Liquefied hydrogen bunker barge designed
HYDROGEN as a fuel has become a hot topic, with Australia looking to develop hydrogen production and export capacity, and it has been marked as a possible maritime fuel. Four...
Port of Townsville’s channel upgrade project provides learning opportunities
TWO fourth-year engineering students and a graduate in geology from James Cook University are gaining hands-on experience on the Port of Townsville’s $193m channel upgrade...
Coal terminal teams up with conservationists for a leafier Brisbane
AN unlikely alliance has formed between Queensland Bulk Handling (QBH) and Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) to plant trees and revegetate industrial areas...
Port Hedland berth works underway
WORK is underway on the $33.5m replacement of the fender and deck of Berth 3 at Port Hedland. The successful tenderer was Fremantle-based Total AMS, which estimates that about 75%...
Newcastle has profitable year after construction boom
PORT of Newcastle, the third largest port by trade volume in Australia, completed another successful year of trade in 2018 as the Hunter region’s construction and industrial boom...
Port Taranaki chooses Albatros over Pelican
PORT Taranaki is implementing a modern dredge called the Albatros that will begin working next week to keep shipping channels clear. The Albatros, owned and operated by Dutch...
Unusual guest crashes Port of Geraldton’s Australia Day festivities
PORT of Geraldton had the opportunity to welcome an unusual visitor to their Australia Day festivities this past Saturday. Mid West Ports Authority chief executive officer Dr...
Fierce heat, looming cyclone pose challenges for industry
WEATHER has impacted shipping and logistics on opposite ends of the country. Blast furnace heat in Melbourne caused some delays at Swanson Dock container terminal in Melbourne,...
Steelers support redundant maritime workers
WORKERS at BlueScope Steel in Port Kembla have backed a resolution supporting maritime workers who have lost their jobs shipping iron ore from Port Hedland to Port Kembla. The job...
CEO with “terminal management experience” welcomed
INDUSTRY body the Container Transport Alliance of Australia has welcomed the appointment of Glen Hilton as the new chief executive and managing director of DP World Australia....
Wharfies stage protest against Hutchison and Patricks
Members of the Maritime Union have staged a demonstration at Port Botany, protesting the enterprise bargaining agreement offered them by Hutchison Port Holdings. The protest was...
Record-breaking tonnage out of Port Hedland
A SINGLE tide at the Port of Port Hedland saw 10 vessels carrying a total of 1.8m tonnes of bulk cargo depart in convoy on 15 January 2019 crushing the previous record by 165,680...
New boss for DPWA as DPW takes majority stake
GLEN Hilton has been confirmed as new managing director and chief executive of stevedoring company DP World Australia. Confirmation came on a day when the international company...
TasPorts imports wind turbines for Cattle Hill
TASPORTS is to introduce 48 wind turbine blades to Bell Bay, Tasmania for the Cattle Hill wind farm development. The electricity created by the almost 70-metre turbine blades will...
NSW Ports submission backs Botany over Newcastle
A NEWCASTLE container terminal is simply too far away from destinations, a submission to a New South Wales Upper House Parliamentary inquiry maintains. The submission, entitled...
