Tough road ahead for forestry and wood processing sectors
ACCORDING to a report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, an easing in residential construction and increased export uncertainty loom as major...
Amazon Australia announces ‘robotics fulfilment centre’
AMAZON Australia has announced plans to open its first ‘robotics fulfilment centre’ at Goodman’s Oakdale West Industrial Estate in Western Sydney. The facility is expected to be...
Registry welcomes Liberian Business Corporation Act changes
CHANGES to the Republic of Liberia’s Business Corporation Act have been welcomed by the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry. The changes to the Business Corporation...
Missing containers to drift south-east, says AMSA
THREE containers that fell from box ship Navios Unite (IMO 9302619) last week are likely to have drifted south-east and away from land, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority...
Richard White to sell (some) WiseTech shares
WISETECH Global CEO and founder Richard White has sold a tranche of shares in the company via his own RealWise Holdings Pty Ltd. However the sale of 2,445,653 shares represents...
10 year first as frozen beef exported to Japan
A SHIPMENT of frozen beef left Townsville on 29 June, the first such shipment in more than a decade onboard ANL’s Hansa Regensburg. The shipment will be sent directly to Japan as...
Former Toll Group executive joins TM Insight
A FORMER executive from Toll Group, Marcus Carmont, has taken up the newly created role of executive director of business development at TM Insight, a supply chain and industrial...
Austal announces large catamaran launch (with video)
AUSTAL has announced that Austal Vietnam has launched Hull 397, a 94-metre high-speed catamaran for the National Infrastructure Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago, from...
Building work starts on Glebe Island infrastructure
CONSTRUCTON is to start soon on a multi-user facility at Glebe Island, Port Authority of NSW has announced. A Port Authority spokesperson said Glebe Island had been a vital...
COVID-19 transport industry optimism continues to improve
A SURVEY conducted first in April and then again in June, has shown that the transport and waste and recycling sectors are still positive about their prospects of recovering from...
NSW Ports recognises International Seafarers Day
NSW Ports marked International Seafarers Day by teaming up with local seafarer support agencies in Sydney and Port Kembla to deliver a complimentary dinner to mariners in port....
Melbourne welcomes big box ship (with video)
MELBOURNE has welcomes the CMA CGM Ural, the largest container ship by “maximum capacity” to call at the port. The 299 metre ship is one of six currently deployed on the...
Port supports YWAM medical ship during pandemic
THE Port of Townsville is providing “in kind” support to North Queensland’s YWAM medical ship for six months. YWAM MS is a world-class medical ship that has been docked in...
Maersk appoints new Asia-Pacific MD
A.P Moller-Maersk has appointed Ditlev Blicher as its new managing director for the Asia-Pacific, replacing Robbert van Trooijen who is becoming MD for Latin America. Mr Blicher,...
SAL welcomes Oldendorff
DRY bulk shipping company Oldendorff Carriers has been announced as the new full member of Shipping Australia. Based in Germany, Oldendorff runs about 700 ships with total...
