Class society receives US Coast Guard recognition
INDIAN Register of Shipping has joined the list of classification societies to have received authorisation as a recognised organisation from the US flag administration. The...
Sydney congestion blamed for ship shuffling
SHIPS are bypassing Sydney in order to avoid congestion at Port Botany, industry sources say. Freight and Trade Alliance and the Australian Peak Shippers Association issued a...
VIDEO: Crane collapses at port
FOOTAGE has become available of the aftermath of a gantry crane collapse at the Port of Valencia in Spain. One man was injured but there have been no reports of other human...
Kuehne+Nagel invests in global vaccine distribution network
WITH the opening of airside pharma and healthcare hubs in Brussels and Johannesburg, Kuehne+Nagel says it has added two strategic elements to its global network of...
Supply chain investment required for battery metals sector to meet climate targets
THE battery raw materials supply chain requires increased investment during the next 10 years in order to meet climate targets, according to a new report from commercial...
Union boss "needs to get out of his office", says Patricks CEO
PATRICK Terminals CEO Michael Jovicic has called on the MUA leadership to come down to Port Botany and see for themselves the level of disruption which, he says, is the result of...
Plan for bigger ships, say ANL execs
SENIOR figures at ANL have issued a call for Australia to do more to prepare for the advent of bigger ships. In a recent statement, the company said ships around the world had...
Feds intervene on waterfront
THE federal government has urged all parties in Sydney’s waterfront industrial dispute to work together on a quick resolution to minimise any impact on workers, freight and the...
Free trade benefits for agriculture highlighted
THE importance of free trade agreements to Australia’s agricultural exports has been highlighted in a new report. The report, entitled Stocktake of Free Trade, was authored by the...
Allow crew changes, insists IMO secretary-general
IN A statement issued ahead of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization has called on governments to take swift...
Report claims “disconnect” in maritime companies’ gender policies
A “DISCONNECT” exists between what maritime companies say and do in the field of gender diversity, a new report maintains. The Diversity – Women in Maritime report, prepared by...
Imports boost Port Kembla trade
TRADE was up at Port Kembla on the back of a significant increase in imports, according to the latest trade statistics from NSW Ports. In July, non-containerised trade through the...
DHL eCommerce Solutions expands Sydney headquarters
DHL eCommerce Solutions announced that it will relocate its Sydney headquarters to a 19,000-square-metre facility, co-located with DHL Global Forwarding, at Military Road,...
New South Wales leads expected winter crop bounce back
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has released its latest crop report which forecasts an increase in winter crop production of 64% in 2020/21. It also...
Innovation aims to help liner companies’ profits soar
ALLOWING shipping lines to profit from revenue management techniques used by airlines is the aim of a concept developed by Mizzen Group and Maxamation. The two businesses have...
