Port of Townsville signs agreement with Edify Energy
THE Port of Townsville and Edify Energy have signed an agreement to work together to advance a renewable hydrogen export project, including investigation of the process and...
No correlation between reliability and freight rates: analysis
OCEAN freight analyst Sea-Intelligence analysed the relationship between container lines’ schedule reliability and freight rates and found no connection. Sea-Intelligence CEO Alan...
ACFS Port Logistics hit with cyberattack
ACFS Port Logistics was hit with a cyberattack in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The company’s managing director and CEO, Arthur Tzaneros, told DCN that he expected the...
GeelongPort launches its first Reconciliation Action Plan
GEELONGPORT has taken a major step forward in its reconciliation journey by launching the organisation’s inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in partnership with the...
Maersk nixes Napier on OC1 service
MAERSK Line is to cease its bi-weekly call at Napier, NZ on its OC1 service and it is to re-instate a weekly call at Port Chalmers, NZ. The change is to be effective from the MVS...
Tasmanian government applies for Bell Bay hydrogen funding
The Tasmanian government is lodging its official funding submission with the federal government to initiate the Tasmanian Green Hydrogen Hub project at Bell Bay. The federal...
BAL Container Line opens new route from China to Australia
BAL CONTAINER Line has launched a new liner service from China to Australia. The first vessel – ALS Ceres, a Marshall Islands-flagged 4395-TEU containership – called Brisbane on...
More biosecurity officers recruited to target frontline risks
AUSTRALIA’s frontline offensive against biosecurity risks, African swine fever (ASF) and hitchhiker pests, has been bolstered by the appointment of 96 new biosecurity officers....
Darwin ship lift project reaches milestone
PLANS to install a ship lift at Darwin have reached a key milestone. The Northern Territory Environmental Protection Authority has released the draft environmental impact...
Port Kembla crew claim Business of the Year Award
THE Port Authority of NSW has taken out two awards at the 2021 IMB Bank Illawarra Business Awards, being named Illawarra Business of the Year and winner of the Excellence in...
Qube Bulk awarded logistics services agreement for Coburn WA project
STRANDLINE Resources has signed on Qube Bulk to a long-term haulage and logistics services agreement for its Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia. The agreement...
QLD men charged after nearly 540kg of cocaine was smuggled in reefer
IN a joint release, law enforcement agencies have reported that two Queensland men are scheduled to face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 19 November, charged with possessing...
Marine cadets set sail on journey of a lifetime
KARRATHA locals Katelyn Arnold and Jeri Ingleton will spend six months at sea onboard a Rio Tinto owned iron ore vessel, training for a career in the maritime industry as part of...
Big 2021 throughput at DPWA’s Botany terminal
DP WORLD Australia’s Sydney terminal handled its 1 millionth TEU for 2021 in early November. The milestone comes, the stevedore said, across 345 vessels at an average exchange of...
Poseidon Sea Pilots gearing up to begin operations at Brisbane
IN a press release, Poseidon Sea Pilots said they are “ready to go” as the clock ticks down to the day they take over pilotage duties in Brisbane. The group last year won the...
