AMSA issues guidance on risks of transporting EVs
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority is encouraging ship operators to prepare crews for the risks of transporting battery-powered electric vehicles. AMSA outlined risks and...
Cruise ship arrives at Brisbane International Cruise Terminal
ON Friday 8 December the cruise ship Disney Wonder arrived at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal on its maiden call as part of its inaugural Australian season. Port of...
Two Aussie companies sign MOU to develop WA shipbuilding capabilities
ASX-listed shipbuilder Austal has signed a memorandum of understanding with Port Macquarie-based maritime engineering company Birdon to develop defence shipbuilding capability in...
QLD companies receive coastal shipping grants
MARITIME Safety Queensland has awarded two companies with grants intended to help revitalise Queensland’s coastal shipping industry. Tn Marine in Cairns and ASP Ship Management in...
AiP issued for 11,000 CEU car carrier design
DNV has issued an approval in principle for the design of what it claims would be the world’s largest car carrier. The 11,000 CEU pure car and truck carrier would be 234 metres...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 77
THE MARITIME Union of Australia has been suspending its planned industrial action at DP World terminals this week as the two parties conduct negotiations at the Fair Work...
Cargo cruise ship heading to French Polynesia
ARANUI Cruises will start delivering freight on its Austral Islands voyages in 2025. In the 2025 program, 125-metre mixed freight and passenger vessel Aranui 5 will offer 22...
AMSA secures emergency response vessel for Torres Strait and GBR
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has signed a contract with Smit Lamnalco for first-response capability in the Torres Strait and Great Barrier Reef. The contract is to...
Höegh explores ammonia bunkering for Aurora fleet
HÖEGH Autoliners is looking into the supply of ammonia as a bunker fuel for the company’s upcoming Aurora Class fleet. Höegh signed a letter of intent with Japan’s Sumitomo...
Nuyina returns to Tassie after Antarctic voyage
RESEARCH vessel Nuyina has returned to Tasmania after resupplying the Davis Station in Antarctica. The ship sailed across the Southern Ocean to its home port of Hobart before...
Increasing frozen food transport temp could slash carbon emissions: study
FROZEN food temperatures could be changed by three degrees during transport and storage to save 17.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, according to new...
Boatie charged in collision with ferry
FOLLOWING a collision between a twin-engine recreational power boat and the ferry Waitere in Russel, New Zealand this year, Maritime NZ has brought charges against the boat’s...
Ten indigenous students join maritime workforce
TEN indigenous students have become deckhands through a TAFE NSW maritime program. TAFE developed the Get Into Maritime program in partnership with the Sea Heritage Foundation and...
Landing craft rescues sailors from sinking trawler
THE CREW of Sea Swift landing craft Albatross Bay rescued the crew of a sinking trawler on Tuesday night. Albatross Bay was en route from Cairns to Horn Island at around 1800 when...
Devonport wharf reaches new milestone
A PILING barge has driven the last steel pile into the Devonport riverbed to create the foundations of a new wharf. Fifty-one piles, each between 30 and 50 metres long, have been...
