Hunter industries on show for Japan’s investment leaders
THE Hunter region’s future for global investment attraction and industrial growth received a boost on 31 January, with Investment NSW bringing Japan’s Ambassador to Australia and...
Woodside awards Svitzer Dampier towage contract
WOODSIDE Energy has awarded towage operator Svitzer Australia the 12-year contract for towage and pilot transfer services at Woodside’s LNG export operations at the Port of...
GEV appoints new chair and director
GLOBAL Energy Ventures has appointed Greg Martin as an independent non-executive director and chair. Mr Martin has served as CEO and managing director of AGL and he has held other...
Salvors arrive at Devonport after Goliath incident
TASPORTS has engaged United Salvage to lead the operation to recover two sunken tugs and clean the oil spill after Friday’s incident at the Port of Devonport. The cement carrier...
Goliath incident at Devonport: Third tug removed, spill response continues
THE response continues at the Port of Devonport after Friday's incident in which the cement carrier Goliath allided with two tugs, sinking them and damaging a wharf. CSL...
Insights from ICS’ leadership forum
A RECENT online forum held by the International Chamber of Shipping has concluded that shipping has taken important steps on its decarbonisation journey in recent years but...
Goliath sinks tugs, damages wharf
CEMENT carrier Goliath allided with two TasPorts tugs – Campbell Cove and York Cove – at the Port of Devonport on Friday (28 January) at about midday. The tugs, which were berthed...
Global schedule reliability falls to a record low in December 2021
SCHEDULE reliability reached a record low in December 2021, according to a recent analysis from Sea-Intelligence. The latest Global Liner Performance Report suggests schedule...
Strengthening Australia’s ag partnership with Indonesia
AN Agriculture Co-operation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Jakarta on 27 January by Australian agriculture minister David Littleproud and his Indonesian...
The week in bulk: Has the Capesize market hit bottom?
THE Baltic Dry Index last week continued the downward trend seen over the previous three weeks. The index hit a nadir on Wednesday at 1296 and ticked up slightly on Thursday to...
Wellard results reflect low cattle numbers in northern Australia
THE results of the quarter ending 31 December 2021, show cash flow of negative US$1.5 million from operating activities in the reporting period for livestock shipping company...
Stolt-Nielsen CEO announces resignation
NIELS G. Stolt-Nielsen has informed the Stolt-Nielsen board of his intention to step down as CEO of the company that bears his name. He is to continue on as CEO and director on...
More congestion, more delays in December
THE latest data from cloud-based platform project44 shows that carriers, throughout December 2021, increased blank sailings and other schedule adjustments resulting in more empty...
Marseille’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation
SHIPPING line CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural ship-to-containership liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos,...
New Kuehne + Nagel sea freight disruption indicator
LOGISTICS company Kuehne+Nagel is launching the Seaexplorer disruption indicator to measure the efficiency of the world container shipping networks. The indicator shows the...
