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McDermott and Baker Hughes selected for Equus Gas Project
McDermott International and GE’s Baker Hughes (BHGE) have signed an MOU with Australia’s Western Gas Corporation to be the exclusive…
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Operations
Australian authorities take action against unstable livestock carrier
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has withdrawn the Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock (ACCL) for the livestock…
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Environment
Australia to review open-loop scrubber strategy with Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will hold discussions with state authorities and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority…
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Operations
Unstable livestock carrier detained
In another setback for the Australian livestock exporting community a ship carrying more than 4,300 cows was detained today after…
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Offshore
WorleyParsons secures EPCI contract from Lundin
Offshore engineering service provider Rosenberg WorleyParsons has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract (EPCI) by Lundin Norway…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: Review dismembers current Australian regulations
Dr Lynn Simpson gives her verdict on the Moss review looking into Australia’s Live Animal Export industry. Several months late…
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Europe
ShipNext and SeaRates join forces
Three digital freight platforms are coming together to offer bookings for bulk, tanker, container, MPP and even air freight shipments.…
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Europe
DeepOcean awarded Australian contract
Subsea operator DeepOcean has been awarded a contract for the provision of post-lay trenching services along 65km of umbilical offshore…
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Maritime CEO
Triomphe Shipping Lines: New entrant on the grain trades
French agricultural group Invivo Grains and Global Equity Group have partnered to form Triomphe Shipping Lines in Singapore. According to…
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Regulatory
Transhipment banned along the Great Barrier Reef
The state government in Queensland is readying the ban of transhipping along the Great Barrier Reef. “The reef contributes more…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: Australian export licence permanently cancelled
Dr Lynn Simpson reports on a remarkable day as the livestock trades edge ever closer to oblivion. After decades of…
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Middle East
DP World walks away from Newcastle development
DP World has pulled away from investing in the Australian port of Newcastle with local media suggesting the Middle Eastern…
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Operations
Livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson unveils dramatic new podcast series
Splash’s livestock expert Dr Lynn Simpson, whose searing articles for this site have helped bring change to the sector, has…
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Contributions
Live Animal Export: As one DAWR opens, another Daw closes
Dr Lynn Simpson looks at what has happened to the Australian livestock export trades since April’s dramatic 60 Minutes exposé…
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Offshore
Bhagwan Marine steps up with new vessels
Australia’s Bhagwan Marine has expanded its fleet with the addition of two new vessels, anchor handling tug supply vessel CMV…
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Greater China
Australians ban Chinese bulker over crew pay failure
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has banned the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier for 12 months after it was discovered…
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Greater China
China Merchants seals deal to buy into Australia’s largest coal export port
China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has finalised the acquisition of the Australian port of Newcastle, the largest port on Australia’s…
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Operations
Emanuel Exports handed livestock ban
Canberra has suspended Emanuel Exports’s licence in the waking of shocking footage of conditions on a ship carried on a…
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Operations
Australian livestock trades change direction
The livestock trades out of Australia are changing in dramatic fashion in the weeks since a whistleblower seafarer exposed conditions…
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Operations
Huge fire tackled at Port Kembla
More than 100 firefighters were deployed at Port Kembla on the east coast of Australia today, dousing a massive fire…
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