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Seacorp to shrug off coastal shipping burden
Seacorp will bow out of the Western Australian coastal shipping trade next month, chief executive Craig Thompson confirmed yesterday.
Watson did not see bulk carrier approaching
Jessica Watson, who had been preparing for an around-the-world solo sailing attempt, did not detect the Hong-Kong registered bulk carrier that collided with her yacht in Queensland last month, according to a preliminary report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
ACCC sets terms for AAT
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is proposing to grant Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) conditional permission to operate motor vehicle and general cargo handling facilities at five ports.
Inventory turnaround driving rebound, Asciano says
Asciano's chief financial officer, Peter McGregor, has backed Toll managing director Paul Little's assessment of how the economic recovery was panning out.
Australia to host 2011 global shipping meeting
Shipping Australia has been chosen to host the 42nd annual meeting of the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) in 2011.
CMA CGM looks for 'maximum' cost savings
French container shipping group CMA CGM has reaffirmed its confidence in its capacity to return rapidly to profit, despite highly-publicised difficulties with banks over its US$5.6bn debt.
Efforts fail to halt dangerous shipbreaking
European lobby groups have renewed calls for shipbreaking to be moved off the beaches of the Indian subcontinent, after seven fatal accidents were reported in Bangladesh in four weeks.
