Western Australia is a step closer to the creation of a large-scale green hydrogen hub with bp completing its concept development phase study into its energy hub H2Kwinana.bp is transitioning its former oil refinery site into an energy hub. Subject to internal and Government approvals…
Animals Australia has again documented live export laws being broken with images of sheep cruelty aired on the ABC on Monday August 28.The RSPCA says the show provides further proof live sheep export is inherently cruel and unfixable.Meanwhile…
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) announced the appointment of Brendan Webb as its new chief executive officer.Starting in October, Webb—who is currently CEO of Ports Victoria—will take over from acting CEO Belinda Kenny, who has…
Interest in methanol as an alternative fuel has grown in the shipping industry, which seeks to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.Below is a list of upcoming methanol bunkering-related projects by companies and ports:COMPANIES:A.P. Moller-MaerskMaersk…
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at the Port of Melbourne, Australia’s first fully automated container terminal, is expanding its equipment fleet with the addition of six new automated stacking cranes (ASC).Purchased as part of VICT’s ongoing expansion project…
Videlina Georgieva has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Svitzer Australia.She will help drive regional growth and progress Svitzer’s decarbonization agenda and replaces outgoing Nicolaj Noes who will be leaving Svitzer to take on a new opportunity…
China has removed the 80.5% anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Australian barley.Australia welcomed the move which paves the way for its barley exporters to re-enter the Chinese market.Senator the Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism…
Port of Newcastle, Australia, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed an MOU setting out a pathway towards a world-class clean energy economy in the Hunter Region.The port’s Clean Energy Precinct secured a $100-million government in the 2022 Federal Budget…
Logistics company Kuehne+Nagel International has appointed Michael Aldwell to its Management Board as of October 1, 2023.Aldwell will assume responsibility for the business unit Sea Logistics and succeed Horst Joachim (Otto) Schacht.Schacht (born in 1959)…
A new cutting-edge cabinless ship-to-shore container crane recently entered service at Patrick Terminals - Brisbane AutoStrad in Australia, where it is already hard at work handling container vessels and automated landside operations.The crane from Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd…
Denmark's Maersk said on Monday it has secured fuel for the world's first container vessel able to run on carbon-neutral methanol for its inaugural journey.Interest in methanol as an alternative fuel for bunkering has grown in the shipping industry…
A project to accommodate larger ships at the Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at the Port of Melbourne, Australia, is on schedule to be operational by 2024. Upon completion, the AUD235 million expansion will enable VICT to handle two 336-meter vessels simultaneously…
Pakistan International Container Terminal Limited (PICT), the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) subsidiary operating at the Port of Karachi, has partnered with Singaporean shipping line SeaLead to establish a direct service between Pakistan and Australia…
Australia and Singapore have commenced discussions on establishing a Singapore-Australia Green and Digital Shipping Corridor by the end of 2025.Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the…
A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ’s freight transport emissions – why aren’t we doing it?According to a recent study, coastal shipping produces a fifth of the carbon emissions (well-to-wheel) of road freight. Rail also performed well…