Australia
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Port of Newcastle to switch to 100% renewable energy next year
Australia’s Port of Newcastle has joined a local initiative to advocate for and drive local adoption of the United Nations’…
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Global Energy Ventures furthers delays CNG carrier project at CIMC Raffles
Australian compressed natural gas (CNG) company Global Energy Ventures (GEV) has entered into an agreement with Chinese yard CIMC Raffles…
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Australia cracks down on crew changes
Australia is cracking down on ships where seafarers are working beyond their original contract lengths. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority…
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BHP scales back LNG-powered newcastlemax ambitions
Alphatanker, part of AXS Marine, is reporting that a landmark project for LNG-fuelled bulk carrier newbuildings is being scaled back.…
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Australian authorities file charges against APL England master
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has filed charges against the master of containership , which lost over 50 containers…
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Coronavirus infections on Al Kuwait livestock carrier double to 12
The number of coronavirus-infected crew from the livestock carrier , currently docked in Fremantle, has increased to 12. The vessel…
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RightShip scraps ratings system in favour of new safety score
RightShip will scrap its ratings system in favour of a new safety score in the biggest shake-up at the maritime…
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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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Six crew on livestock carrier contract coronavirus
Six crewmembers of a livestock carrier docked in Fremantle have tested positive for coronavirus. The arrived in Fremantle last Friday…
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APL boxship loses over 40 containers off NSW coast
The 2001-built 5,780 teu containership has lost 40 containers off the New South Wales coast in rough weather while sailing…
Read More » - Bunkering
ASP brings bunker tanker to Fremantle for BP charter
Australia’s ASP Ships Group has brought in 2019-built bunker tanker into its fleet on bareboat charter, and subsequently time chartered…
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Toll hit by another cyber attack
Australian transport and logistics company Toll Group has suffered a second cyber attack in the space of just three months.…
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BP looks at building export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia
BP is to carry out a feasibility study to look at using hydrogen to export renewable energy at scale from…
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Aussies detain bulk carrier found to be carrying high sulphur fuel
The , a four-year-old 34,387 dwt bulk carrier belonging to Amsterdam-based MUR Shipping, was detained in Geelong, Australia on Friday,…
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Ravensdown Shipping joins TMA Bulk Pool
Melbourne-based Ravensdown Shipping Services, part of fertiliser giant Ravensdown, has joined the TMA Bulk Pool with its time-chartered ship .…
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Beach Energy and Diamond Offshore go to battle over rig termination
Australia’s Beach Energy, operator of the Victorian Otway Basin Joint Venture, says that it will defend claims brought against it…
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ASP Ships Group buys into Coastal Bulk Shipping
Australian shipmanagement and services firm ASP Ships Group has acquired a 50% shareholding in New Zealand’s Coastal Bulk Shipping (CBS).…
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Beach Energy terminates Diamond Offshore contract for late arrival
Australia’s Beach Energy, operator of the Victorian Otway Basin Joint Venture, has sent notice of termination to Diamond Offshore drilling…
Read More » - Greater China
MMA Offshore enters renewables sector with Taiwan contract
Australian OSV firm MMA Offshore has been awarded a contract to support foundation installation for an offshore wind farm project…
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Australia expands search for containers lost from YM Efficiency
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has entered into a contract with local marine services company Subsea to conduct an additional…
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