Singapore port authority increases volume by 1.7% year-on-year
THE Port of Singapore Authority increased its volume by 1.7% from 2019 to 2020 (calendar year), with flagship PSA Singapore contributing 36.6m TEUs (-0.9%) and PSA terminals...
Second new tug arrives at Geraldton
SVITZER Abrolhos arrived at the Port of Geraldton on 5 January and was welcomed with a water display from other tugs based at the port. The vessel is the second of three new tugs...
Vessel explodes, burns in Darwin
A 24-METRE multipurpose vessel was “fully engulfed and destroyed by … fire” when Northern Territory Police and NT Fire and Rescue Service arrived at a commercial wharf in Frances...
NPDL announces return of weekly Fiji service
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line announced that its weekly sailing schedule between New Zealand and Fiji will return, with improved local and global connectivity via strategic hubs in...
NSW Ports issues direction on Botany truck congestion
NSW PORTS has issued a port operator direction to all truck drivers on the roads around Port Botany to address lengthy truck queues on port roads outside empty container parks. A...
New port charge slammed by shipping industry
SHIPPING Australia has criticised a move by Pilbara Ports Authority to impose a $13,450 levy on each major shipload of ore exported from 1 March. It is designed to fund a buyback...
Seafarer jumps ship, swims ashore, is arrested in WA
A CREW member on a bulk carrier berthed at Albany jumped overboard and swam ashore on 7 January. Police arrested the 37-year-old Vietnamese national on 9 January at an Albany...
Bowen Wharf repair project awarded
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports has announced Central Queensland based company, Wisely Services, as the principal contractor for its Bowen Wharf Repair Project, which is set to start...
Gladstone exports record LNG in December
GLADSTONE exported 2.19 million tonnes of LNG in December a record, GPC acting CEO Craig Walker said. LNG shipments from the port for 2020 reached high of 22.4 million tonnes, up...
Narrabri to Turrawan rail upgrade to better link Port of Newcastle with Inland Rail
DEPUTY prime minister and minister for infrastructure Michael McCormack said a recently announced rail investment would better link northern New South Wales, Inland Rail and the...
Barkly Pearl banned from Australia for 24 months
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has issued what it says is the most severe banning to date to the master and operator of the Marshall Islands flagged livestock carrier...
LNG-fuelled vessel calls at Port Hedland for first time
THE BULK carrier HL Green (IMO 9869344) received a special greeting when it arrived on its maiden voyage to Port Hedland on Wednesday 6 January. HL Green was the first LNG-fuelled...
GPC teams up with CSIRO for Bundaberg monitoring station
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation and CSIRO have teamed up to better understand the environment and improve safety systems with a new water quality and wind monitoring station at the...
Melbourne road work exacerbates container freight challenges
CONTAINER Transport Alliance Australia said the Victorian government’s “Big Build” road construction projects underway in greater Melbourne are heightening the challenges for...
2020 Australian beef exports fell by 15%
IN the last calendar year, Australia’s beef exports to all markets fell to 1,039,410 tonnes, according to the latest data from the Department of Agriculture. Volume was down by...
