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...
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...
