Australia introduces new measures for beetle treatment
HEAD of Biosecurity at the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Andrew Tongue, has announced that sea containers packed in a khapra beetle target risk country and...
More intruders on ships off Tanjung Pergam
THE ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued an incident alert after two incidents of unauthorised boarding occurred to ships while underway off Tanjung Pergam, Bintan Island,...
MSC and Shell sign agreement on decarbonisation
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company and Shell International Petroleum Company have agreed to work closely together to help accelerate the decarbonisation of the global shipping...
Freight workers in Sydney’s hard-lockdown LGAs can go to work
SYDNEY went into a harder lockdown over the past weekend in an effort to stop the rapidly spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus, but freight workers are exempt from the...
Decrease in piracy and robbery in Asia during first half of the year
THE ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre reports a total of 37 incidents of armed robbery against ships (comprising 35 actual incidents and two attempted incidents) in Asia during...
Cosco shipping to shell out US$1.5 billion for 10 containerships
COSCO Shipping has announced an order for 10 new containerships worth US$1.5 billion. Six of the ships are to have a 14,092-TEU capacity – these are slated for delivery from the...
Shipping lines set for more record profit: Drewry
THERE is no end in the near term for the freight-rate fuelled container shipping boom, according to the latest maritime financial research from consultancy Drewry. The research,...
Updates to Hapag-Lloyd’s Australia–New Zealand via Panama service
HAPAG-LLOYD has put out a notice to customers that it will be making changes to its Australia-New Zealand via Panama service (ANP), which travels between the United States, Latin...
Maersk to re-design its ocean network in West and Central Asia
SHIPPING line Maersk is re-designing its ocean network in West and Central Asia that connects countries including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and...
Vic regulator holds hearing for Port of Melbourne inquiry
VICTORIA’S economic regulator, the Essential Services Commission, is conducting its first five-year inquiry into the Port of Melbourne’s compliance with the state government’s...
Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare
MOBILE satellite communications provider Inmarsat has sponsored a new report, exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping,...
Europe adopts environmental regulations that will affect freight and trade
THE European Commission has adopted a sweeping package of proposals that aim to reduce the bloc’s emissions by at least 55% by 2030 (compared with 1990 levels). These measures...
MUA announces more Patrick industrial action
THE Maritime Union of Australia is again ratcheting up its campaign of industrial action against Patrick Terminals. The union announced a series of new work stoppages at Patrick’s...
Southern Ports celebrates new trade record
SOUTHERN Ports has announced that its port at Bunbury has achieved an overall trade record for the year 2020-21, of 17.11 million tonnes of throughput. This is up from 16.95...
US$3.6 million paid to Sri Lanka over X-Press Pearl
X-PRESS Feeders has made an initial payment of US$3.6 million after the X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank, creating an environmental catastrophe near Colombo Port. X-Press...
