NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes
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...
OPINION: The digital supply chain cake
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...
NAVIGATING 2026: Changing tides
AS AUSTRALIA and New Zealand resume normal trading cadence following the southern summer, global trade divergence has become more pronounced, increasingly sidelining the United...
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...
OPINION: Holding course through a fragile calm
RECENT weeks in global shipping has delivered a rare moment of stability, but it is a stability that feels thin, temporary and deceptively calm. Spot rates stabilised after a...
NAVIGATING 2025: Trade insights from across the ditch
Peter Creeden delivered the keynote presentation at the Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders (CBAFF) national conference in Napier, reflecting on challenges and opportunities...
OPINION: IMO MEPC and the Net‑Zero Framework
THIS week, I delivered a lecture on Green Logistics at the University of Sydney’s Global Distribution Strategy class. I discussed the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and...
NAVIGATING 2025: The fog is lifting
AUGUST brought clarity amid ongoing volatility. The fog of speculation that defined the first half year is lifting. We now have clarity and visibility over the direction of trade...
INSIGHT: TPM25 - finding reliability in an unreliable world
WHILE the maritime world held its breath as world leaders tore up the existing rule book and Houthis re-established threats in the Red Sea, a group of more than 4500 logistics and...
