New leadership for NPDL
SOUTH PACIFIC specialist Neptune Pacific Direct Line, owned by California’s The Wonderful Company, has appointed a new president, to be based in Singapore. Kim A. Kristensen...
TRADE LAW: Organised crime and the supply chain
Looking at serious and organised crime in Australia and its impact on the supply chain THERE has been significant media coverage of the existence of serious and organised crime...
OPINION: Stepping up
With the Australian Peak Shippers Association being appointed Vice Chair of the Asian Shippers’ Alliance, Australia steps into a bigger arena AUSTRALIA has just taken a major step...
THE GRILL: David Pratt
David Pratt is ANL’s Senior Line Manager PNG / Darwin / Dili / Pilbara & Pacific Islands Trades. Dale Crisp puts the heat on a fellow Tasmanian In 2025 you celebrated a remarkable...
Spirit tickets out, sod turned
TRAVELLERS will finally be able to book passage on TT Line’s new Bass Strait ro-paxes from Monday [22 December] in the first stage of an initial ticket release. The announcement...
Export commodity prices remain high, despite forecast fall
THE OFFICE of the Chief Economist has released its latest Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ) report for the December quarter. Surging gold prices and a resilient iron ore...
Tenders awarded for Hobart wharf rebuild
TASPORTS has awarded a contract to rework Hobart’s Macquarie Wharf 6 as part of the broader Macquarie Wharf Redevelopment, underpinned by a funding agreement between the...
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Norden’s Wyndham operations underway
NORDEN’s first port logistic project in Australia is underway with the arrival of two purpose-built barges in Wyndham. The 10,054 DWT, 94.50 x 27.46 x 6.19-metre Nord Wallaby I...
Chair and deputy chair of ARTC reappointed
THE AUSTRALIAN government has appointed Peter Duncan AM as chair and Collette Burke as deputy chair of the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) Board, each for further...
GrainCorp share price falls, as poor weather and oversupply take a toll
GRAIN growers on Australia’s east coast are holding back on trading, with poor weather and global oversupply creating difficult market conditions and contributing to shares in...
New hybrid tug for Tauranga
TAURANGA has placed an order with UZMAR Shipyards in Türkiye to build a 32-metre hybrid advanced rotortug to replace the 25-yo Sir Robert. The contract was foreshadowed during the...
World Container Index – 18 December 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index (WCI) rose 12% to $2,182 per 40ft container, marking the third consecutive weekly increase, mainly due to rate hikes on Transpacific and Asia–Europe...
Swan River ferries to fulfil electric dreams
SWAN River commuters will be travelling on Western Australia’s first electric ferries in late 2027 after Henderson-based Echo Marine Group won a state government contract to...
Australia’s newest and largest intermodal terminal commences rail freight operations
In a significant development for both Victorian and national supply chains, the newest and largest intermodal terminal in Australia, the $400 million Melbourne Intermodal Terminal...
Extra money for WA’s Westport, Kwinana
THE WEST Australian Government has used the occasion of its 2025-2026 Mid-Year Review to allocate over $50 million extra to port infrastructure in the Outer Harbour/Kwinana zone....
