Upgrades for Freo, celebrations for AMC
THE WESTERN Australian Government is allocating $40.5 million in its 2024-25 budget to improvements in Fremantle’s Inner Harbour, focusing on cruise and ferry infrastructure. Five...
Höegh Autoliners: Slow 1Q, second Aurora launched
NORWAY'S Höegh Autoliners has reported lower revenues and earnings for the first quarter of 2024, attributed to lower cargo volumes and the impact of Red Sea diversions. However,...
Albany's tug upgrade completed
SVITZER has completed an upgrade of towage services provided to Southern Ports in Albany with the entry into service of Svitzer Karoline. Svitzer Karoline arrived this month and...
NPDL in sweeping overhaul of services
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line is re-launching three of its major services with more direct calls, greater frequency and faster transits as it seeks to blanket the ANZ-South Pacific...
Old checklist, onboard obstacle led to helicopter incident
AN INVESTIGATION has found the crew of a bulker was using an outdated helicopter operations checklist when a helicopter was damaged during a marine pilot transfer last year. The...
Trapped Baltimore ships freed
FIVE of six large commercial vessels trapped in port by the Baltimore bridge collapse have been able to escape after the US Army Corp of Engineers cleared enough wreckage to open...
Former Auckland CEO's trial continues
THE TRIAL of former Ports of Auckland Ltd CEO Tony Gibson over the 2020 death of a stevedore during container operations is continuing before a judge in the Auckland District...
MSC hits the road with Gram buy
THE EVER-expanding MSC on Wednesday [24 April] launched a US$700 million takeover for Norway’s Gram Car Carriers, with the offer recommended by the target’s board. GCC, which...
Carrier relief as rates slide halted
CONTAINER lines are growing increasingly upbeat as a feared rates collapse in the North & East Asia-Australia has failed to eventuate. As outlined in the annual review of the...
MOL looks to harvest carbon
MITSUI OSK Lines is investing in an onboard carbon capture system that harvests exhaust emissions to remove pollutants and produce re-usable chemicals and energy. The company will...
Incat and DFDS join forces on new electric-hybrid ferry
INCAT Tasmania and Danish ferry operator and logistics company DFDS have partnered on a design study for the construction of a new electric-hybrid ferry. The 72-metre ferry would...
BHP readies for ammonia-fuelled shipping
BHP has short-listed eight companies to build, operate and supply an ammonia-fuelled bulker in a move aligning with its membership of the Australia-East Asia Green Corridor (DCN 8...
Tyne to switch to OneStop Modal at Botany
EMPTY container park operator Tyne Container Services is switching to the OneStop Modal platform at its Port Botany MT Movements empty container depot. OneStop Modal is the...
Baltimore sues Dali owners and managers
THE MAYOR of the City of Baltimore and the City Council have lodged legal action against Grace Ocean Pte Ltd and Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, owners and managers respectively of...
Groote repairs to take until 3Q 2025
SOUTH 32’s Australian manganese operations at the Northern Territory’s Groote Eylandt are unlikely to resume in full until the third quarter of next year, following damage caused...
