New guidelines for the carriage of containers on bulk carriers
TESTING, inspection and certification body, Bureau Veritas, has developed a formalised approach to support the safe carriage of containers in bulk carriers. BV’s Guidance for...
New app to help manage movement of maritime workers
FOLLOWING a successful three-month Beta test with 20 companies taking part, award-winning travel business TapTrip has announced that Vessul – a new service dedicated to, and built...
AMSA detains containership at Botany
THE containership Thorstar (IMO 9253002) was detained last week at Port Botany and is now at White Bay in Sydney undergoing repairs. A spokesperson for the Australian Maritime...
Townsville port signs agreement for hydrogen export
NORTH Queenslanders could be shipping 120,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen to South Korea in the next decade with the Port of Townsville and Ark Energy signing a Memorandum of...
Aussie farmers looking forward to top crop
WITH a record 23.2 million hectares sown to winter crops across the country, this year is once again forecast to be well above average, according to the Australian Crop Report....
Inland Rail extension to Port of Gladstone to be studied
THE federal government has committed funding to investigate extending Inland Rail from Toowoomba to the Port of Gladstone. The government is to provide up to $10 million to...
Sydney man nabbed over huge heroin seizure
AN Australian Federal Police-led operation has resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old Sydney man on 3 September 2021, charged in connection to Australia’s largest heroin seizure...
China’s top five must haves from COP26
THE latest update from Asia Pacific vice chair of research company Wood Mackenzie, Gavin Thompson, discusses China’s role in the next United Nations Climate Change Conference,...
Crew Change Indicator points to stabilisation
THE number of seafarers onboard ships beyond the expiry of their contracts decreased from 9% to 8.9% in August, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration Crew...
Second man sentenced for importing 1.2 tonnes of ephedrine in Sydney-bound container
A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for his part in importing 1.2 tonnes of ephedrine in September 2019. On 10 September 2019 Australian...
Drewry’s World Container Index update
MARITIME research consultancy Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 1.7% or $170 in the past week and remains 344% higher than a year ago. This is the 20th...
A "rapidly disintegrating shipping market"?
THERE is no doubt that the international container shipping market is a mess. It is axiomatic that the ships are at capacity, there aren’t enough containers in the right places...
Capacity crunch elevates air cargo rates in August
RESILIENT international demand for air cargo capacity in August versus a shortfall in supply pushed average global air cargo rates up 112% to their pre-COVID level as a local...
HRAS urges greater transparency around seafarer abuse
THE UK-based charitable NGO Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has called upon the International Maritime Organization to increase its level of transparency and factual detail in the...
COVID-19 vaccinations for eligible crew in Singapore
THE Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore’s plan is to strengthen the resilience of the community against COVID-19 and activities in its port waters against the pandemic. To aid...
