Red Sea dramas leave Launceston helipless
IN A rather bizarre consequence of the disruptions to shipping caused by the Middle East conflict, Launceston in Tasmania is struggling to complete a hospital helipad. The...
Deep maintenance to take Cook Strait ferries out (UPDATED)
AN INTENSIFIED maintenance program for Interisland Line’s trouble-plagued Cook Strait ferries will see at all three out of service for protracted periods over coming months. The...
Successful trials for ammonia pioneer
THE GROUND-breaking vessel Fortescue Green Pioneer has completed a second round of operational trials in the port of Singapore, this time of propulsion and manoeuvrability....
GrainCorp sees softer second half
WHILE trading conditions in the first half of the 2024 financial year were largely in line with expectations, handler and marketer GrainCorp is predicting a softer outlook for the...
Inland Rail finalises transition as ARTC subsidiary
INLAND Rail has completed its official transition to operating as Inland Rail Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Australian Rail Track Corporation. The change came into effect on 1 May,...
King Island hay help arriving
THE IMBROGLIO over the shipment of drought-relief stockfeed from mainland Australia to Bass Strait’s King Island has been resolved. Colac Otway Shire Council had forbidden the use...
Maersk quantifies Red Sea costs
THE COST of container ship diversions from the Red Sea has been spelt out by Maersk Line in an explanation of surcharges and higher freight rates imposed since conflict between...
Incat Crowther to design FSV for Africa's offshore sector
INCAT Crowther and shipbuilder Penguin International have been commissioned to design and construct a fast supply vessel for O3S – Oil Senegal Support Services, a Senegalese...
Interim Reef ETV in safe keeping
THE VESSEL Smit Lamnalco will use for the first two years of AMSA’s new first response capability contract in the Torres Strait and on the Great Barrier Reef is under refit in...
Body found in search for overboard cruise passenger
A BODY has been found in waters off Sydney following a search for a cruise ship passenger believed to have gone overboard. Emergency services were notified just after 0400 on...
OneStop to go live at new DP World container park
DP WORLD’S new container park at Port of Brisbane will be set up with depot operating system OneStop Modal. Logistics software developer OneStop announced its partnership with DP...
Kembla FSRU re-directed to Egypt
THE floating storage and re-gasification unit chartered for Port Kembla Energy Terminal use will be redeployed to Egypt under an agreement between Australian Industrial Energy,...
Schoeller orders more Super-Bs
Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings, parent of AAL Shipping, has place orders for two additional 32,000 dwt heavylift multi-purpose vessels with Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding, part of...
Maersk see strong recovery in Q1
A.P. Moller-Maersk says its Q1 2024 results were in line with expectations, with a strong recovery in container line earnings since the final quarter of 2023 and a strong...
Slight WCI increase ends downward trend
THE DREWRY World Container Index increased 1% over the week to US$2725 per 40-foot container. The index has been falling steadily since its spike at the beginning of the year. The...
