Landside charges rising, more to come
BRISBANE-based economic consultancy NineSquared has measured substantial growth in landside port charges in the course of 2024 and foresees more of the same without the policy or...
UK group to maintain Gippsland Basin
BRITISH engineering consultancy John Wood Group has been awarded a significant new contract to provide long-term maintenance for Esso Australia’s onshore and offshore assets in...
Stevedoring sim sees ro-ro incidents drop 37%
A STEVEDORING simulation program launched in partnership with Qube appears to have led to a reduction in incidents during ro-ro operations. New data from Motum Simulation, an...
BICT cruises past 2 million passenger movements
THE BRISBANE International Cruise Terminal (BICT) has reached a milestone of two million passenger movements since it opened in June 2022. The two millionth passenger movement was...
Nail in the coffin for Perth Freight Link
THE WEST Australian state government has hammered the final nail in the controversial plan for the Roe 8 and 9 Perth Freight Link project. The finalisation of an amendment to the...
Viva Energy to provide marine bunkering in Brisbane
VIVA Energy has confirmed it will soon be offering seaborne bunkering services in the port of Brisbane, in a significant development for the region’s fuel oil market. The move...
Carriers line up CNY blank sailings
CONTAINER LINES in the China-Australia trade appear to be taking a measured approach to the traditional cancellation of voyages during Lunar New Year. China’s Year of the Snake...
DP World hits 100 million TEU capacity milestone
DP WORLD has hit a milestone of 100 million TEU of container handling capacity across its global operations. The terminal operator announced the achievement this past week, citing...
Heidelberg turns to Bunbury for silica exports
HEIDELBERG Materials is trialling rotating container technology for its first shipment of silica sand out of the Port of Bunbury. Heidelberg Materials Silica Sand Program Market...
Finnish authorities search for revelations in anchor
THE POLICE of Finland have confirmed the criminal investigation into the Estlink 2 cable ruptures has continued with the forensic analysis of the recently recovered anchor....
New Spirits drama over alleged Finnish fiddle
YET MORE questions have been raised about TT Line’s procurement of the new Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes following allegations of ‘creative accounting’ by Finnish builder Rauma...
ILA, USMX reach tentative agreement on new contract
A SECOND United States port strike looks to have been avoided, as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announce they have...
Shipping Australia urges Ministers to end Qube strikes
SHIPPING Australia (SAL) has called for the Government to intervene in the ongoing series of industrial actions against Qube Ports, arguing it will begin to cripple the Australian...
Finnish police recover anchor from seabed
THE POLICE of Finland have confirmed an anchor has been recovered from the Gulf of Finland in connection with the criminal investigation over the Estlink 2 subsea cable rupture....
Spirit’s Scottish sleepover extended
WITH NO SHORT- or medium-term charter in sight, TT Line has renewed temporary lay-by arrangements for ro-pax Spirit of Tasmania IV in Leith, Scotland for at least another month....
