New details suggest 500 electric cars on Fremantle Highway
NEW reports on the Fremantle Highway incident suggest there were 3783 vehicles on board the ro-ro vessel – including 498 electric vehicles – when a fire broke out last week. The...
New Infrastructure Australia CEO announced
THE AUSTRALIAN government on Monday announced Adam Copp as the new chief executive officer of Infrastructure Australia. IA is an independent body that conducts research and...
Investigation launched as Fremantle Highway burns
THE RO-RO vessel Fremantle Highway was still burning early on Friday morning, and there were reports of an investigation into the cause of the blaze. Fremantle Highway caught fire...
Fire breaks out on car carrier, one crewmember dead
A CREWMEMBER is dead and several others injured after a car carrier caught fire off the Dutch coast. The Panama-flagged Fremantle Highway (IMO 9667344) was sailing from Germany to...
Inland Rail border track receives environmental approval
THE STRETCH of Inland Rail track connecting Queensland and NSW has received environmental approval from the government. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment...
AiP issued for liquefied hydrogen carrier cargo systems
CLASSNK has issued an approval in principle for cargo containment and cargo handling systems for a liquefied hydrogen carrier. France-headquartered engineering company GTT...
UK and French governments launch charters to improve crew welfare
GOVERNMENTS of the United Kingdom and France have launched charters that aim to improve the wages and working conditions of seafarers. The UK government on 24 July launched its...
AMSA to sharpen focus on deficiencies and detention rates in Aussie waters
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has released its National Compliance Plan 2023-24 outlining plans to strengthen focus on maritime issues in Australian waters. The...
Kuehne + Nagel reports “solid” first half results
SWISS transport and logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel reported what it said were “solid” results in a “challenging market environment”. Net turnover for the first six months of 2023...
Marika Calfas joins TT Club board
FREIGHT insurer TT Club has appointed NSW Ports chief executive officer Marika Calfas to the board. Ms Calfas is one of four board appointments the insurer announced on Monday...
DSV upgrades outlook on first-half results
DANISH logistics colossus DSV reported what it said were a “solid” set of results despite soft market conditions for the first half of 2023. The company’s gross profit was down...
Maritime NZ and SAR agencies join forces on rescue in the Pacific
MARITIME NZ was recently involved in a search and rescue effort to locate two fishermen from Tuvalu who went missing at sea earlier this month. Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination...
AFP charges two with maritime drug smuggling
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has charged men with smuggling cocaine as part of an investigation into 247 kilograms of cocaine seized from a yacht moored in Townsville. The men,...
Transport ministers discuss Australia-Singapore green shipping plans
THE FEDERAL government is looking at how Australia’s Green Economy Agreement with Singapore can accelerate and promote decarbonisation technologies in shipping. Federal minister...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 57
THIS week, AMSA halted the tender process for the contract to maintain aids to navigation around Australia for the next 10 years. Also in the news, the product tanker Nord Vision...
