New welfare service supports Ukrainian seafarers through trauma
GLOBAL seafarers’ charity Stella Maris has launched a service providing mental health support to Ukrainian crewmembers and their families. The support service was set up to help...
Inland Rail review welcomed
THE FEDERAL government last week announced an independent review into the $14.5-billion Inland rail project. This review has been welcomed by entities involved in the vast...
Dutch national arrested in connection to Australian drug smuggling case
THE NATIONAL Police of the Netherlands – acting on intelligence provided by the Australian Federal Police and the Belgian Judicial Federal Police – have arrested a 54-year-old man...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 18
THE BIG story for this week was CMA CGM Estelle's visit to the Patrick terminal at Port Botany. It has become the ship with the biggest container capacity to visit the port....
Government announces independent review of Inland Rail
THE AUSTRALIAN government announced on Friday (7 October) an independent review of the vast $14.5-billion Inland Rail project. The government announced the review will be headed...
Air cargo markets "relatively stable" amid economic uncertainty, IATA says
GLOBAL air cargo market data for August has highlighted the industry’s resilience amid economic uncertainties, according to the International Air Transport Association. The latest...
Container lines’ schedule reliability improves
CONGESTION issues have essentially been cut in half, compared with the situation in January 2022, according to consultancy Sea-Intelligence. In August, 7.9% of the global fleet...
TasPorts ramps up effort to bring local seagull populations under control
TASPORTS is stepping up efforts to manage some unique problems seagulls are causing for Tasmanian ports and visiting vessels. It is currently breeding season for Australia’s most...
Austal launches autonomy trials on decommissioned HMAS Maitland
AUSTAL Australia has taken possession of the former patrol boat HMAS Maitland to use in autonomy trials. Having been re-named Sentinel, the decommissioned Maitland will be the...
Incident reporting regulations to change for pilots and VTS
CHANGES in the Transport Safety Investigations Regulations will require pilotage providers and VTS to report transport safety occurrences to the Australian Transport Safety...
Container packing guide gets update
THE CARGO Integrity Group has updated its Quick Guide to the IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code). The group of seven industry...
Maersk orders six big methanol-ready containerships
A.P Moller – Maersk has ordered six ocean-going containerships that can use methanol as a fuel. The vessels will have a nominal cargo capacity of about 17,000 TEU. They will...
Major shipbuilder partners for wind propulsion options
ANEMOI Marine Technologies, a British provider of Rotor Sails, has reached an agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (CHI) to offer the wind propulsion system on newbuilds...
New milestone for LNG bunkering in Port of Singapore
TOTALENERGIES Marine Fuels has announced the name of what is expected to be the largest LNG bunker vessel to operate in Port of Singapore. A ship naming ceremony at the port on...
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire port operator's business in billion-dollar deal
HAPAG-LLOYD has agreed to acquire the entire terminal business and associated logistics services of SM SAAM, a Chilean terminal operator. Hapag-Lloyd signed a binding agreement on...
