Shipping tech companies partner on unmanned container feeder project
SHIPPING technology company Massterly, partially owned by Wilhelmsen, has announced its involvement in a plan to replace traditional feeder vessels in Norway with autonomous,...
New RTGs arrive at Sydney
FIVE new rubber-tyred gantry cranes arrived onboard MV Chipol Taihu at the DP World Australia Sydney terminal on Friday. The Kalmar RTGs were discharged on arrival and arrived...
$10.7 million committed to Southern Ports projects
PORTS of Bunbury and Esperance will together receive $10.7 million in funding across three new infrastructure and equipment projects. The investment was committed as part of the...
Devonport salvage work continues
SALVAGE work continues at the Port of Devonport to remove the two tugs that sank in an incident in late January. On 28 January, the cement carrier Goliath allided with two berthed...
Water infrastructure boost at QLD port
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation is investing more than $4 million to improve the water network across the Port of Mackay. The Water Network Improvement Package comprises...
Port-B4C habitat management project gets funding boost
PORT of Brisbane and the Brisbane Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) are to transform a section of highly degraded waterway corridor within the Bulimba Creek Catchment...
High-tech fire-fighting systems for the new Tassie Spirits
SPIRIT of Tasmania’s new ro-pax ferries will be equipped with advanced fire-fighting systems under a contract awarded to safety equipment supplier Survitec. LNG dual-fuelled...
ATSB report sheds some light on Goliath incident
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report that details an incident at Devonport in January in which the cement carrier Goliath allided with two...
Melbourne sees March decline in container throughput
PORT of Melbourne reported a decline in total container throughput in March – driven by declines in both import and export containers, and a big decline in empty container...
King Island shipping service changes are successful: TasPorts
THE Bass Island Line vessel John Duigan has doubled the average number of containers carried per voyage since a new model of service was introduced, according to the vessel’s...
Funding secured to build grain export facility at Port Spencer
CONSTRUCTION on a $250-million grain export facility at Port Spencer on the Eyre Peninsula is slated to begin next month after Peninsula Ports secured funding for the development....
500 seafarers remain trapped on vessels in Ukrainian ports: ICS
JUST fewer than 500 seafarers remain sheltered, awaiting evacuation onboard 109 ships at Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, according to data gathered by the...
Vic budget to fund container rail mode share scheme and more
THE VICTORIAN state government’s budget for 2022-23 includes $3.5 million for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme, which, the government says, will remove the equivalent of 28,000...
BP Shipping fined for Port Adelaide oil spill
BP SHIPPING been fined $48,000 for spilling jet fuel oil in the Port Adelaide River in 2020. According to the Environment Protection Authority of South Australia, the oil spill...
IMO adopts resolution to evacuate seafarers from Ukraine
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization has adopted a resolution to facilitate the evacuation of seafarers from the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. Adopted by the IMO Maritime Safety...
