BHP signs up for world-first LNG bulkers
BHP has formally signed time-charter contracts for pioneering LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulkers as it aims to cut 30% from greenhouse gas emissions in the WA iron ore trade
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Author: Dale Crisp
OOCL goes west with peak-season service
OOCL is mitigating port delays caused by weather, congestion and industrial action, and meeting strong import demand, by starting a new weekly Singapore-Fremantle shuttle
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More ore for Fortescue in Port Hedland
Fortescue Metals Group has won EPA approval to ship additional iron ore from its new Iron Bridge project through its Port Hedland facilities
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Qube doubles up at Whyalla
Qube is installing a second mobile harbour crane at SA’s Whyalla and has won a pit-to-port contract in Tasmania
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Cattle ship capsize confirmed; only one known survivor
Two Australians and two New Zealanders are amongst 42 people still missing from Gulf Livestock 1, now known to have sunk in a typhoon off Japan
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Gladstone dredging finished, Weipa beginning
Gladstone Ports Corporation has completed its widening of the port’s Clinton Channel, while North Queensland Bulk Ports is seeking a 10-year licence for maintenance dredging in the port of Weipa
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Cattle ship missing in typhoon off Japan
A Middle Eastern livestock carrier carrying cattle from New Zealand to China has issued a distress message while caught in a typhoon off south-western Japan
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Full ships see carriers push up freight rates
Rate hikes will see increases of up to US$600 per container for cargo imported in to Australia
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Locals await fate after global Maersk shake-up
Despite recently reporting solid profits against the backdrop of the coronavirus hit to global trade, Maersk is embarking on a major rationalisation of brands and support services
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New China barley barney hits CBH
The People’s Republic of China has banned all barley imports from Australia’s largest shipper after supposedly finding contaminated cargoes
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