SCT’s cool new WA project
The property division of the SCT Group has begun construction of a new refrigerated facility at Forrestfield, Western Australia in a move it says will improve supply chain...
Bogged Baltimore boxship to be freed
Container ship Dali, trapped by the ruins of the Francis Key Scott Bridge collapse in Baltimore since 26 March, is expected to be moved this week, enabling the re-opening of the...
Melbourne container trade increases again
PORT of Melbourne’s total container throughput in March was up 5.1% against March 2023, according to the latest monthly statistics form the port. The port handled a total of...
Nautical Shipping appointed Ultrabulk agent
NAUTICAL Shipping, part of Gold Coast-based Leeward Group, has been appointed as agent for global dry bulk operator Ultrabulk. Ultrabulk, a subsidiary of Chile-headquartered...
Vessel searched at Gladstone after 500kg cocaine bust
POLICE have searched a vessel in Port of Gladstone after three men allegedly collected 500 kilograms of cocaine from a cargo ship at sea. The men were arrested at the regional...
Svitzer, Smit Lamnalco roll over four-port deal
CONTRARY to widespread industry speculation Svitzer and Smit Lamnalco have extended their agreement to share towage assets in Brisbane, Newcastle, Port Botany and Melbourne. While...
Tas premier wants Vics out of the way
TASMANIAN premier Jeremey Rockliff has expressed “extreme disappointment” with an intransigent Victorian shire council preventing the shipment of critically-needed stockfeed to...
ONE not the loneliest
JAPAN'S Ocean Network Express has joined the vast majority of leading container lines in reporting a massive drop in revenue and earnings for its 2023 financial year but managed...
Hapag alive to digital tracking
HAPAG-LLOYD is claiming a global first for container lines with the launch of full, on-demand, door-to-door visibility of dry container shipments. The ‘Live Position’ service uses...
Go slow in Melb port waters
NEW speed limits for the Williamstown port area, declared yesterday by the Victorian Government, are unlikely to affect commercial shipping. Ports minister Melissa Horne announced...
Metro's tripling transhipper fires up
IKAMBA, Metro Mining’s new offshore floating terminal, on Sunday began its first assignment at Skardon River, loading bauxite on the capesize bulker Jewel (175,874 DWT) eight...
ANL/CMA CGM cut NEMO surcharge
THE CMA CGM Group has halved one contingency fee levied on shippers on its NEMO service between Australia and Europe, effective immediately. The charge was amongst more than a...
Bell Bay reopens after ship goes adrift
TASPORTS has reopened the port of Bell Bay after the one-time pilot mother ship Wyuna, awaiting possible preservation, broke its moorings in the Tamar River on Tuesday morning [30...
Collision cuts TasRail services
A COLLISION between a truck and train at Westbury in northern Tasmania has blocked TasRail’s main line linking Hobart with Burnie. Two locomotives and a string of predominantly...
More service changes on the Tasman
MAERSK Line and ANL have announced more revisions to their trans-Tasman products, affecting the Polaris and ANZ Shuttle services respectively. Blaming “ongoing disruptions across...
