ICTSI SEES BIG LIFT FROM TERMINAL OPS
MANILA-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. has posted a 15% increase in revenue from port operations in 2024 to US$2.74 billion, well up from 2023’s US$2.39...
CUTTING EDGE BIO FUEL BACKED BY NT GOVERNMENT
THE NORTHERN Territory government is backing a pyrolysis plant that will provide green fuel for the marine industry and others. A government media release from 7 March said...
DHL, A DISAPPOINTING SHARE PRICE BUT REVENUE GROWTH
GLOBAL logistics group DHL has described 2024 as a “volatile period” in releasing its 2024 financial year report which overall showed increased revenue for the year of 3.0% to...
FORGING A FUTURE FOR FEMALE SEAFARERS
IT’S BEEN a bumpy ride for mother of two, Ruth Philip, on her journey to become PNG Ports first female marine pilot. Given that tomorrow (8 March) is International Women’s Day...
CANBERRA MEETING FAILS ON DARWIN PORT FUTURE
A MEETING between Northern Territory and federal government representatives has failed to reach agreement on the future of Darwin Port. The meeting in Canberra on 6 March 2025...
CMA CGM PLEDGES MULTI-BILLION US INVESTMENT
THE CMA CGM Group has announced a four-year program to invest US20 billion to contribute to U.S. maritime economy and support the transformation of America’s domestic supply...
ELECTRIC MOTORS INSTALLED ON WORLD’S BIGGEST E-FERRY
THE WORLD’S biggest electric ferry has taken a step towards completion with the installation of the first ever electric motors on an Incat vessel. According to a LinkedIn post on...
HPH SALE: AUST IMPLICATIONS YET TO UNFOLD
AS NEWS OF CK Hutchison’s decision to offload the majority of Hutchison Port Holdings’ global network of ports and terminals to a Black Rock/GIP-MSC consortium continues to...
HUTCH IN GLOBAL SELL-OFF
IN A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings has reached an in-principal agreement to sell all its ports and terminals outside China/Hong Kong to the Black...
SEMINAR MAKING SHIPPING SAFER
MORE THAN 70 delegates from the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region have been considering how to collaborate to make shipping safer in the region. The inaugural joint seminar to...
SPIRIT IV COMING HOME BUT NOW SPIRIT V MAY BE LEASED
JUST DAYS after confirming TT Line newbuild Spirit of Tasmania IV will be repatriated to Hobart from its Scotland sojourn transport minister Eric Abetz has floated the notion...
ALFRED DISRUPTIONS TO CONTINUE FOR DAYS
WITH SOUTH EAST Queensland and northern NSW now at the mercy of Tropical Cyclone Alfred port and maritime activity is at a standstill and likely to remain so, until the weekend....
LABOR PROMISES NEW ROTTNEST FERRY TERMINAL
A RE-ELECTED Labor government in WA would build a new Rottnest Island ferry terminal. The terminal would be part of a new tourism hub at the B Shed that would also provide a berth...
GOVT MILLIONS FOR MARITIME TRAINING
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has committed almost $17 million to a new maritime skills and training initiative that will give up to 20 trainee seafarers each year, for four years,...
MUA TO TAKE INDUSTRIAL ACTION AT FREMANTLE
THE MARITIME Union of Australia – WA branch will take protected industrial action at Fremantle Port from Friday 7 March until Friday 11 April. Members have voted to take the...
