The new Blue Water depot and hub on Fishermans Island, Brisbane. Photo: Blue Water A new Queensland depot and distribution hub on Fishermans Island has given Blue Water Shipping a permanent presence in Brisbane in less than a year. The 5.178ha site spells an end to two years of casual leasing of sites at Brisbane…
Picture: stock THE Maritime Union of Australia has hit out at the federal government for funding the automation of Flinders Port Holding’s (FPH) Adelaide container terminal. The Federal Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is giving $70m to Flinders Port for electrification work across seven South Australian ports. CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth says the work will…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI A new Chinese-built ‘megaport’ at Chancay, Peru, could create new trade routes between South America and China that could bypass North America entirely. The move comes amid rising expectations that US President-elect Donald Trump will deliver tariffs as high as 60 per cent on Chinese goods. The $3.5bn port is a co-operative…