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SAL adds member, FTA adds executive
GREENSTREAM, a Sydney-based recruitment and talent advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the maritime, shipping, and marine sectors, has become the latest corporate associate...
Report highlights equipment failures in global fleet
A REPORT detailing “critical and recurring equipment failure points” within ships across the world has been released by the International Association of Classification Societies...
Kaitaki breakdown report: “Serious casualty narrowly avoided”
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...
World Container Index – 7 May 2026
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...
Thai concession extension a boost for DP World
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...
Bunbury Port main winner in modest budget port funding
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...
Vic government backs refining capacity
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...
AI debate: Forwarders call for clearer framework
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...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 8th May 2026
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,...
OPINION: When a seafarer does not come home
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...
Inland Rail: Queensland maintains the rage
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...
NZ Media Council upholds ferry reporting complaint
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...
Tasports reassures King Islanders
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...
Underpaid crew sees another ship banned – corrected version
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...
Feds announce rail, sea freight switch incentives
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...
