Sayonara to NWS carriers
A SIGNIFICANT era in Australian shipping is coming to an end as the final four steam turbine LNG carriers of the North West Shelf Shipping Services Co deliver last cargoes from...
Smit Lamnalco back in Botany business
SMIT Lamnalco has returned to towage in Port Botany, undertaking the first work yesterday [19 March] in its own name since 2015. SL withdrew from the port that year, shortly after...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has bumper-to-bumper 2023
GLOBAL PCTC and ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen turned in record results in 2023, a year the company described as exceptional “financially, commercially, and operationally”....
Bulker caused "severe damage" at NT wharf
A BULK carrier which allided with wharf infrastructure on Groote Eylandt on Monday has caused “severe damage”, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed. Cyprus-flagged...
Wharf damaged as cyclone bears down on NT
TROPICAL Cyclone Megan damaged a mining company’s wharf infrastructure as the weather system approached the Northern Territory coast on Monday. The category-three cyclone stirred...
Svitzer lifts towage prices
TOWAGE provider Svitzer Australia is lifting rates by an average of 5.2%, effective 1 April 2024. In a letter to customers obtained by DCN, managing director Videlina Georgieva...
MOL and Rio Tinto ink decarbonisation agreement
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines and Rio Tinto have extended a partnership on crew welfare to also include decarbonisation. MOL announced on 12 March it had signed a new partnership agreement...
WA on its own again as floods cut land links
FLOODS that have cut the transcontinental rail line until at least Sunday and closed major road freight links have prompted fresh calls for greater transport and infrastructure...
DSV locks in 10-year lease at Port of Brisbane
PORT of Brisbane has signed a 10-year lease agreement with DSV Air & Sea for a new warehouse and container hardstand at the port. The new DSV facility would occupy a 4.8-hectare...
Two charged over sea-cargo cocaine plot
POLICE have charged two people for their roles in a plot to import 600 kilograms of cocaine into Australia in a container packed with fruit kiosks. The Dutch national (25) and...
Stricken tanker en route to Singapore
THE LPG tanker Bougainville, which lost its propeller in Bass Strait in early February, is making its slow way to Singapore for repairs behind a Brisbane-based tug. The vessel,...
Seafarers killed in Gulf of Aden missile attack
AT LEAST two seafarers have died in a missile attack on a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden. They are the first crewmembers to have been killed since Ansar Allah (also known as the...
Australia and Singapore formalise maritime partnership
AUSTRALIA and Singapore have agreed to formally collaborate on establishing a green and digital shipping corridor between the two countries. Federal transport minister Catherine...
Inmarsat to trial 5G mesh network offshore
INMARSAT Maritime is trialling what it claims is the world’s first over-water 5G mesh network. The 5G mesh technology aims to enable high-speed connectivity in challenging...
Pacifica expands NZ coastal service
PACIFICA Shipping has expanded its coastal service between the NZ ports of Auckland and Lyttelton with a new twice-weekly schedule. The coastal shipping operator said the service...
