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Crustaceans head for ships, not Christmas dinner plates
THERE’S a feast of crustaceans attacking vessels in the Pilbara rather than finding their way to our Christmas plates. A mass spawing of crustaceans are gathering under ships and...
Manawanui fuel recovery set to begin
WEATHER will play a major role in the recovery of fuels from the sunken HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa, according to the NZ Defence Force’s Senior National Representative for Operation...
Introducing the new-look DCN Magazine
The December 2024 | January 2025 edition of DCN magazine edition marks a turning point in the long history of DCN. The publication has undergone many transformations since 1891,...
Pilbara Ports throughput increases 9%
PILBARA Ports handled 67 million tonnes total throughput last month. Figures posted for November 2024 are a 9% increase on total monthly throughput handled in the same month last...
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all our readers
AS 2024 draws to a close all of us here at Daily Cargo News would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous New Year. We hope the coming weeks...
Crew of emergency tow vessel commence industrial action
Crew aboard the Smit Lamnalco-owned emergency tow vessel Reef Keeper have commenced protected industrial action after bargaining for a new enterprise agreement reportedly...
Vanuatu port still blocked by landslide
LANDSIDE access to Vanuatu’s port of Port Vila is still obstructed following an earthquake on Tuesday, but plans to move cargo through an alternative entrance could see some...
Xmas spirits may be curbed
INDUSTRIAL ACTION by members of the Australian Maritime Officers Union will likely delay tomorrow night’s sailings of TT Line’s Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes as deck officers...
Iron ore consortium to tackle carbon with nation's biggest electric furnace
A CONSORTIUM of some of Western Australia’s biggest players in the iron-ore industry will launch the nation's largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace at Kwinana making the...
DSV opens Port of Brisbane container depot
DSV AIR & Sea has officially opened its new facility at the Port of Brisbane’s Fisherman Islands in a move aimed at growth potential in the Queensland logistics market. The new...
Port and air freight impacted by Vanuatu earthquake
AIR freight services into Vanuatu have been impacted following a powerful earthquake on Tuesday (17 December), and there appears to have been a landslide at the port of Port Vila....
NZ govt ignored MAG advice
THE NEW ZEALAND Government’s decision to effectively delay the KiwiRail Cook Strait ferry replacements until 2029 goes against the recommendations of its independent Ministerial...
China-Australia SCFI bounces
AFTER falling for five consecutive weeks from the second week of November the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index for the China-Australia route bounced up by over USD 300 to 3844...
Portchain integrated at four DP World terminals
SOFWTARE solutions company Portchain has announced it has successfully integrated with DP World terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Fremantle. The announcement comes two...
Dampier Hampton Harbour Pontoon back open
THE HAMPTON Harbour Pontoon at the Port of Dampier is back in business. A spokesperson for the port said a minor collision had damaged the pontoon, which had led to its emergency...
