June 1 marks a year since over 80 containers fell overboard the YM Efficiency off the coast of Newcastle due to severe weather. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau(ATSB), investigations are still ongoing and are currently in the examination and analysis phase.

“During this phase, evidence is reviewed and evaluated to determine its relevance, validity, credibility and, relationship to other evidence and, to the occurrence,” the ATSB stated.

“Examination and analysis requires reviewing complex sets of data, and available evidence can be vague, incomplete and or contradictory. This may prompt the collection of more evidence, which in turn needs to be analysed and examined, potentially adding to the length of an investigation.”

Following publication of a preliminary report, more evidence was collected from the ship’s owner and operator, ship’s officers, classification society and cargo securing equipment manufacturer.

“That evidence is now being reviewed and analysed to identify any contributing factors that led to the occurrence and any other factors that could initiate safety action that reduce the risk of future similar occurrences,” the ATSB stated.

“The investigation’s main lines of enquiry involve analysis of the ship’s container stow in relation to the requirements of the ship’s cargo securing manual, ship’s officers’ knowledge and use of the ship’s loading computer system, the container stowage planning process and post-incident actions and events.”

Soon after the incident, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued a notice to remind vessel owners, operators and masters of the need to stow and secure cargo containers appropriately.

A final report is expected in the 2019 fourth quarter.

The second of two tunnel boring machines was discharged at Patrick Terminal’s East Swanson Dock in Melbourne late last month.

The machine dubbed Vida, follows another tunnel boring machine delivered recently, named Bella. They will be used to build the 4km tunnel from Yarraville to the West Gate Freeway.

Weighing 290 tonnes, Vida’s main drive was unloaded from the AAL Brisbane. Vida is to work alongside Bella and be operational in the second half of this year.

When the new West Gate Tunnel is operational at the end of 2022, the state government predicts it will cut travel time by 20 minutes, remove 9000 trucks from local streets and reduce noise in suburbian areas.

Earlier last month Australian Border Force (ABF) officers targeted a shipping container from Spain after being tipped off by authorities.

The container, which was declared to contain shampoo was taken to the ABF Sydney Container Examination Facility for x-ray where discrepancies were found. The consignment was dismantled and was found to contain 258 boxes. Some of the 49 boxes contained bags of a brown crystalline substance and blocks of a white powder, which tested positive to MDMA and cocaine.

Further analysis of the packages revealed a total of 312kg of cocaine, with an estimated potential street value of $93.6million and 236kg of ecstasy, with an estimated potential street value of $47.2million.

A joint-agency investigation established Strike Force Bresnahan to investigate the import further and after extensive inquiries, authorities executed a series of raids across storage facilities in NSW making several seizures.

A 33 year old man was arrested outside a Cromer storage unit and charged with two counts of possession of a prohibited drug. Another man has been granted conditional bail and will appear in court next month.

Investigations for Strike Force Bresnahan are still ongoing.

Hamburg Süd has welcomed its new specialist reefer 'Polar Ecuador' at the Belgian New Fruit Wharf in Antwerp.

Hamburg Süd chief commercial officer Frank Smet said the vessel was an important step into the future.

“With more than 1,000 reefer plugs, this container vessel transports a disproportionately large volume of refrigerated cargo from Mexico and the Caribbean to Antwerp,” Mr Smet said.

“This includes bananas, pineapples and melons, which are handled particularly efficiently and professionally by the fruit and reefer specialists here.”

Mr Smet said Hamburg Süd was a large player in Latin America, with the Europe sailing route importing large amounts of perishables.

The port of Brisbane had a long necked visitor recently.

Sunny, a 17 month old male giraffe, was en route to New Zealand’s Wellington Zoo to join his aunty and niece, Zahara and Zuri.

According to Port of Brisbane, “a lot of planning’s gone into ensuring the safe arrival of Sunny into the Port”.

“A big ‘thank you’ to all involved including Patrick Terminals and South East Queensland Hauliers,” Port of Brisbane said in a statement.

In a statement, Wellington Zoo said they were “incredibly excited” to be welcoming another giraffe into their herd.

“Giraffes are very social animals and Sunny will be joining our aunty and niece duo in Wellington, Zahara and Zuri,” the zoo statement read.

Sunny sailed on a large cargo ship to Auckland, and was being transported via road to Wellington, with his arrival to the zoo planned for a Sunday morning.