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....
Port of Newcastle to release tenders for Mayfield cargo facility
PORT of Newcastle is releasing two tenders to advance its Mayfield Precinct multi-purpose cargo handling facility. The port said it was working to diversify in in preparation for...
Auckland to introduce infrastructure levy on containers
PORTS of Auckland announced it would introduce an infrastructure levy at its Fergusson Container Terminal from 1 January 2022. The levy is to be charged to shipping lines and will...
GeelongPort achieves carbon-neutral certification
GEELONGPORT’S green credentials have been recognised with a Climate Active carbon-neutral certification for its business operations. Reaching carbon neutrality was one of the...
Australia signs declaration to boost green shipping
AUSTRALIA has joined 21 other countries in signing the Clydebank Declaration tabled at the United Nations COP26 meeting in Glasgow. The declaration commits to the establishment of...
Queensland ports initiative wins biosecurity award
A MARINE pest initiative launched by Queensland Ports Association and Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) across Queensland Ports including Gladstone Ports...
MUA withdraws Patrick industrial action
THE MARITIME Union of Australia has withdrawn its notices of industrial action for its workers at Patrick Terminals today (10 November). The union has agreed to withdraw all...
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...
$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...
12 new auto-strads are bound for Aussie ports
TWELVE new Kalmar Auto-strads are now on their way to Australia from Euope. The equipment will be employed at Patrick’s Brisbane and Sydney terminals. The new, eighth-generation...
Work underway to bring Spirit of Tasmania to Geelong
LOCALS will start to see more activity around GeelongPort’s Corio Quay precinct with contractors due to start major landside works on Spirit of Tasmania’s passenger and freight...
LETTER TO THE DCN: ACCC report gets some things right
DEAR editor, I would like to comment on the recently released Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Container Stevedore Monitoring Report 2020-21 and the commentary by...
Index cited in ACCC stevedore report draws fire
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, relied on data from another report, the Container Port Performance Index...
New tenancy customer charter for the Port of Melbourne
THE Victorian government has welcomed the release of the Port of Melbourne Tenancy Customer Charter, which it says will improve rent pricing clarity, delivering lasting benefits...
