Kuehne+Nagel acquires Asian freight forwarder Apex
LOGISTICS company Kuehne+Nagel has acquired Apex, an Asian freight forwarder. Apex, founded in China in 2001, has about 1600 employees and generates a yearly turnover of 2.1...
Maersk Eindhoven headed to Yokohama after 260 containers go overboard
MAERSK Eindhoven is in Japanese waters after losing 260 containers overboard in rough weather after an engine-stop incident. According to a statement from Maersk, the vessel is...
Independent review for imported prawn biosecurity risks
A SCIENTIFIC advisory group will independently evaluate how the government has assessed the biosecurity risks posed by imported raw prawns to Australia’s $3.4bn seafood industry....
Jail for sofa cigarette smuggler
THE Australian Border Force intercepted a consignment in a shipping container that arrived from China on 3 January 2018, containing an illicit cargo of almost 100,000 cigarettes...
High level talks reinforce strength of Australia-Japan ag ties
THE seventh Australia-Japan High Level Dialogue, held on 19 February, has agreed on progressing the Statement of Intent on agri-food value chains. The Australian government’s...
LOC launches digital solution enhancing port pilotage safety
LOC, part of AqualisBraemar LOC Group, has announced the launch of a new digital solution to enhance safety of marine operations within ports and harbours. The service will be...
Survey work begins on women’s role in maritime
The International Maritime Organization, and the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association have launched a global survey to examine the proportion and distribution of...
Orcelle Wind stretches its wings in the ro-ro market
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has unveiled its first full-scale wind-powered ro-ro ship capable of achieving up to 90% reduced emissions compared to today’s most efficient vessels – which...
Australia seeks re-election to IMO Council
AUSTRALIA will seek re-election to the International Maritime Organization’s Council for the 2022-23 biennium. Deputy prime minister and minister for infrastructure, transport and...
dnata offers integrated cool chain solution
AIR services provider dnata has added four high-tech 'cool dollies’ to its Australian cargo fleet, becoming the first such provider to offer a fully integrated,...
Maritime consortium launches CrewCare app
ESTABLISHED maritime entities have joined forces to build a digital platform aimed at improving the emotional wellbeing of the world’s 1.7m seafarers. The Safebridge CrewCare app...
Another Maersk ship loses containers overboard in Pacific
MAERSK Eindhoven lost up to “several hundred” containers overboard in heavy weather on 17 February while en route from Xiamen to Lost Angeles, according to a statement from MSC....
MOL to merge its marine and engineering subsidiaries
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines said it would merge MOL Marine and MOL Engineering, both wholly owned subsidiaries. The merger is to come into effect on 1 April. MOL Marine’s core expertise...
Maersk to operate world’s first carbon neutral liner vessel by 2023
MAERSK has announced it will speed up its decarbonisation activities with the advent of a new methanol-fulled feeder vessel in operation by 2023. The vessel will pilot a scalable...
Rebound in global trade forecast for 2021
THE real value of global trade is set to surge by 7.6% year on year in 2021 and 5.2% year on year in 2022 according to IHS Markit’s Global Trade Atlas Forecasting. This follows an...
