New transhipper MinRes Peak arrives at Exmouth
MINERAL Resources has taken delivery of its fifth transhipper, MinRes Peak at the Port of Ashburton. The arrival of MinRes Peak on 24 April on the Chinese heavy load carrier Hua...
APT christens latest cruise vessel APT Solara
MELBOURNE-founded APT Travel Group has christened another brand-new luxury river ship in a traditional ceremony in Rotterdam. Just weeks after launching MS Estrela, purpose-built...
Esperance Harbour set for dredging
A $2.3 MILLION, four-month dredging campaign is expected to remove a record 60,000 cubic metres of material from the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour at Esperance. The work includes a new...
Birdon extends Lord Howe contract
THE LORD Howe Island Board has awarded Port Macquarie-based maritime business Birdon a two-year contract extension to provide the island’s essential sea freight service. The...
Watch out for Weipa dredging
RECREATIONAL and commercial users have been warned to exercise caution during dredging at the Port of Weipa from early May to early June. The dredging is part of North Queensland...
Port of Townsville celebrates best ever cruise season
THE PORT of Townsville is celebrating its most successful cruise season on record, with 21 ships having brought more than 30,000 visitors to the city. Port of Townsville said the...
Energy regulator green-lights Santos Barossa project
GAS giant Santos has cleared the final hurdle in its bid to commission the Barossa project, piping gas to the Darwin LNG facility. On 22 April, the project was given the go-ahead...
USTR expands scope to all car carriers
IN WHAT appears to be further evidence of the US Trade Representative office’s scant knowledge of its own maritime trades, Chinese-built and/operated PCTCs and ro-ros will no...
Major milestone for Incat Crowther
THE FIRST of two new bespoke crew transfer vessels, delivered last week to experienced Japanese operator Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd for service in Japan’s growing offshore wind energy...
New Zealand commits to ETV
THE NEW Zealand government has contracted an AHTS to provide an emergency ocean response capability while it works on a longer-term plan. Last year, Cabinet directed the Ministry...
NTSB releases report on Grande Costa D’Avorio fire
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board has released its final report into a fire on board a Grimaldi ro-ro/container ship that resulted in the death of two firefighters and...
APT expands with newbuild for Portugal
MELBOURNE-headquartered APT Travel Group last week celebrated the naming of MS Estrela, the company’s purpose-built river cruise ship designed for operation on Portugal’s Douro...
Svitzer signs EcoTow agreement with Wallenius
TUG operator Svitzer has announced the signing of a global EcoTow agreement with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen group, covering tug jobs across key markets such as Australia, the United...
ATSB releases interim report on Fremantle allision
THE AUSTRALIAN Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released an interim report into its investigation on the allision between container ship Maersk Shekou and STS Leeuwin II in...
NYK merges three subsidiaries
JAPAN’s NYK Group is bringing together three subsidiary companies in the shipping and shipmanagement sphere under the name NYK Bulkships Partners. The amalgamation will take...
