Insights & Opinion


OPINION: BBNJ and sharing the benefits from marine resources

OPINION: BBNJ and sharing the benefits from marine resources

THE BIODIVERSITY Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ) that came into effect this month is...

OPINION: BBNJ and sharing the benefits from marine resources

THE BIODIVERSITY Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ) that came into effect this month is a result of multilateralism. Twenty years of discussions have ultimately led to a final...
OPINION: BBNJ and sharing the benefits from marine resources

OPINION: Fairness in container detention: A shipping line’s perspective

22 Jan, 2026
PAUL Zalai’s recent industry opinion, Container detention in Australia – time for fair play, not revenue games, raises concerns that I take seriously. As someone working within an...
OPINION: Fairness in container detention: A shipping line’s perspective

OPINION: Container detention in Australia - time for fair play, not revenue games

21 Jan, 2026
CONTAINER detention in Australia has drifted a long way from its original purpose. What was once a practical tool to incentivise the timely return of equipment has increasingly become a...
OPINION: Container detention in Australia - time for fair play, not revenue games

OPINION: The potential shape of the future of supply chain

20 Jan, 2026
GLOBAL supply chains continue to evolve in response to growing demands for efficiency, scale, and resilience. This evolution is taking the form of consolidation across physical...
OPINION: The potential shape of the future of supply chain

OPINION: Where we are now and where we are heading?

AS I watched the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race tracker update the positions for boats sailing into 35 knots, hard on the wind off the NSW coast, the parallel to global supply chains...
OPINION: Where we are now and where we are heading?

OPINION: In 2026, AI is setting course for maritime competitiveness

7 Jan, 2026
2025 was a year of meaningful transformation for the marine industry, driven by AI, data analytics and cloud collaboration. Industrial intelligence—using end-to-end data from across the...
OPINION: In 2026, AI is setting course for maritime competitiveness

OPINION: Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the beef export market

The announcement by the Chinese government on 1 January 2026 that it was imposing new import quota limits on imports of beef into China differs to the previous ban on imports of Australia’s...
OPINION: Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the beef export market

OPINION: The year ahead and what we learned from the one just gone

5 Jan, 2026
IF LAST year could be described in simple words, it would be ‘volatility’ and ‘unpredictability’. While a recap provides clarity of what went wrong and how to avoid mistakes of the past, it...
OPINION: The year ahead and what we learned from the one just gone

OPINION: ACCC has confirmed landside charges failure – now the government must act

23 Dec, 2025
ANOTHER ROUND of increases to Terminal Access Charges (TACs) takes effect from 1 January 2026, reinforcing a pricing model that has become entrenched across Australia’s major container...
OPINION: ACCC has confirmed landside charges failure – now the government must act