Wallenius Wilhelmsen cars and trucks on
PCTC/ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has added to its backlog of newbuildings, this week signing contracts for the recently declared options for four 9,300 CEU ‘Shaper’ class...
Biden orders Baltimore clearance
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has ordered the US Army Corp of Engineers to lead efforts to clear the port of Baltimore of wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge was...
Vic govt backs driver training for freight industry
THE VICTORIAN government has partnered with the Victorian Transport Association to fund training for more heavy-vehicle drivers. The extra $1 million from the government would...
ANL swapping TranzTas vessels
ANL is replacing one of its four TranzTas service vessels, causing some one-off changes to schedules. The 2345 TEU Mia Sculte will be withdrawn in Melbourne on 12 May and will be...
IMO talks net zero at MEPC 81
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization at MEPC 81 appears to have made progress on a plan to reduce further emissions from shipping. The IMO Maritime Environment Protection...
New entrant set for China trade
A SURPRISE new player is poised to enter the China-Australia trade, just as it returns to stability after years of COVID chaos and waterfront disruption. According to overseas...
Ports weigh in on tabling of privatisation contracts
THE RELEASE of port documents on Thursday (21 March) has fuelled discussion on what privatisation means for the ports of New South Wales and for the state itself. Their comments...
Port privatisation contracts tabled in Parliament
THE NEW South Wales government on Thursday (21 March) announced treasurer Daniel Mookhey would table port privatisation contracts in Parliament. The treasurer set out to reveal...
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...
