Australia’s offshore safety regulator NOPSEMA has ordered driller Valaris to stop drilling at the Barossa gas field 300 km north of Darwin over concerns regarding crucial safety equipment. Valaris’ 2011-built MS-1 semisub drilling rig was told to halt drilling due to concerns about the blowout...
https://splash247.com/valaris-rig-told-to-stop-drilling-at-santos-gas-project-over-blowout-concerns/
Initiatives that educate and support multicultural and First Nations communities, promote environmental sustainability, and provide vital mental health wellbeing support to the Hunter region and beyond are just some of the projects to receive funding under Port of Newcastle’s 2024 Your Port, Our Community grants program.
Executive Manager Corporate Affairs, Lucas Coleman, said seven charities and not-for-profit organisations have been awarded a share of $100,000 across three categories for...
Oslo-listed car carrier operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has completed the sale of Melbourne International RoRo & Auto Terminal (MIRRAT) following approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in April. The deal sees Australian Amalgamated Terminals, a subsidiary of Australia’s...
https://splash247.com/wallenius-wilhelmsen-closes-sale-of-melbourne-car-terminal/
India’s largest private ports and logistics company, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), has acquired the North Queensland Export Terminal (NQXT) in Australia in a non-cash deal worth about $2.54bn. The transaction involves the purchase of Abbot Point Port Holdings (APPH), a...
https://splash247.com/adani-ports-strikes-2-5bn-deal-for-australian-coal-terminal/
By Paul-Alain Hunt Apr 19, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Australia’s opposition, the Liberal-National Coalition, pledged to repeal a ban on live sheep exports to overseas markets if it takes power in the upcoming…
https://gcaptain.com/australian-opposition-pledges-to-reinstate-live-sheep-exports/
CMB.TECH, the shipowning vehicle controlled by the Saverys family, has signed an agreement with Australian miner Fortescue to charter an ammonia-powered vessel ordered in China. The 210,000-dwt ammonia-powered newcastlemax will feature a dual fuel engine and is expected to be delivered by the end...
https://splash247.com/fortescue-signs-up-for-cmb-tech-ammonia-powered-newcastlemax/
The sale of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the AUKUS treaty faces new doubts as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs take hold, and amid concern in Washington that providing the subs to Canberra may reduce deterrence to China.
https://gcaptain.com/aukus-nuclear-submarine-sale-under-scrutiny-as-trump-tariffs-rattle-australia/
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF has won a contract award for subsea mooring installation services in the Asia-Pacific region. The contract will utilise the 2010-built construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Hercules with related moorings and installation subsea services. The scope of work...
https://splash247.com/dof-secures-csv-work-offshore-australia/
Australia plans to scrap a Chinese company’s lease on Darwin port. The port concession in the far north of the country has become an election issue with both the government and the opposition vowing to buy back the port from its 99-year lease to Landbridge, a $370m deal that was signed 10 years...
https://splash247.com/chinese-operator-of-darwin-port-faces-the-boot/
Australia’s remote, uninhabited islands in the Antarctic and a tiny territory with barely any exports found themselves caught up alongside global heavyweights in U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime, leaving locals and officials baffled.