Transport minister to address maritime emissions reduction at global meeting
THE AUSTRALIAN government is participating in a global transportation meeting to discuss emissions reduction strategies in maritime, freight, rail and heavy vehicle sectors....
Biosecurity AI rolled out at Port of Townsville
PORT of Townsville has been equipped with AI technology as part of a biosecurity project that aims to combat the varroa mite threat. The port has joined forces with Biosecurity...
New leadership for the Sea Cargo Charter
THE 36 signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter Association elected new steering committee members at its 2023 annual meeting held in Copenhagen. The Sea Cargo Charter is a global...
Bad weather disrupts shipping at NZ port
HEAVY rainfall and flooding in New Zealand’s North Island disrupted shipping schedules at the port of Auckland this week. The New Zealand government declared a local state of...
Port of Newcastle joins hydrogen partnership
PORT of Newcastle on Wednesday (10 May) announced it had joined the Platform Zero Global Partnership for Hydrogen Innovation. Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody and chief...
Shipping company sponsors new penguin centre
OCEAN Network Express is sponsoring the penguin centre of a new wildlife park in Singapore. The so-called Ocean Network Express Penguin Cove is located in the Bird Paradise...
Hapag-Lloyd introduces green shipping service
HAPAG-Lloyd is introducing a new service called Ship Green, which it says is for climate-friendly transportation based on biofuel. The ocean carrier said the service is accessible...
Demand for oil to halve by 2050: DNV
ELECTRICITY’S share in transport will increase from 1% today to 23% in 2050, according to DNV’s latest Transport in Transition report. Despite oil demand in the transport sector...
63 alternative fuel vessels ordered this year
IN APRIL, 19 vessels with alternative fuel propulsion were ordered, according to the latest figures from DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight (AFI) platform. Of those vessels ordered,...
Video series to help educate about the CII
THE GLOBAL Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping has developed a series of videos to help educate industry about the Carbon Intensity Indicator. The videos – free to...
Port of Newcastle unveils designs for Clean Energy Precinct
PORT of Newcastle has released concept designs for stage one of the port’s Clean Energy Precinct. The port has earmarked 220 hectares of land to develop a production, storage and...
IMO to trial green shipping corridor cluster
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization plans to implement a pilot green shipping corridor cluster project proposed by Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub. LR MDH...
Specialist vessel and Aussie crew take part in offshore wind project
A SPECIALIST offshore vessel and Australian crew will survey seabed conditions in the Bass Strait for an offshore wind project. The proposed Star of the South wind farm would be...
MPA partners with class and tech companies on vision for maritime industry
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore and eight classification societies have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in areas of digitalisation and decarbonisation. MPA,...
Study gives ammonia bunkering the all-clear in Singapore
FINDINGS from an ammonia bunkering safety study suggest the risks of ship-to-ship ammonia transfers in Singapore are low or mitigable. Nine months in the making, the study...
