IMO talks net zero at MEPC 81
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization at MEPC 81 appears to have made progress on a plan to reduce further emissions from shipping. The IMO Maritime Environment Protection...
ACFS expands WA footprint
ACFS Port Logistics has opened a sixth Western Australian site, at Hazelmere, 14 kilometres east of the Perth CBD. The fully-equipped warehouse and container yard will have a...
Protests flare up at Botany and Melbourne
ISRAELI container line Zim has again become the target of protests at Australian ports. On Sunday night (24 March) pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered at Patrick’s Port Botany...
Extra services for King Island
BASS Island Line’s small ro-ro/landing craft John Duigan undertook an off-schedule sailing from Devonport to Grassy over the weekend to begin a Tasmanian Government-funded program...
New entrant set for China trade
A SURPRISE new player is poised to enter the China-Australia trade, just as it returns to stability after years of COVID chaos and waterfront disruption. According to overseas...
Construction underway on Newcastle simulation centre
CONSTRUCTION of a new maritime simulation centre is underway at Svitzer Australia’s Port of Newcastle tug base. The new training centre will to use Kongsberg Digital maritime...
Flinders keepers in national business awards
FLINDERS Port Holdings has been named one of nine leading private Australian companies recognised for its outstanding business performance in Deloitte Australia’s 2023 Best...
Ports weigh in on tabling of privatisation contracts
THE RELEASE of port documents on Thursday (21 March) has fuelled discussion on what privatisation means for the ports of New South Wales and for the state itself. Their comments...
OOCL joins the deep divers
HONG Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line has become the latest carrier to reveal the quantum of the 2023 downturn in freight rates, revenues and profitability. Parent company...
World Container Index continues downward trend
DREWRY’S World Container Index decreased by 5% this past week to US$3010 per 40-foot container. The latest WCI is 112% higher than average 2019 (pre-pandemic) rates of US$1420....
Port privatisation contracts tabled in Parliament
THE NEW South Wales government on Thursday (21 March) announced treasurer Daniel Mookhey would table port privatisation contracts in Parliament. The treasurer set out to reveal...
Sayonara to NWS carriers
A SIGNIFICANT era in Australian shipping is coming to an end as the final four steam turbine LNG carriers of the North West Shelf Shipping Services Co deliver last cargoes from...
Smit Lamnalco back in Botany business
SMIT Lamnalco has returned to towage in Port Botany, undertaking the first work yesterday [19 March] in its own name since 2015. SL withdrew from the port that year, shortly after...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has bumper-to-bumper 2023
GLOBAL PCTC and ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen turned in record results in 2023, a year the company described as exceptional “financially, commercially, and operationally”....
New CCO at Svitzer Australia
SVITZER Australia has appointed Veronica Jensen as its new chief commercial officer for the Australia and PNG region. Ms Jensen started in the role this month and is based out of...
