New direct freight shipping service connects the Pilbara with Asia
MINING giant Rio Tinto has announced a new freight shipping service with Toll Group that will connect Western Australia’s Pilbara region to Singapore, shortening the lead-time for...
Swire Shipping opens new PNG office
SWIRE Shipping officially opened its new Lae office on 19 February. The company said the new office will provide customers and partners with easy access to the Lae Port which is...
Poseidon Sea Pilots expands its team
POSEIDON Sea Pilots has announced its plans to expand its operations nationally over the next few years. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMS Group and will deliver a...
MUA members approve DPWA EAs
WORKERS at all four DP World terminals in Australia have approved new enterprise agreements after two and a half years of negotiations. Employees on Monday voted in favour of a...
Jail for sofa cigarette smuggler
THE Australian Border Force intercepted a consignment in a shipping container that arrived from China on 3 January 2018, containing an illicit cargo of almost 100,000 cigarettes...
High level talks reinforce strength of Australia-Japan ag ties
THE seventh Australia-Japan High Level Dialogue, held on 19 February, has agreed on progressing the Statement of Intent on agri-food value chains. The Australian government’s...
Survey work begins on women’s role in maritime
The International Maritime Organization, and the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association have launched a global survey to examine the proportion and distribution of...
Two industry groups call for greater PBLIS regulations
ROAD Freight NSW and the International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of Australia have called on the NSW government to implement new measures to put the brakes on...
Australia seeks re-election to IMO Council
AUSTRALIA will seek re-election to the International Maritime Organization’s Council for the 2022-23 biennium. Deputy prime minister and minister for infrastructure, transport and...
Productivity Commission to review Australia’s supply-chain vulnerabilities
THE FEDERAL government has requested the Productivity Commission undertake an independent review into supply-chain vulnerabilities and risks to help ensure the economy is prepared...
Maritime consortium launches CrewCare app
ESTABLISHED maritime entities have joined forces to build a digital platform aimed at improving the emotional wellbeing of the world’s 1.7m seafarers. The Safebridge CrewCare app...
Another Maersk ship loses containers overboard in Pacific
MAERSK Eindhoven lost up to “several hundred” containers overboard in heavy weather on 17 February while en route from Xiamen to Lost Angeles, according to a statement from MSC....
Maersk to operate world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel by 2023
MAERSK has announced it will speed up its decarbonisation activities with the advent of a new methanol-fulled feeder vessel in operation by 2023. The vessel will pilot a scalable...
Patrick extends Freo lease
PATRICK has extended its lease tenure at Fremantle’s Inner Harbour for 10 years, with a potential tenure of up to 21 years. The company said it also committed $50 million to...
Rebound in global trade forecast for 2021
THE real value of global trade is set to surge by 7.6% year on year in 2021 and 5.2% year on year in 2022 according to IHS Markit’s Global Trade Atlas Forecasting. This follows an...
