2018 – Big year for trade means big surplus
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated a record-breaking Australian trade surplus last calendar year, reaching $22.2bn. Minister for trade, tourism and investment Simon...
Salvage teams and specialist firefighters mobilised as container ship burns
A FIRE in the hold of APL Vancouver erupted in the early hours of 31 January while it was on passage from Shekou to Singapore. On Tuesday, the vessel’s operator, APL, released a...
DPWA and Patrick finalists for new Freo container terminal leases
THE tender for new leases to operate container terminals at the Port of Fremantle has been narrowed to the two current operators, DP World Australia and Patrick, with the process...
ONE takes delivery of 14,000-TEU ship
OCEAN Network express announced the delivery of ONE Grus, a new 14,000 TEU magenta container ship. The vessel was delivered to shipowner Nippon Yusen Kaisha at the Kure Shipyard...
Patrick announces infrastructure fee rise
PATRICK Stevedores have confirmed an increase in infrastructure charges applying to full container containers entering or leaving their terminals. Effective from 4 March, the new...
It’s official: Linfox takes over Aurizon’s QLD intermodal business
AURIZON announced it had completed the sale of its Queensland Intermodal business to logistics company Linfox. A media release from ASX-listed Aurizon said the transition was...
Tassie’s ports see busy six months
TASMANIAN exports saw an increase over the past six months, according to a statement from state minister for infrastructure Jeremy Rockliff. Exports through Tasmania’s ports over...
Freo container throughput down in December
CONTAINER throughput at Fremantle saw a decrease in December by most metrics, according to the latest trade statistics available from Fremantle Ports. Total containerised...
VICT to increase infrastructure surcharge
VICTORIA International Container Terminal is increasing its infrastructure surcharge 77% to $85.00 per container starting from 1 March, the stevedore announced yesterday (30...
2018 a big year for containers at Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne’s container throughput increased 7.5% in 2018, according to the latest data from the port. Over the 2018 calendar year, Port of Melbourne handled a total of 3m...
Botany December container numbers up
PORT Botany saw a busy month this past December, with more container throughput than the previous month and the same month last year. Total container trade through Port Botany...
DP World Logistics Australia to impose "off window surcharge"
DP World Australia Logistics recently announced it would impose an “off window surcharge” starting on 1 February at its Sydney terminal. If a truck arrives more than an hour prior...
General average declared for Yantian Express
GENERAL average was declared late last week by the owners of Yantian Express, as a result of a fire that broke out on the ship’s deck and subsequent firefighting efforts. The fire...
First ship-to-ship bunkering operation carried out in Europe
CONTAINERSHIPS announced its first successful LNG bunkering operation, with Containerships Nord took on about 240 tonnes of marine LNG at the Port of Rotterdam on 24 January. The...
Italian BMSB heat-treaters still treating cargo
THE Department of Agriculture and Water Resources said there was no indication that Italian heat treatment providers ceased treating Australia-bound cargo in solidarity with three...
