China volumes lure extra-loaders
WHILE Drewry’s World Container Index continues to fall – this week by another 3% - rates in the China-Australia trade are reportedly nudging year-long highs and demand remains...
Leeuwin II assessments underway, Maersk Shekou remains at port
THE WAKE of the allision between a Maersk container ship and an 1850s-style Barquentine that occurred last week has produced a flurry of developments as both vessels see continued...
PIANC APAC 2024: Ports in a changing world
THE PIANC Asia Pacific Conference in Sydney this past week featured insights into challenges across the global ports landscape, with a focus on connecting Asia Pacific ports in a...
Training ship damaged by boxship in Fremantle port (UPDATED)
AUSTRALIA’S largest sail-training tall ship has sustained visible damage from an allision with a Maersk container ship in the port of Fremantle. STS Leeuwin II, an 1850s-style...
Incat acquires site for new shipbuilding facility
INCAT Tasmania has acquired a 12-hectare site north-west of Hobart to build a new shipbuilding facility. The new site, a portion of the Norske Skog Boyer Mill site at Boyer, would...
IMO secretary-general condemns "unacceptable" Red Sea attack
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization’s secretary-general has spoken following a recent attack on an oil tanker while transiting the Red Sea. Mr Arsenio Dominguez, who became...
Millions of cigarettes seized from container in Sydney
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force has sized more than 12 million illegal cigarettes from a container that arrived in New South Wales last week. The consignment, which arrived from...
Embattled minister resigns portfolio
TASMANIAN infrastructure minister Michael Ferguson has stepped away from his role overseeing the troubled TT Line ferry and terminal project, with premier Jeremy Rockliff taking...
Picton Aratere response leadership unclear: report
WORK has already started on addressing a number of concerns arising from the 21 June grounding of Interisland Line’s rail/ropax Aratere during a night-time sailing from Picton....
OOCL H1: Revenue, liftings up, profits down
ORIENT Overseas (International) Limited , parent of OOCL, saw its container and logistics business EBIT margin fall from 25.3% in 1H 2023 to 18.9% in the equivalent period this...
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....
