Orders accelerating for LNG-powered newbuilds
ORDERS for LNG-powered newbuilds have been accelerating in 2021, according to a report from Clarksons. The report found that LNG-fuelled vessel orders are approaching 30% of gross...
ABF investigations lead to arrests for illicit drugs
POLICE recently executed 20 warrants across metropolitan Melbourne as part of a Joint Organised Crime Task Force investigation that has led to Victoria’s largest ever heroin...
New guidelines for the carriage of containers on bulk carriers
TESTING, inspection and certification body, Bureau Veritas, has developed a formalised approach to support the safe carriage of containers in bulk carriers. BV’s Guidance for...
New app to help manage movement of maritime workers
FOLLOWING a successful three-month Beta test with 20 companies taking part, award-winning travel business TapTrip has announced that Vessul – a new service dedicated to, and built...
International Chamber of Shipping outlines plan for carbon levy
THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has set out a proposal for a global levy on carbon emissions from ships. ICS presented a submission to the International Maritime...
Townsville port signs agreement for hydrogen export
NORTH Queenslanders could be shipping 120,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen to South Korea in the next decade with the Port of Townsville and Ark Energy signing a Memorandum of...
Aussie farmers looking forward to top crop
WITH a record 23.2 million hectares sown to winter crops across the country, this year is once again forecast to be well above average, according to the Australian Crop Report....
CMA CGM starts a new chapter at Kaohsiung
CMA CGM Group commenced operations at the Port of Kaohsiung as the CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal Company on the first of September. This follows a 20-year terminal lease extension...
Sydney man nabbed over huge heroin seizure
AN Australian Federal Police-led operation has resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old Sydney man on 3 September 2021, charged in connection to Australia’s largest heroin seizure...
China’s top five must haves from COP26
THE latest update from Asia Pacific vice chair of research company Wood Mackenzie, Gavin Thompson, discusses China’s role in the next United Nations Climate Change Conference,...
IAPH issues cyber guidelines for ports
THE International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has announced the launch of the IAPH Cybersecurity Guidelines for Ports and Port Facilities. Written by foremost experts...
Crew Change Indicator points to stabilisation
THE number of seafarers onboard ships beyond the expiry of their contracts decreased from 9% to 8.9% in August, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration Crew...
Drewry’s World Container Index update
MARITIME research consultancy Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 1.7% or $170 in the past week and remains 344% higher than a year ago. This is the 20th...
A "rapidly disintegrating shipping market"?
THERE is no doubt that the international container shipping market is a mess. It is axiomatic that the ships are at capacity, there aren’t enough containers in the right places...
Capacity crunch elevates air cargo rates in August
RESILIENT international demand for air cargo capacity in August versus a shortfall in supply pushed average global air cargo rates up 112% to their pre-COVID level as a local...
