Decrease in world container index
DREWRY’S composite World Container Index decreased by 1% last week to $1741.44 per 40-foot container this week. The index has dropped by 77% when compared with the same week last...
New leadership for the Sea Cargo Charter
THE 36 signatories of the Sea Cargo Charter Association elected new steering committee members at its 2023 annual meeting held in Copenhagen. The Sea Cargo Charter is a global...
IMO joins WHO for pandemic preparedness
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization is participating in global efforts led by the World Health Organization to better prepare for possible future disease pandemics. Before the...
DCN Magazine May 2023 edition: Feature Focus – tugs & towage
The May 2023 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Tugs & towage – A focus on training in Australia’s towage sector;...
Demand for oil to halve by 2050: DNV
ELECTRICITY’S share in transport will increase from 1% today to 23% in 2050, according to DNV’s latest Transport in Transition report. Despite oil demand in the transport sector...
World Container Index increases
THE LATEST Drewry World Container Index increased by 1% last week, but has dropped 77% compared with the same week last year. The latest Drewry WCI composite index of $1,763 per...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 46
IN the news this week: Qube announced two acquisitions – one a 50% stake in a New Zealand-based container logistics company and 100% of an Australian bulk haulage specialist....
The Baltic Exchange weekly market report
The Baltic Dry Index saw a calm week last week, continuing a period of relative calm and extending its plateau out one more week. The index was 1558 on Friday (5 May), down ever...
Video series to help educate about the CII
THE GLOBAL Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping has developed a series of videos to help educate industry about the Carbon Intensity Indicator. The videos – free to...
MARITIME COUNTRY PROFILE: Peru
Geographic extremes have created challenges for Peru’s agricultural sector, and the national ports system appears to be filling in the gaps AGRICULTURAL, mineral and marine...
MARITIME HISTORY: The ill-fated voyage of the barque Amy Turner
The barquentine Amy Turner sank in a typhoon in 1923, taking an Australian crew down with it. Survivors spent the next three weeks in a lifeboat, searching for land A MESSAGE...
THE GRILL: John Kewa
What does a typical day at work look like for you? The good news is I did not sign a contract that sees me working from nine to five. It’s an amazing arrangement where I’ve just...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 45
IN THE news this week, construction started on a $6-billion urea manufacturing project in the Pilbara, near the Port of Dampier....
The Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index hit 1576 on Friday, continuing a plateau after a significant dip in the previous months. The Baltic Dry Index for the week ending 29 April 2023. Source:...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 44
THIS past week, a reach stacker caught fire at NSW Ports' Enfield Intermodal Terminal after a malfunction....
