Ro-ro ship transports turtles for migration research
THE RO-RO vessel Galaxy Ace recently transported 25 loggerhead turtles and the staff of a Japanese aquarium as part of a research project. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines teamed up with the...
OPINION: Rail share in the Port of Melbourne is going nowhere
A REPORT by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) queries how the Victorian government, the Department of Transport and Planning and V/Line in particular, are going to...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 56
THE FEDERAL government officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast this past week, during a visit to Newcastle....
WA govt and lithium producer investigate reopening freight line to Bunbury
THE WESTERN Australian government is looking at recommissioning a freight line that would connect a lithium mine with Bunbury Port. The government has allocated $3.3 million for a...
Record year for trade at Southern Ports
THE PORTS of Albany, Bunbury and Esperance have broken 16 trade records over the past 12 months, according to Southern Ports. The port authority said exports of spodumene and...
NZ port receives shore-power funding
CENTREPORT has received $500,000 in funding to install shore power at a ferry wharf in Wellington. The funding is from New Zealand’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority....
Port of Newcastle unveils 30 clean energy partnerships
THIRTY organisations have agreed to support the Port of Newcastle’s development of a clean energy precinct, the port has announced. Some of the partnership agreements were signed...
MPA invites proposals for electric harbour craft in Singapore
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore has called for proposals to design full-electric harbour craft for the port of Singapore. MPA has initiated an expression-of-interest...
QLD port fuel import facility upgraded
FUEL supplier IOR, with support from the Queensland government, has completed $60-million upgrade of the Lytton Fuel Terminal at the Port of Brisbane. Works on the...
Offshore wind zone declared for Hunter coast
THE FEDERAL government has officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast. The declared area stretches over 1800 square kilometres of Pacific Ocean between Swansea...
Government backs Gladstone hydrogen alumina plant
RIO Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation are to build a new hydrogen plant at Gladstone as part of a program aimed at lowering carbon emissions from the process of refining alumina. The...
Freo sees May container uptick
TOTAL container throughput at Fremantle increased in May, compared with the previous month, according to the latest available trade data from Fremantle Ports. In May the port...
Port Authority of NSW to standardise pilot ladder rules
PORT Authority of New South Wales is to introduce a standardised approach to accepting marine pilot ladder arrangements across all ports in the state, starting on 1 October. A...
Construction begins on Melbourne intermodal terminal
CONSTRUCTION has started on the $400-million Somerton Intermodal Terminal – a key hub in Melbourne’s Port Rail Shuttle Network. The Intermodal Terminal Company (ITC) is building...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 55
IN THE news this week, a new chair and board members were appointed to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority board....
