Highest number of containers ever handled at Fremantle Port
IN spite of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting supply chains around the world, the Port of Fremantle has reported the highest-ever number of containers handled in the last financial...
Port of Brisbane forum guides community through rough waters
THE Port of Brisbane has concluded this year’s Safety 1 Forum with more than 150 participants having gathered to unpack this year’s theme, Resilience and the new normal. Attended...
PON to feature in GreenPort Live webinar
THE Port of Newcastle will showcase its sustainability achievements to the world next week when it brings the GreenPort Live Webinar Series to Australasia for the first time....
NSW Ports weighs in on Sydney industrial land planning
NSW Ports said in its submission to a land policy review by the Greater Sydney Commission the protection and preservation of industrial lands in Sydney is critical to operating...
Stoush arises between Engage Marine and MUA over hiring at Abbot Point
THE Maritime Union of Australia has accused Engage Marine of replacing 19 workers at the Port of Abbot Point with interstate workers. Engage Marine, however, has said at the...
Design phase begins for Swan River Crossings project
THE next phase of community consultation for the Swan River Crossings Project is underway. The new Swan River Crossings Project, which includes a new two-track rail bridge, a new...
More needed from Productivity Commission after report on supply-chain vulnerabilities: Ports Australia
PORTS Australia has called on the Productivity Commission to conduct further investigations into supply-chain vulnerabilities after releasing their Vulnerable Supply Chains Study...
Passengers rescued from capsized vessel off Pilbara coast
A SVITZER pilot boat crew rescued two passengers from a capsized recreational fishing boat off the coast of Onslow, Pilbara over the weekend. The Svitzer Seara crew received the...
Nearly 8 million cigarettes smuggled in Botany-bound container
POLICE have thwarted an attempt to smuggle almost eight million cigarettes through Port Botany in a sea-cargo consignment. Authorities have said a Sydney man with connections to...
Ningbo terminal still shut, congestion deepens
NINGBO Meishan Island International Container Terminal (MSICT) has been closed since 11 August when a worker there tested positive for COVID-19. Shipping lines have been omitting...
Big container volumes at Botany continue in July
BIG volumes of containers continued to cross the wharves at Port Botany last month, with significant increases in exports, according to the latest trade data released by NSW...
Automated container storage and retrieval system tests show promise
DP World has completed testing of the Boxbay high bay storage system at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. The global terminal operator said the trial proved the technology works in the...
Green hydrogen on the agenda for Hay Point
DALRYMPLE Bay Infrastructure, North Queensland Bulk Ports, the Brookfield Group and the Itochu Corporation have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to investigate the...
Australian supply chains “generally resilient”: Productivity Commission report
THE Productivity Commission’s report on vulnerable supply chains found that Australia’s supply chains were “generally resilient” in response to recent upheavals, including the...
New WA container port planning progressing
INDUSTRY representatives attended a market briefing this week to learn about future opportunities to be involved in delivering Westport, ahead of tenders being issued to help...
