MSC and Mercy Ships celebrate 10 years working together
FOR the past 10 years, MSC Group has provided end-to-end support, from container shipping to logistics, fundraising and maritime expertise, to its partner Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships...
Poseidon offers traineeships for First Nations descendants
A NEW educational partnership between Poseidon Sea Pilots and the Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-In-Council Aboriginal Corporation (MMEIC), will offer four maritime traineeships...
New report on the COVID headwinds hitting air freight
A NEW report by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) shows the unparalleled disruption COVID-19 has wrought on Australia’s $125 billion air freight trade. The latest...
Australian company launches compressed hydrogen tanker program
GREEN hydrogen development company Global Energy Ventures has appointed Capilano Maritime Design and Finnish engineering company Wärtsilä to carry out the contract design package...
Singapore Airlines and WiseTech Global partner up for real-time e-bookings
SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) and logistics software provider WiseTech Global have partnered to provide a direct exchange of e-bookings between their systems. The integration is the...
Design unveiled for Maersk methanol vessels
SHIPPING giant Maersk has introduced the design of its eight new 16,000 TEU container vessels powered by carbon-neutral methanol. Palle Laursen, chief technical officer, A.P....
A glimpse of Port of Devonport’s future
TASPORTS has revealed details of its Project QuayLink, which is to secure the port as the Apple Isle’s future gateway for tourism and trade. TasPorts CEO Anthony Donald said after...
Australia’s first Mates-to-Masters course using simulators
KOTUG has run its first simulator-based harbour towage Mates-to-Masters courses in Australia, so that mates can practice manoeuvres before progressing to on-the-water training....
Carnival advises on the state of fun in a post-pandemic world
CARNIVAL Cruise Line has unveiled the results of its latest research and it makes for sad reading with 42% of Australians saying they’ve had less fun than usual in the last two...
Svitzer to introduce new tug design
GLOBAL towage operator Svitzer has announced an agreement to build what it calls a “next-generation multipurpose tug”. Svitzer is developing the TRAnsverse tug along with naval...
Qantas to convert two passenger aircraft into freighters
AUSTRALIAN flag carrier Qantas has announced it would convert two of its Airbus A330 passenger aircraft into freighters to support a significant shift towards online shopping. One...
Ten new female officers of the watch in PNG
TEN young women from Papua New Guinea have graduated as officers of the watch, as part of Pacific Towing’s Women in Maritime program. The women, who were all cadets at PacTow,...
Dog finds stink bug
BROWN marmorated stink bug, a potentially hazardous hitchhiker pest, was recently discovered by biosecurity detector dogs conducting routine surveillance on an imported truck at...
Australian ag production and exports to soar
AUSTRALIAN farmers are on track to smash production value and volume records in 2021-22 on the back of exceptional seasonal conditions and a surge in world commodity prices,...
Full-scale hydrogen-based marine propulsion system tested and verified
NORWEGIAN engineering firm Kongsberg Maritime has announced it tested and verified a full-scale, full-size, zero-emissions marine drivetrain powered by hydrogen fuel cells....
