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What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island

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WAITING at Sydney Airport for a Monday morning flight to Canberra, Peter Sturrock picked up a copy of the Australian Financial Review. The year was 2005 and the then-CEO of the...
What happened the last time freight left Glebe Island

OCEAN OUTLOOK: What's in the wind?

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BACKto the future seems to be the order of the day as a number of maritime architects and boatbuilders are inspired by the past to come up with designs of wind-powered cargo ships...
OCEAN OUTLOOK: What's in the wind?

Veteran pilot Burns out

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AFTER “an extraordinary maritime career spanning almost 60 years” Port Phillip pilot Captain David Burns has retired. In a LinkedIn post Auriga Group paid tribute to Capt Burns’...
Veteran pilot Burns out

Having touched base, Nuyina touches bottom

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INSPECTIONS are underway after the Australian Antarctic Division’s Serco-operated research/icebreaker Nuyina scraped the sea floor near Heard Island during its current 55-day...
Having touched base, Nuyina touches bottom

TasPorts, Strait Link ink long-term deal

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TASPORTS and Strait Link have finalised an agreement that will see the Bass Strait operator maintain its port of Burnie base for up to 30 years. The companies announced a...
TasPorts, Strait Link ink long-term deal

3600 head of cattle mark start to floating wharf live exports

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THE GUDALI Express with 3600 head of cattle on board has kicked off live exports from Kimberley Marine Support Base’s (KMSB) livestock exports from its Broome floating wharf. KMSB...
3600 head of cattle mark start to floating wharf live exports

Fee shock sees Wallenius Wilhelmsen pull guidance

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DETAILS of the Trump Administration’s new port fee regulations, released on Friday US time, has caused Wallenius Wilhelmsen to suspend its financial guidance for 2025. The company...
Fee shock sees Wallenius Wilhelmsen pull guidance

Damen wins order for Woodside Gulf work

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DUTCH shipbuilder Damen has won a contract to supply offshore support tugs for Woodside Energy’s Trion oil field development in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America if you’ve been...
Damen wins order for Woodside Gulf work

Boluda strengthens local management

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BOLUDA Towage Australasia has been quick to raise its pulling power with the appointment of a business development executive. Remko Hottentot is the new Director Business...
Boluda strengthens local management

OPINION: Are you redundant or resilient?

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THE WHEELHOUSE is quiet. A 14,000 TEU container ship slows as it enters the Yarra River, approaching Webb Dock. Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge can be seen in the distance, just over...
OPINION: Are you redundant or resilient?

Nuyina undertaking first HIMI voyage in over 20 years

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THE AUSTRALIAN Antarctic Division’s research/icebreaker Nuyina is one week into a 55-day voyage which will see the re-supply of two Antarctic bases and the commencement of the...
Nuyina undertaking first HIMI voyage in over 20 years

New Zealand selects new Chatham Island operator

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A JOINT venture between Swiss and New Zealand companies has won a tender to provide shipping services to the Chatham Islands. Lugarno-based Nova Marine Carriers, along with...
New Zealand selects new Chatham Island operator

Samoa compo for Manawanui sinking

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WHILE no decision has yet made over the final fate of the sunken HMNZS Manawanui the New Zealand Government has made a NZ$6 million payment to the Government of Samoa. The dive...
Samoa compo for Manawanui sinking

Minervagracht crew repatriated after Houthi attack

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TEN of the 12 Filipino crewmembers of the Spliethoff MPP Minervagracht arrived safely in their home country last night [5 October] after rescue and repatriation from their damaged...
Minervagracht crew repatriated after Houthi attack

Vopak secures FSRU for Port Phillip Bay LNG terminal project

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VOPAK is claiming an advantage in the race to provide LNG imports for Victoria after securing an agreement for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). The company has...
Vopak secures FSRU for Port Phillip Bay LNG terminal project