Maersk enters partnership with pharmaceuticals giant
MAERSK announced the signing of a logistics agreement with Novo Nordisk from 2021. The three-year agreement on cold chain logistics covers transportation including ocean services...
Tech expert warns of supply chain cyber threat
THE logistics industry, currently one of the greatest winners in the 2020 pandemic world, is under enormous threat going into 2021 according to Robert Garbett, an advisor on the...
Satellite technology aids in fast-tracking digital start-ups
INMARSAT, provider of mobile satellite communications, has fast-tracked two innovative and established start-ups to Certified Application Provider status as part of this year’s...
Conductive coating research underway
A NEW $445,000 Australian Research Council Discovery Project led by Flinders University College of Science and Engineering experts is set to expand research into finding better...
Port of Townsville unveils sustainability vision for 2050
SINCE its establishment in 1864, the Port of Townsville has served the people and industries of northern Queensland and been a major driver in creating jobs and economic growth in...
ANL launches Reef Recovery Program
A CORAL nursery at Fitzroy Island near Cairns is the focus of efforts by ANL to support environmental recovery. ANL is owned by French shipping giant CMA CGM which has committed...
CMA CGM talks up Asia – Europe trades
FRENCH liner company CMA CGM says it has boosted capacity assigned to lines between Asia and Europe by 6% for the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the same period of 2019. It...
Aurora Australis leaves Hobart
BRIGHT sunshine in the Tasmanian capital was the setting for the final departure of icebreaker Aurora Australis. As has been widely reported, the aging vessel has made its last...
Major land acquisition at Port Spencer
PENINSULA Ports has acquired an additional 283 hectares of land adjoining its current site at Port Spencer in South Australia. Peninsula Ports is now in discussion with parties...
Removal work begins on ONE Apus containers
OCEAN Network Express says operations have begun for “the safe removal of the remaining containers on deck” from the vessel ONE Apus. This follows permission being to proceed by...
Further government support for aviation
DEPUTY Prime Minister Michael McCormack has announced the Domestic Aviation Network Support program, originally due to end on 31 January 2021, will be extended for a further eight...
Australian Cruise Association confirms management committee
THE Australian Cruise Association has finalised its executive and management committee for the year ahead. Further to recent Board and Committee meetings, the executive team was...
Port Kembla gears up for grand export grain season
AFTER a bumper NSW crop harvest, Port Kembla is buzzing with activity as it prepares for the first export shipment of wheat to leave the port in more than two years. The departure...
OPINION: Human rights at sea must be upheld by the law
WHEN Human Rights at Sea was established in April 2014, the concept of universal human rights applying at sea, as equally as they do on land was not explicitly recognised across...
Authorities unearth meth shipment in excavator
AUSTRALIAN and British authorities have arrested five men across western Sydney and London after a joint investigation into a shipment of almost 450 kilograms of MDMA hidden in an...
