Custom-build transhipper for Pilbara salt project
BCI Minerals Limited has partnered with Canada-based CSL Group to build a custom-designed transhipper for Australia’s biggest solar salt project, based in Western Australia’s...
ETV Reef Keeper takes up the role
THE LATEST emergency towing vessel assigned to the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait is now on station off Yorkey’s Knob outside Cairns. Smit Lamnalco’s Reef Keeper arrived...
Beef processor approved for China trade
THE THAW in trade restrictions with China has taken another step forward with export approval granted for a new Australian beef establishment. Meanwhile the fishing industry is...
2024 Mission to Seafarers Annual Luncheon
DCN was delighted to support the Mission to Seafarers as a bronze sponsor of the MtS Sydney parliamentary luncheon last month, where details of the groundbreaking Seafarers...
'Cozzie shipping' keeps rising - but for how long?
NOTIFICATIONS for general rate increases, rate restorations, peak season surcharges and port-based surcharges are continuing to flow for Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific...
Barossa Valley set for new $80 million logistics hub
AUSTRALIA’S most renowned wine region is set to receive a logistical boost, as construction begins on a sizeable new logistics facility in the Barossa Valley. Locally owned...
ASP Ships Group announces new CEO, Asia
ASP SHIPS group has announced the appointment of Christian Riis as its new Chief Executive Officer, Asia. Mr Riis was previously the director of marine safety & welfare strategy...
May schedule reliability up but down
COPENHAGEN-based analysts Sea-Intelligence’s latest assessment of global container line schedule reliability has measured a 3.8% improvement for May 2024 month-on-month – but the...
Newcastle protests continue into 11th day
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation has denounced the reckless activities of climate protesters as protests in the Hunter region enter their eleventh consecutive day. Today (5...
Baltic Exchange weekly report
THE BALTIC Dry Index fell to 1966 on Friday 5 July, a figure 95% higher than it was in the same week last year. The Baltic Dry Index for the week ending Friday 5 July 2024....
Road projects to improve freight efficiency
FEDERAL and Queensland governments announced plans on 5 July for road infrastructure programs across the country in a bid to boost freight productivity. Queensland has committed...
World Container Index is still skyrocketing
DREWRY’S World Container Index increased 10% to US$5868 per 40-foot container this week. The composite index has increased 298% when compared with the same week last year. It is...
Bad weather, fragile ferries blights Cook Strait services
THE vulnerability of New Zealand’s Cook Strait ferry services has again been underlined this week when bad weather forced the withdrawal of the only remaining Interisland Line...
Seabourn Cruise Line names newest ship in Australian ceremony
SEABOURN Cruise Line has named their newest ship, Seabourn Pursuit, at a ceremony on Australia’s Ngula Jar island. According to SCL, the 170-metre length overall vessel was built...
Live sheep exports may be going but Brazil is back
WHEN one door closes another one opens in what seems to be the case for Australian sheepmeat producers. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Murray Watt announced on...
