Australia-India partnership to further drive trade opportunities
MINISTER for agriculture David Littleproud has applauded the Australia-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreed to on 4 June by Prime Ministers Scott Morrison of Australia...
ANL reports progress with APL England clean-up (with video)
ANL is talking up progress with cleaning up coastal areas affected by the containers that fell overboard from containership APL England on 20 May. Following the incident, ANL...
Safety message following ship elevator tragedy
THE death of a containership crew member who became trapped between an elevator cage and a bulkhead highlights safety management, an investigation from the Australian Transport...
Bollard installation completed in Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne recently finished installing new 150-tonne bollards at Swanson Dock East and West to accommodate bigger ships. This $8.5m project was engineered by AECOM and...
Industry group releases new IoT container standards
THE Digital Container Shipping Association’s standards for IoT containers have just been released, the first of their kind in the shipping industry. DCSA is a neutral, non-profit...
Supply chain improvements a focus of Port of Melbourne study
A $1m industry study aimed at informing future decisions about freight and containerised trade in Victoria has been announced by the Port of Melbourne and the state government....
Containerchain payment terms re-extended during pandemic
CONTAINERCHAIN has announced a further extension to its three-month extended payment term scheme that was due to end on 31 May. The payment extensions were announced back in March...
TAPA warns of a significant spike in cargo thefts
CARGO owners and logistics providers must prepare to protect their supply chains from a projected spike in cargo thefts as coronavirus lockdowns begin to be lifted across the...
APL England master appears in court
THE master of the APL England has appeared in Wynnum Magistrates Court, via video link, to face two charges relating to the loss of containers from the ship. ADVERTISEMENT The...
Charges laid against master of the APL England
CHARGES have been laid against the master of the APL England, which lost about 50 containers overboard off Sydney last week, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has...
DP World joins with TradeLens as part of digitalisation push
INTERNATIONAL stevedore DP World says it has completed the early stages of integration with TradeLens, a blockchain digital container logistics platform, developed by A.P. Moller...
“Big issues” discussed at Asian Shipowners’ AGM
THE Asian Shipowners’ Association held its 29th Annual General Meeting on 28 May, hosted by David Parmeter, who is chairman of both ASA and Maritime Industry of Australia Limited....
Voluntary Performance Model “disappointing”, shippers say
A VOLUNTARY scheme aimed at reining in soaring stevedore charges in Melbourne has been labelled “disappointing” by a key industry organisation. The Voluntary Port of Melbourne...
APL England detained, inadequate lashings cited
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has officially detained the APL England in Brisbane, citing inadequate lashing arrangements. As previously reported in Daily Cargo News,...
Clean-up specialist appointed for APL England containers
OPERATORS of the APL England, ANL, have announced the appointment of Varley Group to manage the clean-up of containers that fell overboard last Sunday. As reported in Daily Cargo...
