Upward trend continues at Pilbara ports
PILBARA Ports Authority has delivered a total monthly throughput of 59.3m tonnes for the month of November 2019. This throughput was an 8% increase compared to the same month in...
Marina retains four gold anchor rating
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation’s Marina joins 250 others across the world with global accreditation after retaining its four Gold Anchor status. Being in the top 80%, GPC’s Marina...
Biosecurity fee shows industry “beset by price hikes”
HIGHER biosecurity charges for sea and air freight announced by the Department of Agricultural from 1 January 2020 are the latest in “a litany of fee increases” faced by the...
Gantries seek to meet higher lift demand
GLOBAL hydraulics business Enerpac is introducing to Australasia its new Super Lift hydraulic gantry models aimed at providing a higher lift capacity. The new SL100 and SL200...
VIDEO: Containership takes down crane
AN INCIDENT at the Port of Antwerp is sure to keep investigators busy for a while, with footage seemingly showing the container ship APL Mexico City striking the gantry of an STS...
Port of Melbourne unveils its new home
MINISTER for Ports and Freight Melissa Horne this week officially opened the new premises of the Port of Melbourne. The new, elevated offices at 839 Collins Street are in...
Patrick cranes depart China
NEW ZPMC post-Panamax cranes have left from Shanghai, China, bound for Fremantle and Melbourne. The cranes are to be commissioned during the first quarter of 2020 adding...
Gladstone Ports continues reconciliation action
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation’s acting CEO Craig Walker said the organisation’s third Reconciliation Action Plan contains a strategy to provide “real and lasting opportunities”....
Sand nourishment reaches fruition as turtles return
THE Sea Turtle Alliance, Gladstone Ports Corporation, Bundaberg Regional Council and Department of Environment and Science worked collaboratively to implement the successful...
Melbourne symposium discusses shipping trends
A CROSS-SECTION of industry and academia have gathered at RMIT University, for the Inaugural Symposium of Australian Maritime Logistics Research Network. The event, driven by...
Maurice comes out fighting
QUBE managing director Maurice James has used an industry lunch in Melbourne to make a robust defence of terminal access charges imposed by container stevedores. Terminal access...
Port Botany celebrates 40 years
NSW Ports has marked the 40th anniversary of Port Botany, with an industry breakfast and the release of a book that highlights important moments in the port's history. Two decades...
TasPorts to face courts over “misuse of market power”
TASPORTS is facing Federal Court action over allegations it sought to stop a new entrant, Engage Marine Tasmania, from competing with its own marine and towage business. The case...
OPINION: Melbourne’s pricey port
WITH stevedore infrastructure surcharges more than 40-times higher than they were in 2016, Port of Melbourne is on track to become the most expensive port in the Southern...
Auckland’s port saves locals big bucks, report claims
CLOSING Auckland's port will increase the total cost of imports by between NZ $533m and $626m a year, a report states. The study, carried out by economic consultancy NZIER,...
