Aussie company designs new ferry for Guadeloupe
AUSTRALIAN company Incat Crowther has designed a new passenger ferry to Guadeloupe-based operator CTM Deher. Incat Crowther designed the 36-metre ferry Miss Outre-Mer using its...
IMO and ILO hold first Work at Sea joint conference
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization and the International Labour Organization held their first joint Conference on Work at Sea last week. The IMO and ILO met on 13 November at...
Cargo ship hijacked in Red Sea
A YEMENI militia with connections to Iran has hijacked a ship transiting the Red Sea. Ro-ro vessel Galaxy Leader (IMO 9237307) was sailing from Türkiye to India when members of...
Man lands 18-year sentence over meth in "suspicious" container
A MAN has been sentenced to 18-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for attempting to import 154 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia in a shipping container. Authorities seized...
Trio launches Asia-Pacific chemicals ship business
JAPANESE shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, tanker operator Eneos Ocean Corporation and chemicals tanker operator Stolt Tankers are joining together to form a...
AMSA bans BBC Jade for incorrectly stowed explosive substances
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has issued a 90-day ban for the general cargo ship BBC Jade after inspectors at Port Alma found 57 tonnes of explosive substances...
Lumsden Point hits construction milestone
LUMSDEN Point construction has achieved a construction milestone with the completion of the first stage of the facility’s seawalls. Construction on the second stage of the...
World Container Index declines
THE DREWRY World Container Index decreased by 2% to US$1469 per 40-foot container this past week and has dropped by 43% when compared with the same week last year. The latest WCI...
Energy efficiency measures can reduce underwater noise: report
MOST energy efficiency measures prescribed to the shipping industry can also reduce underwater noise, research from the University of Southampton has found. The new study...
New initiative aims to improve SAR information sharing
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Rescue Federation has launched an initiative developed to improve maritime SAR operations. The IMRF #SaferSAR initiative, funded by Lloyd’s Register...
Beveridge terminal survives infrastructure pipeline overhaul
THE BEVERIDGE Intermodal Terminal has withstood the infrastructure pipeline overhaul that cancelled 50 other infrastructure projects. National Intermodal, the company leading the...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index increased steadily over the past week, reaching 1820 on Friday (17 November). This was a 10.8% increase on the previous Friday’s index, and the highest point...
Third-quarter results show Zim in the red
ISRAELI ocean carrier Zim reported a third-quarter loss of US$2.27 billion compared with a net income of US$1.166 billion in the third quarter of 2022. The company’s revenues for...
SAL calls on minister to intervene in DP World industrial dispute
SHIPPING Australia has called on minister for employment and workplace relations Tony Burke to issue a ministerial declaration to stop the Maritime Union of Australia’s protected...
Minister says NSW has a unique opportunity to take action on freight
NEW South Wales minister for transport Jo Haylen said there is an opportunity for the state government to reform freight policy in the state. Speaking at Wednesday’s DCN...
