The DCN Weekly: Episode 15
THIS week in the news, a Sydney-based logistics tech company Ofload announced its acquisition of CIA Logistics to increase shipment visibility and remove inefficiencies across...
The week in bulk: Capesize revival
THE Baltic Dry Index showed some improvement over the past week after months of steady decline. The index ended the week at 1553, up from the previous Friday’s 1213. A turnaround...
DCN Magazine September edition: Feature Focus – Western Australia
The September 2022 edition of the DCN magazine is now available to read online! In this edition our main features are: Liner trades to the Americas – Our trade with the Americas...
South East Asian ports record more action ahead of peak season: analysis
AS China grapples with the zero-COVID policy and resulting lockdowns, the demand for containers declines amidst the busiest peak season shipping. The interesting trend from the...
THE GRILL: Jamie Lee Baim
What sparked your interest in working as a seafarer? My father. He is a semi-retired ship’s master, and a very skilful and knowledgeable one at that. I used to join him on board...
Darwin Middle Arm Development progressing
THE Northern Territory government is progressing its plans to transform Middle Arm into a sustainable industrial precinct. Northern Territory minister for infrastructure, planning...
New inspection service to help alleviate Botany depot congestion
PRICE & Speed is working alongside the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to speed up rural tailgate inspections as biosecurity threats evolve. The container...
The week in bulk: BDI begins to climb
THE Baltic Dry Index appears to be continuing on an upward trend after last week dropping to its lowest point in more than a year. On Friday 9 September the index ended at 1213....
THE DCN WEEKLY: EPISODE 13
MARITIME industry leaders from around Australia and overseas gathered at the Ports Australia Biennial Conference in Brisbane this week. The event was built around the theme of...
The week in bulk: A slight upturn after this week's plunge
THE Baltic Dry Index dropped to 965 on Wednesday (31 August), the only triple-digit day recorded in more than a year, before increasing slightly to 1086 on Friday 2 September. A...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 26 August 2022
THE BALTIC Dry Index continued its downward spiral, propelled this week by plunging Capesize rates. The index ended last week at 1082, the lowest it has been in more than a year....
TotalEnergies’ completes COSCO’s first biofuel bunkering
TOTALENERGIES Marine Fuels in July completed the first refuelling of a COSCO containership with sustainable marine biofuel. This operation marks TotalEnergies’ first biofuel...
THE DCN WEEKLY: EPISODE 12
This week, Port of Melbourne continued working through its proposed capacity enhancement program, which has objectives to enable the development of a new container terminal and to...
Approval in principle for large-scale liquefied CO2 carrier
MITSUI OSK Lines has acquired approval-in-principle for the design of a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide carrier from from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK). In June 2021, MOL...
Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia’s fuel imports: study
By Richard Oloruntoba, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Curtin University; Booi Kam, Professor, RMIT University; Hong-Oanh Nguyen, Associate Professor, University...
