Maritime taskforce seeks to smash transnational crime
COOPERATION between Australian agencies via the Maritime Border Command is helping in the fight against maritime crime. The MBC is a joint effort entity made up from the...
New icebreaker overcomes first scrape (with video)
AUSTRALIA’S newest icebreaker RSV Nuyina has survived its first bingle. But rather than some giant ice flow in the Weddell Sea, it was a bank of the River Danube in Rumania on...
Toll opens new $25m facility in Wellington
TOLL has officially opened a new NZ$25m logistics hub in Wellington, Toll Aotea, that will service customers in Wellington and surrounding regions. Toll Aotea is double the size...
China rail freight direct to regional Britain
BRITISH logistics and supply chain business Davies Turner says its Express China rail freight service now goes direct to UK regions Head of supply chain Tony Cole said they had...
Beirut blast prompts ammonium nitrate debate
AN EXPLOSION at Beirut port, blamed upon the dangerous storage of ammonium nitrate, has prompted discussion about how this chemical is being both stored and handled in Australia....
Air cargo continues recovery in July
ACCORDING to analysis by CLIVE Data Services, the volume of global air cargo continues to show a gradual but consistent month-on-month recovery in the month of July. The growth in...
Safeguarding Australia from seedy biosecurity risks
FOLLOWING the case of unsolicited seed packets being received in the mail, the government is reminding people to be aware of biosecurity risks. Head of biosecurity operations,...
Indian Register of Shipping launches vessel for Unichart Navigation
MV ROKNOOR-32, a general cargo vessel, built under the classification of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has been launched from the Delta Shipyard in Chattogram,...
Long-running bulker dispute settled
LAW firm Watson Farley & Williams reported that its client, Precious Shipping Public Co. has settled its long-running bulker dispute for US$40.5m. WFT acted for longstanding...
Port orders electric rubber tyre gantry cranes
MONTECON S.A. at the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay has placed an order with Liebherr for two large electric rubber tyre gantry cranes, the first RTGs in Uruguay. Stacking ten...
Spike in maritime robberies prompts discussion
THE Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia held a virtual dialogue on 30 July with representatives of shipping associations...
Bulker TW Hamburg banned for wage exploitation
THE Liberian-flagged bulk carrier TW Hamburg has become the second vessel in a week to be banned by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority from Australian ports for 12 months....
Policy response has eased pandemic pain, says economist
A STRONG policy response has helped mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and the largest private sector collapse since the Great Depression, ANZ chief economist Richard Yetsenga says....
ICTSI inks contract for Cameroon’s Kribi terminal
INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services has signed the concession contract with the Port Autonome de Kribi for the development, operation and maintenance of the Kribi...
Australian wine exporters set to gain better access to Canada
AUSTRALIA has reached an agreement with Canada to remove “unfair restrictions” on Australian wine sales imposed by the Canadian federal government and in the provinces of Ontario...
