Independent inquiry launched into NZ port deaths
THE NEW Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is beginning an investigation into the two recent workplace deaths at Lyttelton Port (on 25 April) and Ports of...
Swire Shipping affiliate to acquire Westwood Shipping Lines
SWIRE Shipping has announced its affiliate SSPL US has signed a definite agreement to acquire Westwood Shipping Lines, an independent vessel operator based in the United States....
ANL announces Australia-China service
ANL has announced a new service that will connect the Australian ports of Brisbane and Sydney with Shekou and Shanghai. The A3 Express Loop (A3X) will run with 4200-TEU capacity...
Maersk revises 2022 guidance upwards as container volumes fall
A.P. Møller - Mærsk has revised its full-year 2022 guidance up; the company now expects its full-year underlying EBITDA to be around US$30 billion (previously around US$24...
OPINION: Eliminating the risk of container-stack collapses – solutions and unseaworthiness
By Captain Glenn Mathias, Australian Maritime Consultancy THE WORLD Shipping Council (WSC) claim that its member companies operate about three quarters of the world’s global...
CTAA slams Hutchison levy hikes
HUTCHINSON Ports Australia’s announcement of an increase to its infrastructure levy last week has been received with concern by the Container Transport Alliance Australia. Under...
Drewry container index decreases over the week
DREWRY’S World Container Index deceased by 0.9% this past week, but it remained 60.3% higher than it was one year ago. Source: World Container Index, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors...
Hutchison announces infrastructure levy hikes
HUTCHISON Ports Australia announced on Friday increases to its infrastructure levy for full containers handled at its Sydney and Brisbane terminals. The container stevedore will...
Man dies following accident at Sydney container yard
A MAN has died after being struck by a reversing forklift at a container yard in Banksmeadow, Sydney, on Thursday night (21 April). NSW Police said in a statement the man,...
NZ unions call for national health and safety standards in stevedoring
THE MARITIME union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union and the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild have joined together to demand national stevedoring standards...
Sub-standard watchkeeping identified in lead-up to collision
WATCHKEEPING standards on two vessels that collided off the coast of New Zealand in July fell “well short of good industry practice”, according to a report on the incident from...
PIL launches new weekly service
PACIFIC International Lines is launching a new weekly service between Singapore and the Indonesian port of Surabaya. The company said the new service would expand its presence in...
Stevedore killed in Auckland accident
A STEVEDORE was killed on Tuesday (19 April) at the Port of Auckland while working the containership Capitaine Tasman. Atiroa Tuaiti (right), who was identified as the worker...
Analysts explore influx of smaller vessels on Trans-Pacific routes
SHIPPING analyst Sea-Intelligence has examined an influx in smaller vessels sailing Trans-Pacific routes to determine whether it was indicative of a systemic change. On the...
UK cargo worker charged for crystal meth shipment to Australia
A WOMAN working in the United Kingdom’s cargo sector has been charged for her suspected involvement in smuggling 24 kilograms of crystal meth into Australia last year. She was one...
