Port of Newcastle welcomed Shofu Maru this week, the world’s first bulk carrier equipped with a Wind Challenger hard sail.
And New Zealand transport and logistics company Move last week completed the purchase of a ship that will be deployed on its new trans-Tasman service.
In other news, a containership lost power off the coast of New South Wales, and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority tasked tugboat Svitzer Glenrock with assisting the stricken vessel.
The strategic fleet taskforce made news again this past week, with millions of dollars in funding allocated in the federal budget to establish the taskforce.
And GeelongPort welcomed the Spirit of Tasmania to the port for the first time at a new, purpose-built facility.
The DCN Weekly is a podcast from Daily Cargo News providing a regular roundup of the biggest stories in Australian shipping and maritime logistics.
New episodes are published to our website at the end of each week and included in each Monday’s newswire.
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