Yesterday
Inside an expedition to locate the Beagle’s lost anchors
A remote river in the Northern Territory is being persuaded to reveal its secrets. Yet like any wild thing, it does not wish to be known.
- Paul Toohey
September
Brookfield fires starter’s gun on Linx, sends Project Europe docs
Street Talk can reveal Brookfield’s sellside advisers have formally launched the auction for the Australia and New Zealand logistics business Linx Cargo Care.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
SCF Containers’ rebooted auction revs up; I Squared tipped to look
Sources said Florida-headquartered infrastructure investor I Squared Capital lobbed a bid in the Jefferies-run sale process for SCF Containers last year.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
European gas prices jump as workers strike at Chevron LNG plants
Unions have kicked off three weeks of escalating strikes at Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone projects that will disrupt gas exports.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman and Angela Macdonald-Smith
August
Australian army boat builder raising $20m for US expansion
Sydney-based The Whiskey Project already has $50 million in contracted revenue from Australian federal and state police departments.
- Matthew Cranston
P&O cruise ship crashes into petrol tanker, injuring passengers
The BBC said the passenger vessel had broken free of its moorings on the Spanish island of Mallorca in a storm. Port authorities cited high winds.
- Reuters
Smart cities play Clara checks out trucker Sutherlands Transport
Family-owned trucking business Sutherlands Transport has landed on the radar of ambitious infrastructure player Clara.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Why Europe fears Australian gas strikes
Experts warn volatility from strikes at Woodside and Chevron gas plants in Australia could mean higher bills for households and industry this northern winter.
- Updated
- Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ruth Liao
‘All options’ needed on hydrogen: Japan ramps up push on CCS
Japan’s backers of a venture to turn Victorian coal into hydrogen lack confidence in Australian governments’ support for the carbon capture-reliant project.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Ukraine says its drones damaged a Russian warship
The strike on Novorossiysk marked the first time a commercial Russian port has been targeted in the nearly 18-month-old conflict.
- Hanna Arhirova and Emma Burrows
July
Maersk’s big punt in the race to green shipping
The world’s second-largest shipping company can’t wait for ships fuelled by ammonia, hydrogen or batteries - it’s putting its chips on green methanol.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June
Push for tougher ‘tourist sub’ rules after Titan tragedy
Submarine tourism in international waters should be revisited to clear up this often “grey area” of law, global maritime law experts said.
- Fiona Carruthers
$365k-a-ticket Titanic tourist sub vanishes with billionaire on board
The vessel on an expedition to explore the wreckage of the famous ship has gone missing off the coast of south-eastern Canada.
- Updated
- Susie Coen, Maighna Nanu and Michael Murphy
May
Intermediate Capital resurrects SCF Containers sale, hires new adviser
Street Talk understands ICG has parted ways with Jefferies for SCF Containers and called in Rothschild.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Hydrogen exports yet to clear technical hurdles, shipper warns
Provaris Energy’s study suggests almost half the energy content of hydrogen can be lost when shipping it as ammonia or as a liquid.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Importers warn of $1b fee hit from stevedores, ports
Port users are warning new charges and higher fees scheduled for later this month will bolster stevedores’ profits but contribute to higher inflation.
- Jenny Wiggins
April
Port of Melbourne to ride ‘tsunami’ of green methanol
The port is working with renewable energy companies and shipping lines to investigate refuelling ships with green methanol from Tasmania and western Victoria.
- Jenny Wiggins
March
- Opinion
- Big four
Why bankers are bracing for more private equity failures
Industry leaders predict that an increasing number of private equity groups will abandon loss-making assets after Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics collapsed last month.
- Karen Maley
February
Qube net profits double on demand for grain, steel and cars
Qube’s shares soared to their highest level in more than a year after the logistics group surprised investors with a doubling in interim net profit to $111 million.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Ports
Port operator’s $500m bid to bring globe’s biggest ships to Melbourne
An unsolicited bid to expand automated container handling operations claims it will build a new terminal at “lowest cost”.
- Jenny Wiggins
