Napier Port reports record revenue and earnings
NEW Zealand’s second largest port, Napier Port has reported record revenue and earnings for the financial year ended 30 September 2021. The resilience and diversity of its trade...
Lyttelton Port signs up to new data sharing services
LYTTELTON Port Company is signing up to part of the PortConnect suite of data sharing services offered to New Zealand’s supply chain. From 22 November, LPC container and vessel...
Coal protesters cause disruption on Hunter Valley freight rail network
PROTESTERS disrupted the Hunter Valley freight rail network this week, blocking tracks and disrupting services to the Port of Newcastle to get their anti-coal message across....
NSW announces independent review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act
THE New South Wales government has today (12 November) commenced a comprehensive review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 and the Port Botany Landside Improvement...
Container handling records broken in Townsville
TOWNSVILLE Marine Logistics (TML) has reported a record in container handling for a Swire Shipping vessel recently at the Port of Townsville. The stevedore said it had achieved a...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Let’s get the facts straight
THE COMMENTS by Shipping Australia’s CEO Melwyn Noronha about the container road transport sector can’t go unchallenged. Responding to the findings of the ACCC’s Container...
New bulk grain facility up and running
T-PORTS’ new grain bunker facility received its first loads of barley in recent weeks. The facility is located at Kimba on the upper Eyre Peninsula, and the company said it...
$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle
AS announced recently by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Port of Newcastle is partnering with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group and the Commonwealth government’s...
OPINION: Quarantine will cancel Christmas – believe me
FURTHER to my piece from 19 October, nothing has changed in regards to entry processing with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Quarantine). The dire situation has...
Industry reacts to thorny issues in the ACCC’s stevedoring report
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report revealed a sometimes-scathing analysis of the container supply chain in...
Maersk joins US-led First Movers Coalition
THE First Movers Coalition aims to create a market for new decarbonisation technologies and spur growth by leveraging collective demand and committing now to buying zero-emission...
WSC supports inclusion of shipping in intra-EU trading scheme
THE World Shipping Council says inclusion of shipping in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme will encourage shipping’s journey towards decarbonisation, but EU action...
ACCC stevedoring report reveals port delays exacerbate pandemic problems
THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Container Stevedore Monitoring Report 2020-21 warns Australia risks becoming a less attractive destination for shipping...
Big investment needed to reach zero-carbon emissions
A MASSIVE scaling up of finance for research and development is essential to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, says a report by International Chamber of Shipping and global...
Air cargo up in September but capacity remains constrained
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued to be well above pre-crisis levels and...
