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SAL adds member, FTA adds executive

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GREENSTREAM, a Sydney-based recruitment and talent advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the maritime, shipping, and marine sectors, has become the latest corporate associate...
SAL adds member, FTA adds executive

Report highlights equipment failures in global fleet

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A REPORT detailing “critical and recurring equipment failure points” within ships across the world has been released by the International Association of Classification Societies...
Report highlights equipment failures in global fleet

Kaitaki breakdown report: “Serious casualty narrowly avoided”

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THE NEW Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s final report into the breakdown of KiwiRail’s ro-pax Kaitaki in January 2023 has set out in stark detail six major...
Kaitaki breakdown report: “Serious casualty narrowly avoided”

World Container Index – 7 May 2026

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The DREWRY World Container Index (WCI) increased 3% to $2,286 per 40ft container after three consecutive weekly declines, driven by higher freight rates on Transpacific and...
World Container Index – 7 May 2026

Thai concession extension a boost for DP World

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A CONCESSION extension at Laem Chabang Port, Thailand, ensures continuity and service stability for customers, DP World Asia Pacific chief executive and managing director Glen...
Thai concession extension a boost for DP World

Bunbury Port main winner in modest budget port funding

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THE COOK government has delivered a modest uplift for Western Australia’s port infrastructure in the 2026–27 state budget, with Bunbury emerging as the primary beneficiary of the...
Bunbury Port main winner in modest budget port funding

Vic government backs refining capacity

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THE STATE government of Victoria says it will co-fund Viva Energy to do a feasibility study into expanding renewable diesel blend processing at the Geelong Refinery. This follows...
Vic government backs refining capacity

AI debate: Forwarders call for clearer framework

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CLEAR legal and operational parameters are required for the use of AI in customs broking and freight forwarding, the International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of...
AI debate: Forwarders call for clearer framework

The Bradfield Bulletin - 8th May 2026

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WELL, if your coffee hasn’t gone up in price this week, your mortgage probably has. I remember when my biggest complaint was the cost of fruit. These days everything’s expensive,...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 8th May 2026

OPINION: When a seafarer does not come home

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THE TRAGEDY in Port Phillip Bay should force the Australia public to confront life at sea. Last week, a seafarer in his 30s lost his life in Port Phillip Bay after disappearing...
OPINION: When a seafarer does not come home

Inland Rail: Queensland maintains the rage

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QUEENSLAND farmers and local government entities have cried foul over the federal government’s decision to truncate the Inland Rail project. As reported in DCN, the federal...
Inland Rail: Queensland maintains the rage

NZ Media Council upholds ferry reporting complaint

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A COMPLAINT lodged by New Zealand deputy PM and rail minister Winston Peters over a story on Cook Strait replacement ferry costs published by The Post has been upheld by the...
NZ Media Council upholds ferry reporting complaint

Tasports reassures King Islanders

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TASPORTS has moved to assure King Island residents and shippers that the weekly service will continue uninterrupted when Bass Island Line’s (BIL) John Duigan is drydocked later...
Tasports reassures King Islanders

Underpaid crew sees another ship banned – corrected version

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AMSA has issued a third ban in less than two months after another shipping company was found to have underpaid its crew, breaching the Maritime Labour Convention. On 23 April...
Underpaid crew sees another ship banned – corrected version

Feds announce rail, sea freight switch incentives

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ACCOMPANYING today’s announcement of the truncation of the Inland Rail project and an extra $1.2 billion for rail network improvements the Federal Government revealed a new $55...
Feds announce rail, sea freight switch incentives