Tag: Australia

This week the governments of Australia and Indonesia co-hosted a multilateral forum on Maritime Security Cooperation in Sydney, under the auspices of the East Asia Summit (EAS).

WE Tech announced its plan to expand business to Australia by delivering energy efficient solutions to RORO vessels of Toll Shipping. The company has received an order to deliver its permanent magnet shaft generator solutions to a series of two 12,000 dwt RORO vessels, built in Sinotrans & CSC affiliated Jinling Shipyard in China.

Criminal charges have been laid against Japanese-based company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) in relation to alleged cartel conduct concerning the international shipping of cars, trucks, and buses to Australia between July 2009 and September 2012.

The newly published ‘Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report’ says that increased competition in container stevedoring has pushed prices to their lowest level in 17 years. The report notes there is now infrastructure in place to support a third stevedore in each of the 3 largest container ports in Australia.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has added two new services between Asia and Australia, effective as of May 2017, The new Asia-Australia Express is a pendulum service which will connect Northeast Asia to Australia and Southeast Asia to Australia.

BP has announced that the company has taken the decision not to progress its exploration drilling programme in the GAB, offshore South Australia, following the review and refresh of BP’s upstream strategy earlier this year, which included focusing exploration on opportunities likely to create value in the near to medium term, primarily building on BP’s significant existing upstream positions.

Australia Pacific LNG has confirmed it had produced the equivalent of a cargo of liquefied natural gas from the second train at its LNG Facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland.

Australia will welcome an unprecedented number of cruise ships this summer, with more than 40 vessels sailing in local waters - including eight ships making their maiden visits Down Under, according to Cruise Lines International Association.

New South Wales Government has announced its plans for the construction of a new multi-purpose cruise ship terminal for Newcastle Harbour, which will increase tourism in the Hunter region.

A joint operation between the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has resulted in the seizure of approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine from a cruise ship in Sydney and the arrest of three Canadian nationals on drug importation charges.