Wellard reports first-half loss
LIVE export company Wellard reported a loss of US$5 million in the first half of the 2023 financial year. The company said Australian cattle export volumes were at the lowest...
AMSA and RAN enter flag administration agreement
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has signed an agreement with the Navy that provides the process to move vessels from Australia’s flag administration to operate under a...
Contract signed for hybrid ro-ro vessels
GRIMALDI Group and Kongsberg Maritime signed a deal for the supply of engineering and technology for two new 7800-line metre ro-ro vessels. They are to be built at China Merchant...
Tasmanian port project complete
A NEW $1.5-million floating pontoon has opened at Port of Stanley in Tasmania’s north west. The facility includes an access gangway leading to pontoons supported by steel piles,...
Austal launches fourth Evolved Cape-class patrol boat
AUSTAL Australia has delivered its fourth Evolved Cape-class patrol boat to the Royal Australian Navy. The new vessel, ADV Cape Capricorn, is one of eight vessels of its kind...
MOL to merge ferry and coastal ro-ro businesses
MITSUI O.S.K. Lines is merging two group businesses to create what it claims will be the largest ferry and coastal ro-ro company in Japan. MOL Ferry and Ferry Sunflower, the...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 34
PORT of Newcastle this week announced the establishment of an empty container park at its Mayfield site....
Svitzer Australia CCO appointed global head of green ports
SVITZER Australia chief commercial officer Ivan Spanjic has been appointed Svitzer’s first global head of green ports. The global towage company created the new Green Ports role...
New AFP vessel deployed in Sydney Harbour
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has commissioned a new vessel to operate in Sydney Harbour. The purpose-built, 11-metre boat is the second AFP vessel to enter service in the...
Swire Shipping introduces new service to Pacific Islands
SWIRE Shipping has introduced the Pacific Weekly Express (PWX) service. The company said it is a new fixed-day weekly service that connects South-East Asia, Europe, India, and the...
Wärtsilä finishes “industry-first” retrofit
WÄRTSILÄ has completed what it said was the maritime “industry’s first-ever shaft generator retrofit”. Wärtsilä retrofitted an inline shaft generator on Berge Toubkal, a cape-size...
Severed WA highway reopens, construction stalls on river barge
FURTHER rainfall in Western Australia has delayed the construction of a river barge being built to reconnect the Great Western Highway. The state government is moving ahead with a...
Tassie cruise company launches Incat Crowther vessel
A TASMANIAN cruise operator has launched a new vessel designed by Australian engineering company Incat Crowther. Odalisque III is a 24-metre catamaran operated by On Board, a...
Electrical component failure caused Suiso Fontier malfunction: ATSB
AN INCORRECTLY fitted electrical component was behind the malfunction on liquefied hydrogen carrier Suiso Frontier, an investigation has found. Suiso Frontier was berthed at...
Last B 747-8 freighter rolls off the line
APEX Logistics, a subsidiary of Kuehne+Nagel, has taken delivery the last Boeing 747-8 freighter as part of a long-term charter agreement with Atlas Air. After a half-century...
