Industrial action has dramatically escalated at the Port of Melbourne with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) hitting the Victoria International Container Terminal’s (VICT) Webb Dock terminal with a series of stoppages that commenced early last week on Tuesday 16th, then 12 hours from 6 pm Friday 19th, and then a scheduled 3 x 12 […]
After a 2 day hearing at the Fair Work Commission, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has announced that it would immediately end industrial action at Patrick terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle. There is still a massive backlog of containers around Australia, exceeding more than 100,000, that need to be cleared and it […]
After bargaining for almost two years, with on and off industrial action, DP World Australia lodged an application with the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Tuesday 15th September, to have industrial action at Port Botany terminal terminated on negative economic grounds. The DP World application was due to be heard by the FWC on Saturday […]
Although ocean shipping is much more energy efficient than air or road transport, the price of shipping goods will continue to face upward pressure as regulators impose tighter pollution combating rules. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will introduce new low-sulphur fuel regulations that impose a cap on sulphur emissions of 0.5% of fuel content from […]
At 325 metres long, weighing over 105,000 tonnes and with the capacity to carry over 8,000 containers at a time, the OOCL Seoul is the largest freight ship ever to arrive at Port of Melbourne. Guided by 3 tug boats, it churned up a fair amount of sediment as it turned to position itself beside […]
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) can wipe out entire crops of fruits and vegetables and has the potential to severely impact our agricultural industries. These pests can enter vehicles, homes and factories in large numbers during autumn months, looking for places to shelter over winter. Their secretions can be a skin allergen and their […]
In adverse weather conditions on Friday, 83 containers out of a total 2, 252 containers on board, were toppled off the Libyan registered container ship, YM Efficiency (one of the Yang Ming fleet) after it rolled and pitched heavily in rough seas about 50 kilometers off the NSW Central Coast. It was on its way […]
From 10 July 2017, Patrick will introduce an infrastructure surcharge at the Sydney and Fremantle Terminals and well as increase the existing infrastructure surcharge at Melbourne and Brisbane. The surcharges take into account increasing rental, land tax and council rates that have not been able to be absorbed in the current market conditions and as […]
As part of its commitment to growing market share organically and by acquisition, the world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line is set to acquire the world’s 7th largest container shipping company Hamburg Süd, a north-south trade specialist, subject to final agreement and regulatory approvals. Maersk Line beat the other front runner CMA CGM in […]
A new joint venture has been agreed upon between shipping companies Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL), NYK and K-Line, to be effective in July 2017 and operational by April 2018. The companies will be integrating their container shipping activities and container terminal businesses worldwide (excluding Japan), into a single operating entity. A new name for this […]
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