“Warm, fuzzy” landside guidelines not good enough, shippers say
THE LATEST increase in terminal access charges at Australian box ports make a mockery of voluntary guidelines for landside charges, a leading freight industry figure says. Freight...
Bigger ships able to visit Tonga following wharf upgrade
VESSELS of up to 220 metres are now able to visit Tonga, thanks to an upgrade of Queen Sālote International Wharf, a $70million project partially bankrolled by the Australian...
Gladstone seeks terminal interest
GLADSTONE’s dream of becoming s fully-fledged container port has taken another step towards realisation with the release of a Registration of Interest for development of a...
New chair for Ports North
PORTS NORTH will have a new board chair as of 1 January 2026 following the latest round of Queensland Government appointments to government-owned corporations. Ben Kidston,...
Strong Q1 FY 2026 for Tauranga
TAURANGA has hit its straps in the first quarter of the 2026 financial year, reporting 5.9% cargo volume growth year-on-year and a 9% boost to container volumes. In the three...
Ports of Melbourne and Tanjung Pelepas sign MoU
A SHARED commitment to advancing green and sustainable practices is the focus of a memorandum of understanding signed between the ports of Melbourne and Tanjung Pelepas...
Fender bender latest TT Line problem
TT LINE has been forced to allocate $9 million to ship-and-shore modifications after admitting the company sent wrong specifications to berth-builder TasPorts. TT chairman Ken...
Lyttelton Port enhances digital operations
The Port of Lyttelton in New Zealand’s South Island is upgrading its technology systems with the rollout of OneStop Modal and a new vehicle booking system across Lyttelton Port...
Transhipments and empties driving Port of Melbourne container trade
TOTAL container trade at the Port of Melbourne has risen slightly for the September 2025 quarter compared to the three months to September 2024, but the biggest contributor to...
WA government hails research findings for Kwinana box port
THE GOVERNMENT of Western Australia says new marine science research will help in the sustainable development of a container port at Kwinana. The three-year $13.5 million Westport...
OPINION: Paying more, getting less: Australia’s ports under the microscope
THE 2024 Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), released by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, paints an interesting picture of global container port efficiency....
What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island
WAITING at Sydney Airport for a Monday morning flight to Canberra, Peter Sturrock picked up a copy of the Australian Financial Review. The year was 2005 and the then-CEO of the...
Singapore port executive shares his insights
MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore assistant chief executive Hoe Soon Tan has called for closer cooperation between ports in overcoming challenges in such areas as cyber...
Townsville hot with chick(pea)s
THE first dry bulk chickpea export has departed Townsville bound for India and Pakistan in what the port says is a milestone for the grain and pulse industry. The 38,500 tonnes of...
First cotton exports leave Wyndham
ANL’s chartered containership Contship Yen has sailed from the north-west port of Wyndham for Singapore with the first shipment of export cotton from the Kimberley Cotton Gin. The...
