Ports of Auckland officially welcomes new electric tug
THE WORLD’S first full size, ship-handling electric tugboat was officially delivered to Ports of Auckland last week with a blessing ceremony in Auckland. The tugboat, named...
Evergreen Marine’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory certified
DECARBONISATION is the name of the game these days – but you can’t reduce what isn’t measured in the first place. Evergreen Marine recently carried out a systematic inspection and...
Second TasPorts tug wreck salvaged from river
THE WRECK of TasPorts tugboat Campbell Cove has been successfully removed from the Mersey River. Once the tug is secured on heavy lift ship AAL Melbourne and the ship departs for...
Campbell Cove returned to water for second salvage attempt
TASPORTS and heavy lift ship AAL Melbourne are reattempting the lift of sunken tugboat Campbell Cove after the process proved more challenging than the removal of York Cove on the...
BHP looking to retrofit bulker with a Rotor Sail
AUSTRALIAN miner BHP is partnering with Pan Pacific Copper and Norsepower for the retrofit installation of a wind-assisted propulsion system on a ship. The three companies are...
Australian hydrogen supply-chain company establishes European base
AUSTRALIAN hydrogen supply chain developer Provaris has established an office in Norway. The ASX-listed company is working to establish a green hydrogen export facility on the...
LNG-powered tugboat to be reconfigured to run on ammonia
NYK said it had concluded a contract with Keihin Dock, an NYK Group company, to modify a tugboat to ammonia-fuel specifications. The tug Sakigake will be converted to operate on...
Campbell Cove tug wreck recovery underway
REMOVAL operations for sunken TasPorts tug Campbell Cove continued today (Tuesday) following the recovery of York Cove on the weekend. Preparatory works for the second of two...
TasPorts tug wreck pulled from port river
WRECKED tugboat York Cove, which has been at the bottom of Devonport’s Mersey River since late January, has been removed by heavy lift ship AAL Melbourne. York Cove is the first...
New solar powered signalling system unveiled on Inland Rail
A NEW solar powered signalling system completed on a section of the Inland Rail network is expected to save nearly 7 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually, according to the...
THE DCN WEEKLY: EPISODE 9
This week, industrial action unfolded across Australian ports after towage operator Svitzer Australia lodged a FWC application to terminate its enterprise bargaining agreement...
Planning underway for container terminal remediation
PORT of Melbourne has announced it is planning for remediation works at Swanson Dock West to improve the condition of the existing wharf structures. The intent of the Swanson Dock...
Singapore and Rotterdam to establish “green and digital corridor”
THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish what they say is the world’s longest “green and...
First shipment in iron ore export project leaves Darwin Port
IRON ore exports are ramping up at Darwin Port with the first outbound shipment of iron ore sourced from a mine in the state’s Roper region. Bulk carrier The Harmony departed the...
Study outlines benefits and risks around Tiwi Islands hydrogen export project
PROVARIS Energy has completed a concept design study for its hydrogen export project in the Tiwi Islands, featuring a target export volume of 100,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per...
