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Pilbara Port reaches renewable energy milestones
THE PORT of Port Hedland has achieved renewable energy milestones, with the first lithium battery imports recently arriving through the Eastern Harbour. Image: Pilbara Ports /...
Australia’s renewable bunkering potential highlighted
ANGELA Gillham believes Australia has a good chance of becoming “a bunkering nation”, but only if it gets its renewable energy sources and green fuel production up to speed....
NQBP announces Community Fund recipients
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation has announced 13 recipients of the 2025-2026 Community Fund. Organisations across NQBP’s port communities are to share $100,000 for this...
Port of Newcastle protests impede ships
PORT of Newcastle has become the focus of intense anti-coal actions in recent days, with protests and acts of civil disobedience. Activist group Rising Tide on Monday (1 December)...
Townsville rocks on
THE RE-ACTIVATION of the Ardmore Phosphate Mine in northwest Queensland has led to the shipment of more than 25,000 tonnes of phosphate rock from the port of Townsville to New...
Albany port heritage project moves forward
SOUTHERN Ports and H+H Architects are finalising designs to transform the heritage-listed Albany Pilot Station into a new community precinct. Designs for the $8.3 million overhaul...
Leading container ports: Singapore top globally, Sydney ahead in Oceania
SINGAPORE has been named the world’s leading container port in the first edition of the Leading Container Ports of the World (LCP) report. Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan in China...
Mining boom to boost port prosperity
A NEW mining boom in Queensland is on the horizon as three major projects in Central Queensland are set to deliver long-term business for ports and coal terminals. Two coal mines...
Wyndham Port resumes shipping as cyclone danger passes
KIMBERLEY Ports Authority (KPA) has declared all its ports ‘safe’ as Tropical Cyclone Fina continued to downgrade. The system has since downgraded to category one as it continued...
ATSB to investigate serious incident at Brisbane Port
A SERIOUS incident involving four ships breaking from their berths at the Port of Brisbane earlier this week has prompted an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety...
Darwin Port reopened, Kimberley Ports on high alert
DARWIN Port has reopened and is fully operational after a shutdown that lasted about two-and-a-half days in the wake of Cyclone Fina. The port opened around lunchtime on Monday,...
South Channel closed after ship makes precautionary anchorage
BOX ship the MSC Maritina V (IMO 9294408) has made a "precautionary anchorage" in Port Phillip Bay after reporting an engine alarm during the South Channel inbound transit. The...
Napier reports ‘milestone’ financial year
NEW Zealand’s North Island port of Napier has declared a strong result for FY 2025, underpinned by strong container cargo volume increases and active yield management and cost...
TC Fina closes Darwin Port
THE port of Darwin was closed at 2100 hours on Friday [21 November] until further notice due to expected impact of Tropical Cyclone Fina. Mid-afternoon Northern Territory time the...
Pilbara exports up as Lumsden Point works continue
PILBARA Ports delivered a total monthly throughput of 71.2 million tonnes for October 2025, a 14% increase compared with the same period last year. Port Hedland achieved a monthly...
