VIC allocates 10,000 RATs for port logistics sector
THE VICTORIAN government is allocating 10,000 rapid antigen tests from its supply to be provided at-cost to the ports sector and landside operators that support ports. In a...
Container trade on the up in Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne saw an increase in container volumes in December, according to the latest available trade statistics. December 2021 saw a total of 275,459 TEU cross the wharves...
Non-alliance shares double on Transpacific
RESEARCH and advisory firm Sea‑Intelligence has used data from the Trade Capacity Outlook database to take a closer look at the dynamics between the alliance-controlled and...
SA floods sever freight routes, expose systemic weaknesses
SEVERE rainfall and flooding in South Australia has disrupted domestic freight, exposing infrastructural and systemic weaknesses. Described by meteorologists as a once in 200-year...
Final two members of drug syndicate sentenced
TWO members of an international criminal syndicate arrested in 2017 for importing more than 90 kilograms of cocaine into Victoria have been sentenced to a combined 31 years in...
Insights from ICS’ leadership forum
A RECENT online forum held by the International Chamber of Shipping has concluded that shipping has taken important steps on its decarbonisation journey in recent years but...
Voyage of unmanned containership a first for autonomous navigation
MITSUI OSK Lines has completed the world’s first sea trial of an unmanned container vessel in Japan. Japan-flagged coastal containership Mikage sailed between the Japanese ports...
Global schedule reliability falls to a record low in December 2021
SCHEDULE reliability reached a record low in December 2021, according to a recent analysis from Sea-Intelligence. The latest Global Liner Performance Report suggests schedule...
MSC re-routes ships to protect whales
MSC has announced it will re-route its containerships off the west coast of Greece to reduce the risk of collision with endangered sperm whales in the Mediterranean. The decision...
New company launched to act as agents to Sea Lead Shipping in Aus
SEA Lead shipping is to deploy a vessel on the CA2 service, effective from March and the shipping line has appointed Nautical Shipping as its exclusive agents in Australia....
NPDL to make emergency call at Tonga, as HMAS Adelaide overcomes outbreak onboard
SEABORNE relief for Tonga is underway – Neptune Pacific Direct Line has announced an emergency service to the island and HMAS Adelaide is delivering cargo despite a COVID outbreak...
APL England master to face trial over cargo spill
THE master of APL England, which lost 50 containers off the NSW coast in 2020, will stand trial on a charge of operating an unseaworthy vessel. The container spill occurred when...
Shipping lines and navies deliver seaborne support to Tonga
INTERNATIONAL navies and shipping companies are assisting Tonga after a devastating volcanic eruption, using the country’s main port as a gateway to the island nation. Underwater...
More congestion, more delays in December
THE latest data from cloud-based platform project44 shows that carriers, throughout December 2021, increased blank sailings and other schedule adjustments resulting in more empty...
Marseille’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation
SHIPPING line CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural ship-to-containership liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos,...
