Mantaray pilot cutter joins the Townsville fleet
THE new $3.3m custom-built pilot boat utilises high-tech equipment and is designed to maximise safety and efficiency for pilot transfers. Port of Townsville chief operating...
AAL to take delivery of two heavy lift vessels
AAL SHIPPING is expanding its core fleet to 720,200 total deadweight with the delivery of the Pacific Action and AAL Gladstone. Both vessels have served in the AAL fleet in the...
New reefer LCL concept launched in WA
WITH the International Freight Assistance Mechanism set to end in the middle of this year, exporters, especially smaller exporters, need a cost-effective way to get goods to...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen president and CEO steps down
CRAIG Jasienski has quit his role as president and CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, effective yesterday, with the CFO, Torbjørn Wist, stepping into the role of acting CEO. The...
Large-scale methanol testing to begin
MAJOR tests of methanol as a marine fuel will soon begin at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. Working closely with MAN Energy Solutions and other...
Cruise returns to Freo
CRUISE ship Coral Adventurer is to make its way to the Fremantle Inner Harbour on 6 March. It is to depart on 10 March, with passengers, on a 12-night voyage to Broome. The vessel...
DAWE expanding cost recovery for live export
THE Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is expanding cost recovery for the regulation of many Australian export industries, but cost increases for the live export...
A new ports entity in Victoria coming in July
PORTS Victoria is to have sweeping responsibility over the state’s commercial waterways, amalgamating the Victorian Regional Channels Authority and the Victorian Ports Corporation...
AMSA detains vessel after jetty crash in Dampier
GENERAL cargo ship MCP Graz was detained last week after it allided with a jetty as it departed the Port of Dampier under pilotage. The vessel is on a new, regular freight service...
Live export firm Wellard posts dismal first-half results
LIVE animal exporter Wellard reported a savage first half of FY21. Its revenue dropped by 46% to US$18.2 million and it reported a net loss was US$1.6 million, a 14% decrease on...
Owners of dilapidated barge convicted, fined in Sydney
THE owner of a dilapidated barge operating in Sydney’s Pittwater despite a prohibition by authorities, was convicted and fined $5500 in Sydney Magistrates Court last week. Marine...
Ports, rail connections highlighted in new Infrastructure Priority List
THE 2021 edition of the Infrastructure Priority List identifies a $59 billion of projects, with six high priority projects, 17 priority projects, 48 high priority initiatives and...
Sea Swift's Karratha Bay arrives at Dampier from Singapore
THE FIRST voyage of Sea Swift’s international service connecting the Pilbara and Singapore is complete, with the 99-metre vessel Karratha Bay arriving in Dampier from Asia. The...
Support vessel association signs Neptune Declaration
THE International Support Vessel Owners’ Association, which represents owners and operators of support vessels in the offshore energy sector, has called on all stakeholders to...
Three companies team up to develop remote-control tug
TOWAGE operator Svitzer, along with Kongsberg Maritime and the American Bureau of shipping have signed an agreement to jointly develop what they say is the world’s first fully...
