NSW Ports and ACCC ordered into mediation
THE Australian Federal Court has ordered New South Wales Ports and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into mediation. This relates to ACCC’s case regarding port...
OPINION: Distorted container logistics market in Australia
THE REFERRAL by New South Wales Minister for Transport, Andrew Constance, of the massive, unfettered and unregulated stevedore infrastructure fee increases to the NSW Productivity...
Infrastructure charges defended by stevedore
PATRICK Terminals representatives say they were surprised by comments from New South Wales Minister for Transport Andrew Constance regarding infrastructure charges. As reported in...
Constance blows the whistle on port surcharges
NEW South Wales transport minister Andrew Constance has referred to the state Productivity Commission the matter of port surcharges imposed by stevedores on transport operators...
Auckland CBD freight operation should be closed, report claims
A REPORT by the Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy Working Group has recommended closing the Ports of Auckland CBD freight operation. The report examined the issues around...
VIDEO: Containership takes down crane
AN INCIDENT at the Port of Antwerp is sure to keep investigators busy for a while, with footage seemingly showing the container ship APL Mexico City striking the gantry of an STS...
Patrick cranes depart China
NEW ZPMC post-Panamax cranes have left from Shanghai, China, bound for Fremantle and Melbourne. The cranes are to be commissioned during the first quarter of 2020 adding...
Melbourne symposium discusses shipping trends
A CROSS-SECTION of industry and academia have gathered at RMIT University, for the Inaugural Symposium of Australian Maritime Logistics Research Network. The event, driven by...
Maurice comes out fighting
QUBE managing director Maurice James has used an industry lunch in Melbourne to make a robust defence of terminal access charges imposed by container stevedores. Terminal access...
Port Botany celebrates 40 years
NSW Ports has marked the 40th anniversary of Port Botany, with an industry breakfast and the release of a book that highlights important moments in the port's history. Two decades...
MSC announces investment in “low-carbon” future
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has announced further investment in low-carbon technology and new-build and retrofit programs to boost performance and reduce environmental...
OPINION: Melbourne’s pricey port
WITH stevedore infrastructure surcharges more than 40-times higher than they were in 2016, Port of Melbourne is on track to become the most expensive port in the Southern...
ICTSI to boost container capacity in Africa
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services, together with local partners, has initiated the second phase expansion of its Matadi Gateway Terminal, located 150km upstream on the...
Minister opens new Qube facility
VICTORIAN freight and ports minister Melissa Horne officially opened the Qube Ultima Intermodal Terminal, west of Swan Hill, northern Victoria. Also attending were Qube managing...
CMA CGM calls for coalition for energy transition
COINCIDING with the French Maritime Economy Conference, Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, recommended that French President Emmanuel Macron initiate an...
