Newsletter archive

• New Director joins ICHCA Australia.

• MCC Group joins ICHCA Australia .

• Stage two of NSW Ports’ rail investment announced.

• Specialised vessel to tackle Australian offshore platform removals.

• Shanghai passes 50 million TEU mark.

• International trade predictions for 2025 .

• PHMSA Issues new lithium battery transport guide.

• Transport and logistics industry scholarships.

• Port of Newcastle handles first car carrier.

• DP World reaches 100 million TEU capacity mark

January 2025 Issue

• New Director joins ICHCA Australia.

• MCC Group joins ICHCA Australia .

• Stage two of NSW Ports’ rail investment announced.

• Specialised vessel to tackle Australian offshore platform removals.

• Shanghai passes 50 million TEU mark.

• International trade predictions for 2025 .

• PHMSA Issues new lithium battery transport guide.

• Transport and logistics industry scholarships.

• Port of Newcastle handles first car carrier.

• DP World reaches 100 million TEU capacity mark

January 2025 Issue

• Ligentia joins ICHCA Australia as a member.

• Winners of Innovation in Safety Award announced .

• Car carrier abandoned in the English Channel.

• The importance of a correct container weight declaration.

• Changes to Marine Order 504 and Safety Management System updates .

• Steering gear failure on the Yarra River.

• Ports Australia calls for action on cyber threats.

• Auriga Group appoints new managing director.

• Transhipment vessel coming to Western Australia .

• Nuclear-powered vessels on the horizon.

February 2025 Issue

• ICHCA SA luncheon

• ICHCA Australia AGM

• AMSA warning about container packing

• Containers overboard

• Common errors in trading transactions and how to avoid them

• More containers overboard.

• New board appointments for ARTC and National Intermodal

• ACCC raises concern over Silk acquisition by DP World

• Stevedores deaths

• New TT line CEO

• Global ports sale to have consequences

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

• ICHCA Contacts

March 2025 Issue

• ICHCA Australia launches new website

• Port of Melbourne draft port development plan out for comments

• Massive explosion at Bandar Abbas

• The Port of Darwin ownership tussle

• Cyber security considerations for Australian agriculture supply chains

• US withdraws from IMO marine environment discussions

• Patricks Teminals rolls over Enterprise Agreement

• Ningbo Port incident report released

• Port Botany DP World terminal berth extension

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

• ICHCA Contacts

April 2025 Issue

• ICHCA SA luncheon

• ICHCA AGM report

• ICHCA International holds AGM and ITP meeting in Barcelona

• Open-loop scrubbers ban extended

• ICHCA Australia new website and LinkedIn account

• SICK Australia joins ICHCA

• Konecranes Port Solutions Days

• Legal liability for port automation and AI

• Proposed US port fees expected to cause chaos for shipping lines

• New Harbour Master for Ports Victoria

• Imagine waking up to this!

• Allianz reports fewer shipping losses for 2024

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

May 2025 Issue

• MLIT Japan presents on carbon neutral ports at ICHCA AGM

• ICHCA Safety Village at TOC Europe

• Fire stricken car carrier has sunk

• Open-loop scrubbers ban extended

• FuelEU Maritime Initiative

• NSW Government releases Freight Reform Panel report

• Aurizon secures contracts to move mineral exports by rail

• MSC container vessel capsizes and sinks off the Indian coast

• Patrick Autostrad celebrates 20 years

• Maritime decarbonisation summit held in Melbourne

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

June 2025 Issue

• New Director joins ICHCA Australia

• Save the date: ICHCA VIC industry luncheon

• ICHCA SA industry luncheon

• SA Freight Council Conference 2025

• WSC releases Containers Lost at Sea report

• ACCC approves Silk acquisition

• ICHCA Australia member Forkliftaction celebrates 25 years

• FACT reaches in principle EA agreement with MUA

• New BIMCO USTR clause for time charter parties

• Women & Leadership Australia scholarships

• Aurizon signs up to Melbourne Intermodal Terminal

• New director and chair at Shipping Australia

• GPC appoints new CEO

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

July 2025 Issue

• Longtime ICHCA Australia Director Michael Simms retires

• New Director joins ICHCA Australia

• TT Club Innovation in Safety Award entries now open

• ICHCA SA industry luncheon

• ICHCA QLD Maritime Intelligence Forum

• SA Freight Council Conference 2025

• VICT, Hutchison and unions agree to new four-year EAs

• Relaunch of the National Freight Strategy

• Panama Ship Registry rejects registration of older ships

• Houthi rebels issue new "FAQs" in respect of commercial passage through Red Sea region

• New AMSA director appointed

• Victorian Freight Plan 2025-2030 released

• Bulk carrier with coal suffers explosion

• New director and chair at Shipping Australia

• Mayfield’s High Court appeal clears first hurdle

• Fire on Marie Maersk contained

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

August 2025 Issue

• ICHCA VIC event in Melbourne

• ICHCA SA event in Adelaide

• ICHCA QLD event in Brisbane

• ICHCA Australia presents at Tokyo Forum

• Aurizon joins ICHCA Australia

• TT Club Innovation in Safety Award entries now open

• VICT, SA Freight Council Conference 2025

• US to retaliate against countries that ratify NZF

• AMSA’s warning on the securing of containers

• Containers collapse and fall overboard in Long Beach

• WSC launches Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires

• Patrick to publish rail window schedule

• New report warns of climate threats on maritime structures

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

September 2025 Issue

• New Chair for ICHCA International

• Last chance to enter TT Club Innovation in Safety Award

• WSC reinstates cargo inspection deficiency data

• Update on the USTR port fees

• FPH to invest $390 million in Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal

• Vessel capsizes at Turkish shipyard

• NSW Government to review PBLIS

• MEPC resolution postponed

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

October 2025 Issue

• Seminar on Safe Ports

• Ineffective bridge resource management causes collision

• Fire aboard ship at LA container terminal

• Supply chain 2026 outlook

• Fire on board containership kills three

• TT Club and P&I Club discuss merger

• MAM proposes Qube Holdings buy out

• Aurizon and SCT join forces

• AAT managing director to retire

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

November 2025 Issue

• Season’s greetings

• Save the date

• Safety award ceremony

• Australia re-elected to the IMO council

• Fire on board containership kills three

• ONE Continuity loses 45 containers in heavy weather

• ACCC Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report released

• Freight market analysis

• Port of Melbourne looking to offer incentives to move containers on rail

• OMC celebrates 30 years at Port Hedland

• Patrick Terminals celebrates 20 years of automation

• Vale Glen Wood

• Vale Bill Gibbins

• Updates from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

December 2025 Issue