Bhagwan wins multi year contract for Riverside Guardian
BHAGWAN Marine has won a major multi‑year deployment for the Riverside Guardian with an undisclosed global tier one energy company. A spokesperson for the company declined to name...
Swire merges businesses
SWIRE Shipping is to fully integrate Swire Projects into the parent company as of November this year and acquire outright four of its six chartered heavylift MPPs while extended...
Brisbane ferry fuss continues
MARITIME unions and Brisbane’s RiverCity Ferries have again failed to reach agreement on a new enterprise agreement, meaning, if there no settlement in the interim, no services...
Ro-ro operators standardise emissions measurement
SMART Freight Centre offshoot Global Ro-Ro Community has established a member-led group to advance a harmonised approach to greenhouse gas emissions accounting. The Global Ro-Ro...
AMC, PONANT Explorations partnership approaches one year milestone
This October, PONANT Explorations and the Australian Maritime College (AMC) will mark the first anniversary of their partnership, which has provided navigation and engineering...
Höegh sees the light: orders more PCTCs
HÖEGH Autoliners has committed to expanding its successful Aurora-class of PCTCs by a further six vessels and taken another four options. The additional six new dual-fuel LNG and...
Boskalis Forte in SpaceX recovery operation off Christmas Island
THE BOSKALIS semi-submersible heavy transport Forte, which arrived at Christmas Island on Sunday night, is among the vessels playing a role in the unusual recovery operation of a...
Poor planning behind tug grounding: ATSB
THE GROUNDING of a Port Adelaide tug that saw the vessel holed and water enter the engine room can be attributed to insufficient planning and preparation and inadequate risk...
Höegh’s Q2 profits hit the skids
HÖEGH Autoliners has described its second quarter results as “solid”, despite recording sharp falls in year-on-year EBITDA and profit. Second quarter 2026 gross revenue was USD...
ABF puts brakes on counterfeit vehicle import permits
MORE than 900 vehicle import entries have been flagged after Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators uncovered the use of counterfeit approvals to bring vehicles into...
Polaris does its level best in Burnie
POLARIS Marine’s tug Molly Grace, fitted with a sweep bar, has successfully completed TasPorts’ seabed levelling maintenance program at Burnie. The 13-day program was completed...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen ‘sold out’, Höegh ‘fully utilised’
LEADING Scandinavian PCTC/ro-ro operators Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Höegh Autoliners are basking in unprecedented vehicle trade demand, according to their latest financial...
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Klaveness debuts latest CABU III
NORWAY’s Klaveness Combination Carriers has taken delivery of the third of its evolved CABU carriers designed for the Australian trade in caustic soda and dry bulks. Baltazar was...
Call for common pilotage rules
TORRES Pilots director Perry Sutton has moved to clarify a position he put during an industry meeting with the AMSA board and senior executives in Brisbane this week. While it has...
Hobart wharf wreckers begin work
THE NEXT step in the creation of a new Hobart base for the Australian Antarctic Division’s research/icebreaker Nuyina is about to be taken with the demolition of the port’s...
