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...
Bulk carrier Bunbury makes Bunbury first port of call
HUDSON Shipping Lines (HSL), new 80,000 tonne Kamsarmax bulk carrier HSL Bunbury, has made its namesake its first port of call. The parcel carrier arrived at Bunbury on 14...
Leeward Group partners with BSM Global
LEEWARD Group has announced its new partnership with BSM Global, which will enables booking requests between the two companies’ systems. The parent company of shipping agencies...
CMA CGM reworks ETS surcharge
JUST AS it warned shippers a month ago (DCN 13 November) the CMA CGM Group will respond to a ramping-up of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme with a heavily revised...
Men sentenced for toilet paper meth import plot
TWO men who attempted to import a large quantity of methamphetamine inside a shipment of toilet paper have been sentenced to a combined 16 years and six months imprisonment. The...
Innovation: Staying ahead of the game
With the global logistics sector valued at around US$9 trillion, according to Precedence Research, the challenge is to leverage new efficiencies in this lucrative industry. The...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen loaded with optimism
WHILE acknowledging “some signs of softness in the auto segment” Wallenius Wilhelmsen has upgraded its outlook for the remainder of 2024 and is expecting even better things in...
Esperance ore circuit proves it can share
THE PORT of Esperance has shipped its second, much larger iron ore load from Gold Valley, proving its iron-ore circuit can be shared by multiple customers. The shipment, more than...
