Asian trade carriers push Aus trade rates up
A late pick-up in freight rates and volumes after a lean year is encouraging carriers in the North & East Asia-Australia trade to seek further rate increases
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Author: Dale Crisp
Port Hedland’s second towage provider casts off
Three years after a second licence was awarded, Fortescue Metals Group has begun towage operations in Port Hedland, enabled by KOTUG
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WA ramps up sub maintenance push
The Western Australian Government is intensifying efforts to secure Navy maintenance work, promising a substantial upgrade of marine repair and supporting facilities at AMC Henderson
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ACCC wants Qube Moorebank undertakings
The ACCC’s concerns over possible monopolies in nationally significant infrastructure extend to Sydney’s Moorebank Intermodal Terminal
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Industry’s hopes for Melbourne land rent review
End-users of the Port of Melbourne are looking for some enlightened regulatory outcomes from the Essential Services Commission’s review of port land rentals
Read MoreNewcastle welcomes channel decision
Port of Newcastle has welcomed an end to regulation of its shipping channels and played a straight bat to the ACCC’s claims the port is a “monopolist without constraint”
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Keel laid for NYK LNG PCTC
NYK is joining the deepsea LNG-power trend with what’s claimed as the world’s largest gas-fuelled PCTC.
Read MoreTough year for Ports of Auckland
Cargo handling constraints caused by infrastructure investment in new automated container facilities and a cyclical downturn in vehicle trades has hit Ports of Auckland’s 2018-19 volumes and profits
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MUA, Newcastle in bulk loader biffo
The maritime union is claiming Port of Newcastle is attempting to marginalise workers’ jobs by excluding them from new port equipment and cutting rights and conditions
Read MoreACCC: Newcastle ‘monopoly’ needs market power regulation
ACCC chairman Rod Sims is not taking the National Competition Council’s decision to revoke declaration of Newcastle’s shipping channel lying down.
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