Maurice James to speak at lunch gathering
QUBE Holdings managing director Maurice James will be guest speaker at a lunch in Melbourne on Tuesday December 10. Mr James has more than 30 years ‘experience in the engineering,...
Maersk to pilot a battery system to improve power production
A 600 kWh battery system is to be installed in a trial on board the Maersk Cape Town in December to improve vessel performance and reduce carbon emissions. “This trial will...
Regulator concerned over Moorebank access
PROMINENCE and likely growth of Moorebank Intermodal Terminal raises the prospect of misuse of market power by Sydney Intermodal Terminal Alliance, the Australian Competition and...
ACCC report highlights need for landside investment: VTA
CONFIRMATION infrastructure charges represent a growing proportion of stevedore revenues have prompted calls for greater landside investment by the waterfront operators. The...
Weakening economy slows stevedoring demand
A WEAKENING economy and strong competition between stevedores are key themes of the latest Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report. The report is prepared by the Australian...
Waterfront infrastructure charges drive revenue
HIGHER infrastructure charges have seen stevedores’ “unit revenues” increase for the first time in seven years, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says. The ACCC...
Fremantle fee hikes prompt backlash
A DECISION by stevedore DPWA to increase its terminal access charge at Fremantle from $8.22 to $45 per full container from January 2020 has prompted a strong reaction out west....
LETTER TO THE DCN: Stevedore price hikes deserve scrutiny
A FEW comments on the DPWA announcement of this week. I note the remarks as follows: “The continuation of the rebalancing of revenue recovery from waterside to landside is...
New customer portal for container supplier
CONTAINER supplier Royal Wolf has launched a new online portal to assist its customers to carry out a number of transactions which is believes will differentiate it from...
DPWA announces infrastructure fee hikes
STEVEDORE DP World Australia has used Melbourne Cup Eve to announce terminal access charge (previously the infrastructure levy) increases at its Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney and...
Freight volumes boost TasPorts’ bottom line
THE highest freight volumes since 2008 have propelled TasPorts to a record net profit for the 2018/19 financial year. The net profit of $12m was up from $5.8m in 2017/18....
Hutchison to hike infrastructure levy at Port Botany
HUTCHISON Ports Sydney has confirmed it will increase the infrastructure levy at Port Botany to $63.11 (exclusive of GST) from 18 November. The levy is to apply to all laden or...
Viva Energy’s response to IMO2020
MANUFACTURED locally at Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery, its new very low sulphur fuel is the first of its kind to be produced in Australasia. The fuel, which has been in...
Business caution not trade wars causing slowdown: Deloitte
BUSINESS advisory firm, Deloitte Access Economics, has released its quarterly Economics Investment Monitor, which suggests that although trade wars continue to dominate the...
OPINION: Larger box ships - a regular sight or once-off?
THE ARRIVAL of two 9400 TEU container ships, the MSC Elma and Maersk Skarstind, back in July heralded the arrival of a new class of container vessel to visit Australia. Both...
