Torres Strait Islands 1936 maritime strike remembered
CELEBRATIONS have been held on Thursday Island to mark 90 years since the 1936 Torres Strait Islands Maritime Strike. The strike was focused on the pearl-shell industry, a sector...
Höegh Autoliners joins World Shipping Council
THE WORLD Shipping Council (WSC) has announced vehicle carrier Höegh Autoliners has joined as a member. “We are pleased to welcome Höegh Autoliners to the World Shipping Council,”...
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Birdon to deliver amphibious vehicles under $125m Defence contract
AUSTRALIAN-owned maritime engineering company Birdon has signed a $125 million contract to design and build one prototype and 15 amphibious vehicles—logistics (AV-L) for the...
Sea Swift ships key supplies to cyclone-hit Cairns
SEA SWIFT cargo ship Newcastle Bay is en route to Cairns from Brisbane with food supplies for communities affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji in Far North Queensland. The journey...
Bhagwan commissions latest fleet addition
WESTERN AUSTRALIA’s Bhagwan Marine has christened its newest vessel, a 38-metre stern landing vessel designed for modern offshore energy, subsea and decommissioning operations,...
PacTow celebrates salvage success
THE general manager of Port Moresby-based Pacific Towing has paid tribute to his own team as well as other stakeholders involved in the successful refloating of the grounded...
Norden’s Wyndham operations underway
NORDEN’s first port logistic project in Australia is underway with the arrival of two purpose-built barges in Wyndham. The 10,054 DWT, 94.50 x 27.46 x 6.19-metre Nord Wallaby I...
New hybrid tug for Tauranga
TAURANGA has placed an order with UZMAR Shipyards in Türkiye to build a 32-metre hybrid advanced rotortug to replace the 25-yo Sir Robert. The contract was foreshadowed during the...
Igneo wins Strait Link, AFR reports
IGNEO Infrastructure Partners has won the race to buy Bass Strait and Tasmanian shipping and transport operator Strait Link, according to the Australian Financial Review. The...
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Subsea 7 wins Gorgon 3 contract
NORWAY’s Subsea7 has secured a substantial contract with Chevron Australia covering subsea installation on the Gorgon Stage 3 (GS3) Project, offshore Australia. Subsea7’s scope of...
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AAL hails specialist transport solution for WA ammonia-urea plant
AAL Australia has deployed an S-Class heavy lift vessel to ship chemical plant components from Sattahip in Thailand to Dampier in Western Australia. AAL says their heavy lift...
Lyttelton board approves expansion, Otago names new tug
THE INVESTMENT case for Lyttelton’s continued Te Awaparahi Bay expansion has been approved by the port company’s board and approval will now be sought from Christchurch City...
Ferry failure underlines need for rescue tug, NZ union says
A STEERING failure that saw the Cook Strait ro-pax Kaiarahi abandon its Wellington-Picton voyage on Friday night [12 December] strengthens the case for an emergency tug, the...
China Zorrilla sparks into life
IN YET another achievement for the DCN Newsmaker of the Year Incat Tasmania chairman Robert Clifford, on Sunday [14 December], powered up the largest battery-electric ship ever...
Strait Link bidders surface
TWO infrastructure investors have emerged as the leading bidders for Bass Strait and Tasmanian freight business Strait Link, put up for sale by Sydney’s Allegro Funds about four...
