VICT extends landside operating hours
AN INCREASE in volumes at Victoria International Container Terminal has led to the company extending landside operating hours. This follows a trial period and consultation with...
Genesee & Wyoming selects Tideworks’ for UK rail and container terminal network
TERMINAL operating systems solutions business, Tideworks, says it has been selected as the intermodal solutions provider for Freightliner and Pentalver, subsidiaries of Genesee &...
Singapore group’s container throughput in 2019
PSA International reports that it handled 85.2m TEU at its port projects around the world for the year ending 31 December 2019. The group’s volume increased by 5.2% over 2018,...
Cleaner Freight Initiative in Melbourne scrapped
A WIDELY-hailed deal aimed at encouraging the use of more environmentally-friendly trucks in inner Melbourne has been scrapped. The Cleaner Freight Initiative was announced in...
Patience and empathy required to overcome Melbourne road disruption
THE summer road construction blitz for the West Gate Tunnel Project in Melbourne requires patience and empathy in the logistics chain, the Container Transport Alliance Australia...
Smoke haze affects Melbourne waterfront
A HEAVY smoke haze over Melbourne has affected operations and caused delays at Swanson and Webb Dock container terminals. The Environment Protection Authority's AirWatch website...
Wharfies down tools at Fremantle
TWO hundred wharfies at DPWA Fremantle container terminal have stopped work for 24-hours, accusing the company of failing to bargain in good faith. The strike, which started on...
CMA CGM unveils new Ocean Alliance product
THE CMA CGM Group has announced its chairman and CEO, Rodolphe Saadé, has signed the Ocean Alliance Day 4 Product, with Cosco Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL. The new offer, which...
Patrick East Swanson Terminal to reduce night shift operations
LOGISTICS industry groups say they are working with Patrick Terminals over a decision to reduce landside receival and delivery night shifts at its East Swanson Terminal in...
Marine fuels group facing charges over Syria trades
MARINE fuels group Bunker Holding and its CEO have been charged in relation to an investigation into alleged jet fuel trading in Syria that may have breached European Union...
SeaCube bolsters fleet with Transicold reefers
HELPING to keep pace with shipping lines’ growing demand for leased refrigerated containers, container leasing company SeaCube recently expanded its inventory with 5,000 new...
COMMENT: Melbourne empty container park fee increases from January 2020
EMPTY container parks in Melbourne have followed the interstate trend by advising significant increases in truck arrival notification fees to commence in January 2020. The fee...
AMSA awards YM Efficiency recovery contract
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has signed a contract to remove lost containers from box ship YM Efficiency that famously lost 81 containers overboard off Newcastle last...
Safety win for Asian box terminal
PAKISTAN International Container Terminal, International Container Terminal Services’ subsidiary at Karachi, recently became the first container terminal in the country to obtain...
Second commercial-scale graphene coating trial
ADVANCED battery anode materials and graphene additives provider Talga Resources has announced the commencement of a new large-scale commercial trial of its Talcoat™ graphene...
