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Vessel fire kills two and injures another six
Vessel fire kills two and injures another six On Wednesday last week at 9:30 p.m. local time, a fire erupted on board a vessel docked at the Port of Newark. The vessel Grande Costa d’Avorio is a combination container roll-on roll-off vessel (ConRO) owned and operated by the Italian company Grimaldi Deep Sea, a part […]
Japan’s largest port targeted by Russian hackers
Japan’s Port of Nagoya is suspected to be the latest target of LockBit 3.0, a hacker group based in Russia. The cyber hack was noticed on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. (JST) when an employee was unable to start the computer, according to Nagoya Port Authority. Through the hacked system, LockBit 3.0 accessed a printer where […]
Climate protesters disrupt port operations along Australia’s East Coast
Climate protesters disrupt port operations along Australia’s East Coast Last week, Blockade Australia protesters disrupted port operations across Australia’s east coast. The group engaged in five consecutive days of protests across ports in Melbourne, Newcastle and Brisbane in a desperate plea for climate action. There was a total of 13 demonstrations to designed to disrupt […]
Svitzer abandons EBA termination action
Svitzer abandons action to terminate its enterprise bargaining agreement with the three unions representing Australian tugboat workers. The previous EBA expired in 2019. The Maritime Union Australia, Australian Maritime Officers Unions and the Australian Institute of Marine Power have been negotiating with the Dutch owned company since. Svitzer announced it’s plan to cancel the EBA […]
Australian port congestion continues into 2023
Australian port congestion continues into 2023 It’s certainly not news that ports globally have been struggling with congestion since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic for a multitude of reasons, most recently Australian port congestion is a result of the large amount of cargo arriving in Australia with seed contamination. Most terminals country wide are […]
