Svitzer Australia appoints new GM – west
SVITZER Australia has appointed Tully Barnes as its new general manager – west. Mr Barnes will be responsible for the company’s harbour and terminal towage operations in Western...
New Austal vessel bound for Pacific Islands
AUSTAL has launched a new catamaran that will transport passengers and cargo across French Polynesia. Austal built Apetahi Express at its Vietnam shipyard for maritime and tourism...
Global air-cargo demand continues decline in March
GLOBAL demand for air-cargo services decreased 7.7% in March (down 8.1% for international operations), compared with the same month last year. The International Air Transport...
Cruise line launches "ambitious" program for Aussie ports
P&O Cruises has scheduled 157 sailings bound for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific ports over the 2024-25 cruise season. The cruise company claims the program is its biggest and...
Specialist vessel and Aussie crew take part in offshore wind project
A SPECIALIST offshore vessel and Australian crew will survey seabed conditions in the Bass Strait for an offshore wind project. The proposed Star of the South wind farm would be...
Nuyina returns to Hobart ahead of Antarctic voyage
AUSTRALIAN icebreaker Nuyina has returned to service after spending a year in a Singapore shipyard. The research vessel arrived at its home port of Hobart on 24 April for sea...
Aussie-built ferry deployed in New Zealand
A NEW Zealand ferry company has launched an Australian-built passenger vessel in Auckland. Queensland-based shipyard Aluminium Marine built the Incat Crowther 29 Tuhi Rapa for...
Number of winter cruise visits to double in NSW
THE NUMBER of cruise ships to lined up to visit Sydney over the winter season has doubled since last year’s offseason. According to the Port Authority of New South Wales, the...
Maritime and energy companies to explore methanol bunkering at Port of Melbourne
PORT of Melbourne, Maersk, ANL and Svitzer are among seven maritime and energy signatories to a memorandum of understanding that will explore the feasibility of establishing a...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 44
THIS past week, a reach stacker caught fire at NSW Ports' Enfield Intermodal Terminal after a malfunction....
Norfolk LCT delayed after unsuccessful sea trial
A NEW landing craft for the Norfolk Island trade has returned to the shipyard after an issue was detected during a sea trial. Neptune Pacific Direct Line had expected to receive...
Thousand-tonne QuayLink delivery arrives in Devonport
PORT of Devonport has received a thousand-tonne shipment of construction material for the QuayLink project. General cargo vessel Parkgracht is delivering 50 steel piles to the...
Provaris' hydrogen floating storage unit receives AiP
ASX-LISTED energy company Provaris has received an approval in principle for a hydrogen floating storage unit. The American Bureau of Shipping issued the AiP for the so-called...
Dredging program to begin in Queensland port
MAINTENANCE dredging at Port of Weipa is set to begin in the coming weeks. North Queensland Bulk Ports has scheduled the dredging works to begin in early May using the dredge...
MOL launches second LNG-fuelled ferry
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines has launched its second LNG-fuelled ferry. The new Sunflower Murasaki is owned by MOL and operated by group’s coastal ro-pax company Ferry Sunflower. MOL plans...
