The DCN Weekly: Episode 60
IN THE news this week, Silk Logistics acquired port and bulk logistics provider Secon in a deal announced last Friday....
Transport minister talks freight transformation at SAL luncheon
NSW transport minister Jo Haylen shared her vision for a less fragmented freight system during her presentation at Shipping Australia’s NSW Parliamentary Luncheon. Ms Haylen...
Patrick welcomes Maersk's rainbow container
MAERSK’S elusive rainbow container turned up at Port Botany this week. Patrick Terminals welcomed the 40-foot symbol of diversity and inclusion at its Sydney AutoStrad. The...
Contract awarded for NZ port revitalisation
WHANGANUI Port on New Zealand’s North Island has awarded the contract for stage one of a port revitalisation project. NZ company Concrete Structures received the construction...
July trade up at Port of Newcastle
PORT of Newcastle handled 14 million tonnes of trade in July this year, which was a 67% increase on the 8.4 million tonnes handled in the same month last year. The port exported a...
Container trade up in June at Freo
JUNE was the busiest month for container throughput at Fremantle since October last year. Total throughput at the WA port totalled 68,738 TEU in June. This was an increase of 5%...
First freight trains arrive at Tauranga's inland port
AN INLAND port on New Zealand’s North Island recently welcomed its first two freight trains from the ports of Tauranga and Auckland. The NZ$60 million Ruakura Inland Port is a...
Two more charged over bulk-carrier cocaine bust
TWO more people have been arrested over an attempt to smuggle 850 kilograms of cocaine into Australia hidden on a bulk carrier. Police believe the man (37) and woman (32) from...
TasPorts commits funding for Flinders Island marine facility
THE FLINDERS Island Safe Harbour project is a step closer with additional funding secured to deliver the safe, all-weather marine facility. TasPorts chief executive officer...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 59
IN THE news this week, a ballot for protected industrial action filed by the Australian Maritime Officers Union received unanimous support from its members working for Poseidon...
Tug adventure up for grabs in MtS Sydney Father's Day raffle
MISSION to Seafarers Sydney has teamed up with Engage Marine to offer a Father’s Day tugboat adventure. The mission’s 2023 Father’s Day raffle will give two people the chance to...
Fire-ravaged Fremantle Highway arrives in port
FREMANTLE Highway has arrived at the Dutch port of Eemshaven, scorched but no longer ablaze. The ro-ro vessel caught fire on 25 July while underway off the Netherlands and burned...
Poseidon pilots hold off industrial action in Brisbane
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Officers Union has agreed to hold off taking industrial action against employer Poseidon Sea Pilots at the Port of Brisbane for at least another week. The...
Drone attack hits Ukrainian seafarers centre
A DRONE attack on the Ukrainian port of Izmail on 2 August hit the local seafarers centre. The Izmail Seafarers Centre was housing families made homeless by bombing in other parts...
Project to boost grain at ports wraps up in WA
CBH has completed the first of 11 rail siding projects aiming to boost grain tonnage delivered to Western Australian ports. An upgrade to the rail siding at Co-operative Bulk...
