Insights & Opinion


OPINION: Beyond GPS - what happens when navigation meets the real world?

OPINION: Beyond GPS - what happens when navigation meets the real world?

THERE'S a reason behind Australia’s biennial conference devoted to positioning, navigation and...

OPINION: Beyond GPS - what happens when navigation meets the real world?

11 Feb, 2026
THERE'S a reason behind Australia’s biennial conference devoted to positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). Modern navigation has become more than simply knowing where you are, and I think...
OPINION: Beyond GPS - what happens when navigation meets the real world?

OPINION: Australian ports don't deserve relegation

I RECENTLY received Shipping Australia’s (SAL) latest newsletter Signal which has no less than nine articles critical of Australia’s port performance, with the final article calling for a...
OPINION: Australian ports don't deserve relegation

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Wake of transformation

2 Feb, 2026
Exploring how Oceania's maritime industry is harnessing advanced technology across its waterways and ports IN MY first ‘Emerging Technology’ article that was published earlier this year, I...
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Wake of transformation

OCEAN OUTLOOK: Lighting a pathway forward

1 Feb, 2026
Heritage lighthouses still help us navigate the future for shipping and ports AS WE navigate the complex future of maritime globally, can we expect traditional lighthouses to be much use...
OCEAN OUTLOOK: Lighting a pathway forward

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?