Adani Ports buys Abbot Point
OFFICIAL ownership of the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) at Abbot Point has shifted from one Adani Group entity to another, with no immediate change in the facility’s...
Gold Coast beach replacement underway
THE ROHDE Nielsen trailing suction hopper dredge Trud R is hard at work in waters off Queensland’s Gold Coast, rainbowing sand from offshore to replace that lost in Tropical...
Massive economic value of three QLD ports
$31.7 BILLION – that’s the contribution of the ports of Mackay, Hay Point and Abbot Point to Queensland’s gross state product, according to a new study commissioned by North...
KMAX Leader owners fined for Great Barrier Reef threat
THE OWNERS of a vessel that posed a potential threat to the Great Barrier Reef have been fined $63,000 in the Gladstone Magistrates Court. Universal Shipping Alliance Ltd, the...
Apex Voyager stuck in Brisbane
THE PORT of Brisbane is back to normal operation and the Brisbane River was reopened on 14 March to commercial traffic in the wake of ex-cyclone Alfred. The bulk carrier Apex...
Rail returns in Alfred’s wake
IN THE WAKE of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred, the first intermodal train has arrived in Brisbane. Supplies are now moving to North Queensland according to a Linkedin post on Pacific...
QLD: From Queensland to the world
With the covid era now in the rear-view mirror, Queensland’s ports are pursuing expansion through new infrastructure and initiatives TWENTY-twenty-four was a positive year...
Brisbane is back with 11 vessel movements
THE PORT of Brisbane is back following the disruption of Cyclone Alfred. A media release from the port at 2.45pm on Monday, said there had been 11 vessel movements in the past 24...
Engage filling North Queensland slots
ENGAGE Marine has procured a second tug for mid-year deployment to the port of Mourilyan, when the company takes over towage contracts in several North Queensland ports. In...
Torres helo prang
TWO HELICOPTER PILOTS employed by Torres Pilots’ marine pilots transfer contractor Flyon have survived uninjured a crash aboard the bulk carrier Star Coral off the Queensland...
New GM at Pacific Tug Group
PACIFIC Tug Group has appointed Kim Jenkins as its new general manager. Ms Jenkins has worked with the maritime services provider for nearly 13 years, her most recent role being...
All Gladstone tug bans lifted
NORMAL towage operations have resumed in the port of Gladstone following a conciliation hearing between unions and Smit Lamnalco in the Fair Work Commission on Friday [31...
Unions ramp up Gladstone tug disruption
WITH little evident impact from current protected industrial action, and no Fair Work Commission hearing scheduled until 31 January, the AMOU and AIMPE will escalate disruption of...
Gladstone tugs PIA goes ahead
AMOU and AIMPE protected industrial action against Smit Lamnalco went ahead as planned in Gladstone this morning but the unions say it appears no shipping movements have been...
Unions take PIA on Gladstone tugs
STALLED progress on a new enterprise agreement for Smit Lamnalco’s Gladstone tug fleet employees has seen AMOU and AIMPE members vote to take protected industrial action, with the...
