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Port of Melbourne’s Webb Dock East project focuses on operational efficiency
Port of Melbourne’s ability to cater for larger vessels will be enhanced following an announcementearlier in August by the manager of Australia’s busiest container port to proceed with the Webb Dock East Berth 4/5 extension – a project that will …
Sep 6, 2021 / Vessels
Port of Melbourne and Qube agreement to help ease shipping container congestion
The Port of Melbourne and Qube have secured a short-term agreement which makes available empty container park (ECP) capacity for up to 9,000 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEU). Allocation of the 60,000sqm site within the Port of Melbourne’s Swanson …
Feb 8, 2021 / Curious
OOCL, VICT set new benchmark for highest container exchange in Australia
The OOCL Rotterdam (capable of accommodating 8,063 TEU, 323m LOA and 42.8m beam) on the North East Asia A3 Central Service has set a new record within the Port of Melbourne and Australia for the highest container exchange in one single call – a total …
Dec 10, 2020 / Vessels
Japanese vehicles carrier arrested in Melbourne over crew change
International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) officials have been involved in stopping a Japanese-owned car import vessel from slipping through Australian authorities’ fingers in the Port of Melbourne. The ship had brought vehicles to Australia …
Oct 26, 2020 / Vessels
Port of Melbourne releases 30 year development strategy
The Port of Melbourne has today released the final version of its 30 year Port Development Strategy 2050 (2050 PDS). Port of Melbourne CEO, Brendan Bourke says the 2050 PDS is a comprehensive plan for the future development of the Port, developed …
Oct 6, 2020 / Curious
Svitzer Australia and Smit Lamnalco Extend Agreement
Svitzer Australia and Smit-Lamnalco have extended an agreement that will see Svitzer continue to provide service delivery on behalf of Smit-Lamnalco in four ports in Australia for another four years.In August 2015 Svitzer and Smit-Lamnalco entered an …
Jul 10, 2020 / Vessels
Port of Melbourne welcomes largest container capacity ship to dock in Melbourne
Thursday (Jun25), the Port of Melbourne (PoM) welcomed the CMA CGM Ural, the largest container ship by maximum capacity to call at the port. The 299 metre long vessel is one of six currently deployed on the South-East Asia - Australia trade route …
Jun 29, 2020 / Vessels
AAL Delivers 1,800MT of Giant JIB Cranes To Dubai
The AAL Melbourne recently loaded two cranes and their components weighing just over 1,800 mt in total in Taicang, for onward transport to Jebel Ali. The 42m high main modules towered over the 31,000 dwt mega-size vessel and, lit up in the evening, …
Apr 28, 2020 / Vessels
Port Houston Secures New CMA CGM/Marfret MedCaribe Service
New service will connect Houston to Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and the MediterraneanPort Houston received the maiden voyage and is the only U.S. port of call for a new direct service that global ocean carrier CMA CGM has launched with …
Aug 7, 2019 / Vessels
Serving the Australian grid: How RoRo delivered a generator to AGL’s Loy Yang power station
The Loy Yang A power station in Victoria currently generates 30% of Victoria’s power requirements every year. And when forwarder Fracht Sydney and Fracht Nuremberg needed to transport a refurbished Siemens generator from Germany back to Australia, it …
Apr 24, 2019 / Vessels