Huge seizure of illegal cigarettes from sea cargo consignments
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force (ABF) has seized more than 45 million cigarettes in a five-day period from ten separate sea cargo consignments. Almost 6500 kilograms of tobacco was...
Freight rail upgrade to boost grain volumes
AN UPGRADE to Western Australia’s freight rail system will allow more grain to be delivered to the port of Geraldton during the peak pricing period. A state government media...
Lloyd’s Register and MSC part of new collaboration with global players
SOME of the maritime industry’s big players have joined together in a new memorandum of understanding, in order to enhance the design of container vessel to accommodate ammonia...
GeelongPort progresses offshore wind-farm terminal aspirations (with video)
GEELONGPORT has thrown its hat in the ring to become Victoria’s next offshore wind hub, to support the state’s growing renewable energy industry. The port authority says it is...
Tassie shipbuilder's electric ferry reaches structural completion
INCAT Tasmania has reached structural completion of the 130-metre-long battery-electric ferry under construction at its Hobart shipyard. On 23 September the Tasmanian shipbuilder...
CEFC commits $70m to electrifying Flinders ports
THE CLEAN Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $70-million investment to help Flinders Port Holdings electrify its operations. CEFC, which is owned by the Australian...
UK free trade agreement leads to red meat success
WITH the ban on live sheep exports still fresh in the minds of Western Australian farmers, the state government has announced the success of a ‘red meat’ mission to the UK....
ACFS introduces first electric truck
ACFS PORT Logistics has announced the pilot of the company’s first electric truck, a Mercedes eActros, making it the first Australian company to do so for Daimler in the heavy...
Massive Pluto module on the move through Dampier
FIVE modules for Woodside’s Pluto Train 2 project, including one which weighed a massive 3,536 tonnes, were moved through the port of Dampier between 6 and 12 September....
Premier nixes TasPorts bonuses
TASPORTS has found itself further embroiled in the controversy surrounding TT Line’s new East Devonport Spirit of Tasmania terminal with Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff saying...
Port of Brisbane welcomes Government involvement in channel project
PORT of Brisbane (PBPL) CEO Neil Stephens has welcomed an announcement from the Queensland Government declaring the Channel Enhancement Project a coordinated project. The proposed...
Woodside makes long term Japan LNG deal
WOODSIDE has made its first long-term sale of LNG to Japanese power utility JERA. The sale and purchase agreement with JERA is for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas...
Grimaldi climbs Höegh share register
ITALIAN ferry, ro-ro and PCTC giant Emanuele Grimaldi has raised his stake in Höegh Autoliners to almost 10% after first buying into the PCTC specialist in April. Mr Grimaldi is...
Federal Government secures trade deal with UAE
THE FEDERAL Government has announced it has secured a trade deal with the United Arab Emirates, Australia's largest trade and investment partner in the Middle East. Don Farrell,...
IT issues cause traffic chaos in Melbourne
IT ISSUES that have caused long holdups for trucks at the Port of Melbourne have spread to other DP World sites. A notice issued by the Container Transport Alliance Australia...
