Liebherr extends Brisbane crane height
LIEBHERR, the German crane supplier, has deployed new crane-lift technology for the first time at Patrick’s Brisbane Autostrad terminal. The patented jacking system increased the...
December decline in Brisbane container throughput
PORT of Brisbane saw a slowdown in container throughput in December, with throughput declining 13% compared with the same month in 2021. Last month the Port of Brisbane handled a...
ABF farewells celebrated detection dog
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force is celebrating the service of a detection dog responsible for one of the largest drug detections in the history of the ABF Detector Dog Unit. The...
Wild weather impacts shipping on QLD coast
THE CENTRAL and north Queensland coast has been battered with wild weather over the past days, with some shipping affected. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather...
Singapore container throughput decreases in 2022
CONTAINER throughput at PSA’s Singapore operations in 2022 decreased by 0.7% on the previous year. The port’s operator, PSA International, said its Singapore division handled 37...
Big year ahead for grain exports
WESTERN Australia is looking at a big year for grain exports, as WA grain growers’ co-operative CBH Group reports record grain volumes for the 2022-23 harvest. The group set the...
"All but abandoned" livestock carrier to be sold
AUSTRALIAN Independent Shipbrokers has been appointed broker in the sale of a ship arrested of Portland, Victoria. Liberian-flagged livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune (IMO:...
Hapag-Lloyd acquires stake in terminal and transport operator
HAPAG-Lloyd has finalised its acquisition of a minority stake in Italy’s Spinelli Group, a terminal and transport operator. The two companies entered into an agreement for...
QuayLink dredging work begins
DREDGING and reclamation works have commenced on TasPorts’ Devonport East Terminal 3 development. TasPorts’ contractors began dredging and reclamation as part of the $240 million...
Rail recovery underway after Botany derailment
A TRAIN derailed at the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s rail yard at Botany on Friday morning (13 January). According to NSW Ports, ARTC advised the incident occurred as two...
ANL expands PAX service
ANL is expanding its PAX service with a direct call to Surabaya, Indonesia. Starting on 22 January, the service will call Singapore, Surabaya, Dili and Darwin on Loop 1, and...
Pilbara throughput dips slightly in December
THROUGHPUT figures at Pilbara ports dropped slightly last month. Pilbara Ports Authority said it handled a total of 67.2 million tonnes in December 2022, a 2% decrease compared...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 30
THE BIGGEST story this week was the release of the Productivity Commission's final report on Australia's maritime logistics system....
WA food supplies arrive in Broome on barge
PORT of Broome is handling barge shipments of food supplies for Kimberley communities while the region’s highway is closed. Severe flooding in Western Australia has severed the...
Westerdam visits Darwin for the first time
The Northern Territory on Thursday welcomed the Westerdam on its maiden voyage to Darwin. The vessel was docked at the Port of Darwin for the day and the nearly 2000 passengers...
