
PILBARA and Kimberley ports closed this week as category-five cyclone Ilsa approached the coast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6i4hUihd9sxgsbvvAA79dH?si=18c30b9f4f85427c Also...
Baltic Exchange weekly market report
THE BALTIC Dry Index declined over the past week to 1435 on Friday 14 April. This was an 8% decrease from the previous Thursday’s 1560 (reported ahead of the long weekend). The...
Kimberley and Pilbara ports reopen after cyclone
PORTS on the Kimberley and Pilbara coast are back in action having weathered Tropical Cyclone Ilsa. The storm crossed the coast between Port Hedland and Broome at category-five...
Port Hedland shuts, Cyclone Ilsa closes in
PILBARA Ports Authority has announced Port of Port Hedland is now closed. PPA closed the port at 1000 WST on Thursday (13 April) before Tropical Cyclone Ilsa reached category five...
Port of Newcastle named finalist for World Hydrogen Awards
PORT of Newcastle is in the running for the Port of the Future Award at the World Hydrogen Awards in the Netherlands next month. The port is one of four finalists for the award....
Ports close in WA as Cyclone Ilsa intensifies
PORT authorities in the Kimberley and Pilbara have cleared or closed ports as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa continues on its path toward the coast. Pilbara Ports Authority, which began to...
Ships cleared out of Port Hedland ahead of cyclone
PILBARA Ports Authority is preparing to clear ships out of Port Hedland as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa approaches the Western Australian coast. PPA issued an alert on Tuesday (11 April)...
Government responds to scathing Inland Rail review
THE FEDERAL government has accepted all 19 recommendations outlined in a damning review of the Inland Rail project. The government appointed Dr Kerry Schott to head up the...
