Japan’s first LNG bunker barge launched
KEYS Bunkering West Japan recently named and launched a new LNG bunkering vessel. Keys Bunkering is a joint venture between Kyushu Electric Power, NYK Line, Itochu Enex and Saibu...
MPA invites proposals for electric harbour craft in Singapore
THE MARITIME and Port Authority of Singapore has called for proposals to design full-electric harbour craft for the port of Singapore. MPA has initiated an expression-of-interest...
Offshore wind zone declared for Hunter coast
THE FEDERAL government has officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast. The declared area stretches over 1800 square kilometres of Pacific Ocean between Swansea...
Hydrogen export from WA takes step towards reality
THE WESTERN Australian government has welcomed the memorandum of understanding signed between Western Green Energy Hub and Korea Electric Power Corporation. The agreement is to...
SHI completes voyage with autonomous navigation
SAMSUNG Heavy Industries has completed a demonstration of its autonomous navigation technology on a containership in the South China Sea. The South Korean shipbuilder said the...
AMSA bans another general cargo ship
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has banned the general cargo ship BBC Pearl after inspectors found failures of the safety management system, as well as a defective...
Svitzer tugs to run on vegetable oil
SVITZER has signed an agreement to fuel a fleet of tugs with hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). The towage provider on entered an EcoTow agreement with South Hook, an LNG terminal...
Spirit of Tasmania to be laid up for maintenance
SPIRIT of Tasmania II will be laid up in Hobart later this month for maintenance and repair works. The ferry will be out of action between 18 July and 7 August while routine...
Air freight data shows weak market conditions
GLOBAL air cargo data for May shows weakening market conditions. According to the International Air Transport Association, global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres, fell...
NYK and GCMD to trial ammonia under new partnership
NYK Line has partnered with the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation to boost the centre’s capacity to trial ammonia as a marine fuel. GCMD and NYK signed a five-year...
Dredging program wraps up at QLD port
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports' annual maintenance dredging program has concluded at the Port of Weipa. This year’s dredging program ran for 45 days and involved the dredge vessel...
Aussie engineering firm to design NZ electric ferry
AUCKLAND Transport has commissioned a design for a new electric hybrid fast ferry from Australian marine engineering and design company Incat Crowther. The new 300-passenger ferry...
Aussie-made fire tech installed on spirits of Tasmania
TASMANIAN-made fire safety technology is being installed on the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries. TT-Line said the two new vessels, currently under construction in Finland, will be...
ASCs being shipped to Melbourne
BREAKBULK and heavy lift specialist AAL has is completing two shipments of container cranes from Taicang and Shanghai to Melbourne for the VICT terminal expansion program. The six...
Hydrogen for export plant takes a step forward
ASX-listed Provaris Energy has entered into a collaboration agreement with Norwegian Hydrogen to move to the next phase of development for the FjordH2 project at Ørskog in the...
