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P&O Trans Australia (POTA) has reportedly paid $33 million to fully acquire Maritime Container Services (MCS).
31/07/2009 |
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SYDNEY Ports Corporation (SPC) has reported that strong export growth has helped Sydney Ports record its eighth consecutive year of container trade increases.
31/07/2009 |
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OCEAN freight and air freight company DHL Global Forwarding has announced plans to roll-out the ‘First Choice’ program, a customer-centric program.
30/07/2009 |
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C.H. ROBINSON Worldwide has announced it has acquired Walker Logistics Overseas, an international freight forwarder specialising in air and ocean freight, warehousing, courier, and logistics solutions.
30/07/2009 |
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DB SCHENKER has announced it will expand its Australasian operations to the growing Papua New Guinea market.
29/07/2009 |
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THE SHIPPING sector has announced an extension of the Workplace Act to all licensed and permit ships carrying coastal cargo, irrespective of nationality, will have a negative impact on Australian shipping.
29/07/2009 |
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THE SS Fitzroy River yesterday unloaded its last cargo of bauxite for refining into alumina.
28/07/2009 |
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SWIRE Shipping is believed to be considering increasing its offer of compensation for the Moreton Bay oil spill after yesterday’s meeting with Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese.
28/07/2009 |
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THE FEDERAL Government will meet in Canberra today with Swire Shipping, the company responsible for the south-east Queensland oil slick in March this year.
27/07/2009 |
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DRYBULK carrier Oceanfreight announced that the purchase of a 2001 built Panamax vessel has been cancelled due to the sellers' financiers were not lifting their conditions to the sale.
27/07/2009 |
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THE NSW Government has announced it will secure the future of the Port of Newcastle by extending planning powers its surrounding areas.
24/07/2009 |
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DHL announced it will be investing $14 million in a new 11,600sqm state-of-the-art building in Auckland to act as its new DHL Global Forwarding office and warehouse facility.
24/07/2009 |
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DATADOTDNA technology is quickly proving to be one of the most efficient ways of deterring thieves in the marine industry.
23/07/2009 |
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THE INTERNATIONAL Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has intervened at the International Maritime Organisation to amend a proposal to ban the blending of oil cargoes onboard ships.
23/07/2009 |
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ENGINEERING consultancy company Niras has announced it has recently chose a Tritex Multigauge 3000 Underwater Thickness Gauge to inspect pilings at Copenhagen harbour.
23/07/2009 |
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AUSTRALIAN shipping company ANL Container Lines has confirmed it may be starting up a new coastal shipping service
22/07/2009 |
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ABB Grain has announced its specialised shipping terminal at Ardrossan is preparing for its busiest period on record in the next eight weeks.
22/07/2009 |
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LOWRANCE unveiled its next-generation sonar technology, the LSS-1 StructureScan sonar-imaging module, at ICAST 2009 in the US yesterday.
22/07/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALIAN International Marine Export Group (AIMEX) has recently run 10 seminars throughout Australia for the marine industry.
21/07/2009 |
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THE WORLD’S largest coal export terminal, Newcastle Port, has notified producers of plans to cut total shipping quotas by a million tonnes for the rest of the third quarter.
21/07/2009 |
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DOCKWISE Yacht Transport (DYT) has announced its 139-metre Super Servant 3 will deliberately ‘sink’ off Fisherman’s Island in Brisbane next month, in order to allow other boats to float on and off as cargo.
21/07/2009 |
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CHINA Shipping Container Lines has announced it plans to almost double rates on Asia-Europe routes this month.
20/07/2009 |
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THE UNITED Nations shipping agency agreed to voluntary proposals to reduce carbon emissions in the international shipping industry.
20/07/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has announced she will meet with Swire Shipping to discuss the clean-up bill from the Moreton Bay oil spill.
20/07/2009 |
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HUNTER Valley businesses are worried that congestion at Port Botany in Sydney is impacting on their export profitability.
17/07/2009 |
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THE WESTERN Australian Department of Environment and Conservation has announced it is satisfied the Esperance Port Lead Removal Plan (LRP) has been completed, after it lifted a ban on lead carbonate shipping.
17/07/2009 |
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SHIPS could make a comeback as a more common form of food transport in Australia as roads become more congested and trains found to be more polluting than ships per tonne of cargo.
17/07/2009 |
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MEMBERS of the U.S. Australasia Discussion Agreement have announced a general rate increase guideline for container shipping to take effect on 15 August 2009.
16/07/2009 |
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THE ROUND Table of International Shipping Association met in London last week to discuss issues of concern to the international shipping industry.
16/07/2009 |
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MORETON Bay Regional Council has moved a motion calling on a tax for shipping giant Swire Shipping until it pays its clean-up bill.
15/07/2009 |
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THREE international shipping companies will reduce services between Brisbane, New Zealand and north-east Asia, effective immediately.
15/07/2009 |
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OAKAJEE Port and Rail has announced WorleyParsons will be the project management study contractor for the $3 billion Oakajee port and rail project in Western Australia.
14/07/2009 |
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THE GROWING number of cruise ships docking at Fremantle Port and other Western Australian ports has prompted a $2 million upgrade over the next two years.
14/07/2009 |
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GREEK dry bulk carrier Diana Shipping announced it has signed a time charter contract with a private company for one of its panamax vessels.
13/07/2009 |
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THE PORT of Abbot Point in Queensland announced it set a monthly tonnage record last month, exporting almost 1.66m tonnes of coal.
13/07/2009 |
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INTERNATIONAL marine terminal operator DP World has signed a new 15 year, multi-million dollar lease for its operations at Port Botany.
10/07/2009 |
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THE PORT of Albany has announced it will continue to load and export Timbercorp's woodchip product, despite the company’s uncertain future.
10/07/2009 |
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DEVELOPER of radio frequency sensing and control devices Hi-G-Tek has announced it is introducing a new protocol that can be used in the packing, storing and shipping of fresh produce.
09/07/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND’S Gladstone Ports Corporation has announced that it may take control of the Port of Bundaberg by the end of this year.
09/07/2009 |
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CARRINGTON Facilities and the Newcastle Port Corporation (NPC) have announced the signing of a 30 year lease for the Concentrates Shiploader at Carrington, Newcastle.
07/07/2009 |
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THE PORT of Rotterdam has reached agreement on the location and construction of a new intermodal terminal.
07/07/2009 |
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SWIRE Shipping, the owners of a ship responsible for an oil slick along the Sunshine Coast in March, has refused to pay the full $34 million clean-up bill.
06/07/2009 |
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THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced the Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) ship tracking system officially came into effect this week after six-month transition period ended yesterday.
03/07/2009 |
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PARAGON Shipping has announced it has entered into new charter agreements for two of its panamax vessels, which will boost revenue and result in higher 2010 and 2011 fixed-revenue days.
03/07/2009 |
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MACKAY’S Ports announced that yesterday marked the beginning of its trading as North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP).
02/07/2009 |
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GREEK drybulk carrier OceanFreight has announced it will acquire a 2004 built capesize bulk carrier for $56 million.
02/07/2009 |
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NEWCASTLE Port has announced that coal exports have risen 12 percent in the latest week with the number of vessels queuing off the port swelling to the highest numbers in over a year.
01/07/2009 |
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A NEW shipping service between Darwin and China commenced yesterday when a freighter carrying 600 containers docked at Fort Hill Wharf.
01/07/2009 |