AMPI conference opens in Adelaide
THE AUSTRALASIAN Marine Pilots Institute Regional Ports & Pilotage Conference has begun in SA, the venue being The Hilton Adelaide City. Flinders Ports general manager Carl Kavina...
Höegh’s solid 3Q but timing unlucky
IN A case of unfortunate timing Höegh Autoliners yesterday announced a reduction in dividends, attributable to the additional costs to be incurred by USTR port charges on...
Barrington & Nobbys named in Newcastle
SVITZER’S two new TRAnsverse tugs have been officially named and blessed at a ceremony in Newcastle. This followed their arrival in the Hunter earlier this year. The event was...
Grande recognition of Melbourne
ITALY’s Grimaldi has taken delivery of the third in a series of ammonia-ready PCTCs from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding and named it Grande Melbourne. The ship has a...
RO-RO: Green seas ahead for Australia's Ro-Ro sector
With Australia’s population still growing, the roll on/roll off shipping sector is expanding to deliver more cars. For the ro-ro trade, that points to growth, even as operators...
Major milestone for Pacific Tug
BRISBANE’S Peters family is this month celebrating the founding of Pacific Tug, a business that kicked off “accidentally” with a 45-foot fishing boat and now has a fleet of 28...
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First TBM arrives in Adelaide for traffic buster
THE FIRST Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) components for South Australia’s biggest infrastructure project arrived this week in Port Adelaide. The $15.4 billion North-South Corridor,...
What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island
WAITING at Sydney Airport for a Monday morning flight to Canberra, Peter Sturrock picked up a copy of the Australian Financial Review. The year was 2005 and the then-CEO of the...
OCEAN OUTLOOK: What's in the wind?
BACKto the future seems to be the order of the day as a number of maritime architects and boatbuilders are inspired by the past to come up with designs of wind-powered cargo ships...
Veteran pilot Burns out
AFTER “an extraordinary maritime career spanning almost 60 years” Port Phillip pilot Captain David Burns has retired. In a LinkedIn post Auriga Group paid tribute to Capt Burns’...
Having touched base, Nuyina touches bottom
INSPECTIONS are underway after the Australian Antarctic Division’s Serco-operated research/icebreaker Nuyina scraped the sea floor near Heard Island during its current 55-day...
TasPorts, Strait Link ink long-term deal
TASPORTS and Strait Link have finalised an agreement that will see the Bass Strait operator maintain its port of Burnie base for up to 30 years. The companies announced a...
3600 head of cattle mark start to floating wharf live exports
THE GUDALI Express with 3600 head of cattle on board has kicked off live exports from Kimberley Marine Support Base’s (KMSB) livestock exports from its Broome floating wharf. KMSB...
Fee shock sees Wallenius Wilhelmsen pull guidance
DETAILS of the Trump Administration’s new port fee regulations, released on Friday US time, has caused Wallenius Wilhelmsen to suspend its financial guidance for 2025. The company...
Damen wins order for Woodside Gulf work
DUTCH shipbuilder Damen has won a contract to supply offshore support tugs for Woodside Energy’s Trion oil field development in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America if you’ve been...
