Final contracts awarded for Victorian Inland Rail
JOHN Holland has been awarded the $470 million construction program to complete the remaining eight sites for Victoria’s Inland Rail project. Work includes the Inland Rail...
Maersk charter breaks down
A MAERSK-chartered containership has resumed its voyage after suffering an apparent main engine failure when sailing from Melbourne yesterday morning. The 1770 TEU Oslo Trader...
Jodie Ransom appointed CEO of Fremantle Ports
JODIE Ransom, who has been in the role of acting CEO of the Fremantle Port Authority since the death of CEO Michael Parker on April 3, has been appointed as the new CEO....
Sea trials deliver fuel saving for ro-ro
GLOBAL ro-ro ocean transportation services group Höegh Autoliners is to upgrade seven of the vessels it operates following the success of sea trials to generate fuel savings and...
Action on submarines, frigates and patrol boats
THERE is plenty of action on the naval ship-building front around Australia with submarines, patrol boats and frigates in sharp focus. News that construction has begun at the...
Austal to supply two more patrol boats for Pacific
AUSTAL has added orders for another two Guardian-class patrol boats for the Federal Government, in addition to the 22 previously ordered under the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement...
Dali leaves Baltimore for repairs, some crew freed
THE now infamous Dali has left Baltimore for Virginia where it will undergo further salvage work and repairs, as Federal investigators hone their focus onboard. The...
Port of Newcastle rail traffic blocked by protesters - UPDATED
RAIL transit into the Port of Newcastle today encountered attempted blockades from climate protesters. This morning (25 June) a man climbed atop the Kooragang rail bridge in...
Spirits inquiry to proceed
THE Tasmanian Parliament has officially moved to establish an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding cost overruns and late delivery of the two new Spirit of Tasmania ferries....
Tug Tagon to join Mackenzie fleet
THERE will be a new tug on the block at Esperance in Western Australia in early 2025. The new addition to the Mackenzie tug fleet to operate in Southern Ports’ Esperance will be...
RightShip, Windward to cross-platform
MELBOURNE-founded RightShip and British maritime artificial intelligence company Windward are to join forces in a new partnership to de-risk chartering in a business facing...
Port Phillip Sea Pilots christen new pilot vessel
PORT Phillip Sea Pilots christened their new vessel at a ceremony in Queenscliff last Friday 21 June. The oldest pilotage service in Victoria have added Torquay to their fleet,...
Team Global Express partners with Texel Air
TEAM Global Express has announced a strategic $480 million seven-year partnership with Texel Air Australasia. Global Express, one of the largest domestic air freight networks,...
Höegh fuels up with ammonia grant
HÖEGH Autoliners has secured a second grant from the Norwegian Government’s green investment fund, Enova, that will see the third batch of its pioneering Aurora Class PCTCs able...
Fatality on Grimaldi PCTC
THE GRIMALDI PCTC Grande Baltimora remains in Melbourne after a crewmember was killed in a tragic accident on board last Wednesday [19 June]. Ambulance Victoria paramedics...
