Swire Shipping have made the exciting decision to offer regular/direct liner/multipurpose shipping services to/from Gladstone, commencing from Quarter One 2012. This will provide options for importers/exporters who wish to move break bulk and containerised cargoes directly through the port of Gladstone.  The services are specifically designed to support the rapidly expanding activity in the greater Gladstone Region and will reduce the need to move cargo via Brisbane.  This has the benefit of improving commuter safety by taking trucks off the road on this busy corridor.  It will also reduce the potential for damage by delivering the cargo closer to the final destination.  Afterall the old addage is - less handling + less road transport = less damage.  

The initial services are direct from South East Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia) and the West Coast USA (Los Angeles, Vancouver etc).  By tapping into Swires extensive global network you will also be able to access markets in China, Europe, Mediteranean, Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent through transhipments at key locations.

Swire Shipping Schedules are available via www.swireshipping.com.  Or for further information contact Geoff Mackay on Tel: +61 448 840 309 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

NSS is pleased to announce we have been appointed to stevedore the vessels involved in these exciting new services at Auckland Point, Gladstone.  Stevedoring will be accomplished using  NSS's new mobile harbour crane, with a twin lift spreader and 144 tonne heavy lift capacity. This is the newest, fastest, and largest Mobile Harbour crane in Australia.  NSS will also be providing the full range of landside logistics services to Swire customers, from cargo consolidation/deconsolidation, AQIS clearance, container packing/unpacking, undercover storage/warehousing, and road transport (local and inland).  For detailed information on NSS land side logistics services call Mark George on 0419 667 348.

Swire and NSS look forward to meeting your needs in Gladstone.

Today NSS donated generously to the Mayor's Christmas Tree Appeal.  The donation will ensure local families struggling in the current tough economy will have gifts for their children to unwrap on x-mas day.  NSS is please to help locals, spreading Christmas cheer.

All employees at NSS would like to wish our valued customers a very Merry Christmas.

NSS will be open for business over the x-mas period, excepting 1600 Christmas eve until 0800 boxing day, to ensure your vessels are unloaded and cargo delivered as required.

We look forward to working with you closely again in the new year.

Please have a safe and restful x-mas break.

NSS would like to congratulate Jason Fitzgerald (Townsville Contaimer Terminal/QN Superintendent) and Mark George (Gladstone Manager) for graduating from the Australian Maritime College (AMC) with distinction in the Diploma of Maritime and Logistics Management.

The Diploma of Maritime and Logistics Management prepares students for management careers in private enterprise, industry organisations and government in the areas of commercial shipping, ports and terminals, transport, transport policy and administration, freight forwarding as well as exporting and importing and other elements of international business.

Students are required to complete eight compulsory units including: International Business Communication, Introduction to the Maritime Industry, Financial Resource Management, Exporting and Importing, Ship Operations Management, Business and Transport Law, International Transport Systems and Air Freight Transport.

A number of other NSS supervisors/managers are due to complete their studies within the next 12 months.  External study forms a vital part of NSS's strategy to ensure our team remains abreast of the latest developments in the Maritime and Logistics Industries.

The 16th Annual Lloyd's List DCN Shipping and Maritime Industry Awards were held on Thursday 24 November 2011, Melbourne, to celebrate excellence and achievement.

Yesterday NSS witnessed the static overload testing of the mobile harbour crane (MHC) it has purchased for Gladstone, Australia.  The test was undertaken at Leibherr's Austrian factory (Nenzing) with 186 tonne hoisted, luffed and slewed.  Mark George (Gladstone Manager) also had an opportunity to practice driving the crane on the Leibherr simulator.

The MHC will now be dismantled and repainted with NSS logos before being packed and transported to Rotterdam for shipment to Gladstone, Australia.

NSS expects to have this crane in operation in Gladstone, Australia, by mid February 2012.  The crane will take the title of being the largest MHC in Australia and will be used to support port and mine infrastructure development in the region.  It will also be equiped with a twin lift container spreader and 18cbm grab to facilitate fast vessel turnarounds for the growing container and bulk trades.

Any questions on NSS's services in Gladstone - including crane lifts at the NSS depot, stevedoring, cargo storage, road transport, work boats and mooring - should be directed to Mr Mark George on 0419 667 348.