Maintenance dredging wraps up at Port of Weipa
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports has completed its annual maintenance dredging at Port of Weipa for another year. This year’s operation ran for 48 days. NQBP said the duration of the...
THE DCN WEEKLY EPISODE 4: A roundup of the week's news
IN THE latest episode of The DCN Weekly, we talk Great Barrier Reef shipping breaches, a dangerous protest in Port of Hobart, a toxic gas explosion and more....
Referral submission lodged for Tiwi Islands green hydrogen export project
ENERGY company Provaris has lodged a referral submission with the Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority for a green hydrogen export project in the state’s Tiwi...
Master and officer fined $75,000 for Great Barrier Reef shipping breach
A MASTER and the first officer of bulk carrier Sea Coen have been fined $40,000 and $35,000 respectively for breaching a designated shipping area in the Great Barrier Reef. The...
MOL and TotalEnergies complete first biofuel bunkering on vehicle carrier
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines has completed the first vehicle carrier biofuel bunker operation with TotalEnergies Marine Fuels, a Singapore-based bunkering service. Heroic Ace was...
Export restrictions are causing global food price pressure, report finds
EXPORT restrictions imposed by governments are exacerbating price rises and global food insecurity, according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and...
UNCTAD promotes blue deal at 2022 UN Ocean Conference
THE UNITED Nations Conference on Trade and Development is promoting a “blue deal” for global trade, investment and innovation at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference. The UN...
Norwegian shipping company orders reliquefaction systems for new LNG carriers
NORWEGIAN shipping company Knutsen OAS Shipping has ordered three Compact Reliq reliquefcation plants from technology group Wärtsilä, to be installed on the shipping company’s new...
Twelve dead in gas tank loading incident at Port of Aqaba, Jordan
A TOXIC gas leak from a storage tank in Port of Aqaba, Jordan, has killed at least 12 people and injured 251 people. Footage from the incident on 27 June shows a storage tank...
Gladstone Ports Corporation to donate $20,000 to disability support charity
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation has announced local disability support charity Choice, Passion, Life will benefit from beneficiary funding raised at this year's Port to Park run. The...
Protester climbs mooring line at Port of Hobart
A PROTESTER suspended herself from the mooring line of fishing boat Antarctic Discovery in Port of Hobart last week, an action TasPorts described as "reckless and dangerous". The...
MOL launches ammonia-powered carrier project
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines has announced the launch of a joint project with Tsuneishi Shipbuilding and Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding to build an ammonia-powered liquefied gas carrier. The...
Höegh LNG and AIE secure Port Kembla gas infrastructure contract
HÖEGH LNG has secured a contract with Australian Industrial Energy for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to operate at the Port Kembla Energy Terminal. AIE and...
Getting to Zero Coalition outlines maritime decarbonisation plan
A COALITION of maritime value chain representatives gathered in Copenhagen last week to establish a concrete plan to fully decarbonise the maritime sector by 2050. The Getting to...
Deadly varroa mite detected at Port of Newcastle
A PARASITE threatening Australia’s bee industry was detected at Port of Newcastle last week, prompting the New South Wales government to issue a biosecurity emergency order....
