Insights & Opinion


NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

FEBRUARY was shaping up as another well-known chapter in the cyclical downturn of the shipping...

NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

13 Mar, 2026
FEBRUARY was shaping up as another well-known chapter in the cyclical downturn of the shipping market: a market struggling with overcapacity, weakening carrier finances, and constantly...
NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

OPINION: The digital supply chain cake

10 Mar, 2026
As I prepare to teach JNB701 Maritime Informatics, a course on digital transformation in supply chains, at the Australian Maritime College for the upcoming semester, I’ve been reflecting on...
OPINION: The digital supply chain cake

OPINION: The illusion of oversupply

FOR most of this year, container shipping was bracing for the opposite problem.. too much capacity. New ships hitting the water, pressure on rates, and a long-awaited return to “normal”...
OPINION: The illusion of oversupply

INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

4 Mar, 2026
MANDATORY climate reporting is about to change reporting for thousands of Australian businesses. Roughly 7000 companies will be captured, and the ripple effects will reach thousands more...
INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

DETAINED. Delayed. Detoured. Denied. The Gulf crisis is not a spectator sport, and Australian cargo owners who treat it like one will be last in line when the dust settles. Australia sits...
OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

ONE of the most persistent misconceptions in the customs brokerage sector is that regulatory silence equals commercial safety. Nowhere is this more evident than in the growing use of...
INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

INSIGHT: The carbon reporting wave coming for logistics

THE LOGISTICS sector continues to have a relatively distant relationship with carbon reporting. Emissions disclosure continues to be the domain of sustainability teams, annual reports and...
INSIGHT: The carbon reporting wave coming for logistics

OPINION: Middle East tensions exposes fragility of global trade

THERE are moments in this industry that sit heavy. Not because rates move or schedules slip, we live with that every day, but because the systems that quietly keep the world supplied...
OPINION: Middle East tensions exposes fragility of global trade

OPINION: Seafarer welfare funding and building a nationally consistent approach

26 Feb, 2026
IT WAS a great honour to be included in All About Shipping's Top 100 Women in Global Shipping, where I was ranked 45 among those whose work spans every part of the maritime value chain....
OPINION: Seafarer welfare funding and building a nationally consistent approach