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Large throughput and LNG licences highlights for PPA
PILBARA Ports Authority has released its report for the 2019/20 financial year. The report detailed more than 17,000 safe vessel movements with a record total annual throughput of...
Shipping enters the Queensland election campaign
SHIPPING has entered centre stage of the Queensland election campaign, with the incumbent Labor Party announcing it will commit $21m over two years towards a coastal shipping...
MUA gives IR assurances
THE MARTIME Union has reportedly given assurances not to organise or notify of any industrial action against Patrick Terminals before 1 December. Moreover, the parties have agreed...
Kalmar to supply 10 new AutoStrads for Patricks
KALMAR is to supply ten Kalmar AutoStrad units to Patrick Terminals. The fully automated straddle carriers are scheduled to be completed during the first quarter of 2021. Patrick...
"Deprivation of liberty" on ships under the microscope
NON-PROFIT group Human Rights at Sea has released its latest report, examining several scenarios where deprivation of liberty may occur onboard private ships. It released the...
New mooring dolphin to attract freight at Gladstone
A $3.8m dollar mooring structure at Gladstone Ports Corporation’s Auckland Point terminal is set to help transform the region into a “containerised freight hub” according to the...
Shore leave warning after crew work beyond 14-month limit
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has confirmed it conducted a complaint from the ITF that crew on board the Panama-flagged car carrier MV Metis Leader had been at sea for...
New facilities for Melanesian marine services camp
PACIFIC Towing has launched a new commercial kitchen and dining facilities at its dedicated tug base in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Managed to international standards and...
Preparations to hospitalise COVID-affected crew
MARITIME Safety Queensland says arrangements are being put in place to transfer two crew members from the Sofrana Surville to hospital. This follows tests on all 19 of the crew on...
Napier Port and Winstone Pulp extend partnership
NAPIER Port and long-time customer, Winstone Pulp International, have entered into an agreement for a 10-year contract renewal for exports to be handled from Napier Port. Napier...
LINX connects grain suppliers to Australia’s busiest port
LINX Cargo Care Group has created a new avenue for Australia’s grain farmers in the Central West with the recent expansion of services from its Intermodal Terminal, part of the...
Charter Hall TradeCoast Industrial Park completed
A NEW facility for big name businesses Amazon and Australia Post has been completed at the Brisbane suburb of Pinkenba by Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund. The new facility...
Qube announces new board appointment
QUBE Holdings has announced the appointment of Nicole Hollows to its board of directors of Qube Holdings Limited effective from today. Ms Hollows has more than two decades of...
Virus and fall in oil prices take toll on LNG revenues
ACCORDING to Energy Quest’s monthly Australian LNG report for September, the biggest impact of COVID-19 and the fall in oil prices on the market for liquefied natural gas has been...
Rod Sims’ market power rocket
MARKET power and understanding its consequences are crucial as Australia seeks to recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, ACCC chair Rod Sims says. The competition czar used...
