Singapore named top maritime centre for eleventh consecutive year
SINGAPORE has once again been named by the Baltic Exchange as the top maritime centre in the world, for the eleventh consecutive year. The shipping and maritime information...
Minister names AMSA's new CEO
THE FEDERAL government has announced the Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s next chief executive officer. On 1 October 2024, Kaylene Dale will take the helm at AMSA,...
Senate to hold TFES inquiry
THE ISLAND state's shippers and government have applauded the Senate’s Tuesday passing of a motion to hold an inquiry into the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme. The motion,...
Bad weather and second weekend of strikes in Fremantle
A SECOND weekend of industrial action will take place at Fremantle Ports from 25 August with pilot boat and VTS officers taking part in another 48-hour stoppage from 5.30am. As...
Rail safety notice issued for operators following collision investigation
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has urged training organisations to review rail safety worker competency assessments in response to a grain-train collision investigation....
World’s container ports see second year of muted volume growth
LLOYD’S List has released its yearly One Hundred Container Ports 2024 list, ranking the top 100 container ports worldwide by total yearly throughput. Though last year’s combined...
Minister acts on acts review
THE MINISTER for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King, has appointed Ms Lynelle Briggs and Prof Nicholas Gaskell to co-chair the...
Environmental challenge to Woodside project dismissed
THE AUSTRALIAN Conservation Foundation’s (ACF) Federal Court challenge to stop offshore activities for Woodside’s Scarborough Energy Project has been dismissed. ACF has agreed to...
DP World announces “resilient” first half 2024 results
DP WORLD has announced its financial results for the first half of the 2024 calendar year, with the terminal operator describing the results as “resilient”. The results for the...
48-hour Fremantle strike a nuisance, longer will hurt
A PLANNED 48-hour stoppage by pilot boat operators and vessel traffic service officers at Fremantle Ports will be more of an annoyance than anything, according to Key Account...
TT Line chairman removed
LONG-SERVING TT Line board chairman Mike Grainger has been forced out by the Tasmanian Government after a dramatic day of claim and counter-claim over problems with the Spirit of...
Tas govt takes charge of Spirit berth project
TASMANIAN premier Jeremy Rockliff has lost patience with shortcomings and delays in readying infrastructure for TT Line’s new Bass Strait ro-paxes and drafted additional...
Fremantle pilot boat operators to strike (UPDATED)
A SMALL group of Fremantle Port workers will walk off the job for 48 hours from Sunday over demands for an 18% pay rise over three years. The Australian Maritime Officers Union WA...
Global box trades still rising
GLOBAL container trade fell slightly in June this year compared to May but was nevertheless 7.1% higher than June 2023. London-based Container Trade Statistics reported – with the...
Governments must "bite the bullet" for net-zero, says ICS
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping, in collaboration with the governments of Bahamas and Liberia, has presented a new proposal to introduce a greenhouse gas emissions fee for...
