Swire Projects’ new H-Class vessel completes first voyage
SWIRE Projects, the projects and heavy lift shipping services division of Swire Shipping, completed the inaugural voyage of its first of three chartered H-Class vessels, Pacific...
World Container Index decreases yet again
DREWRY’S composite World Container Index decreased by 3% to US$1806.43 per 40-foot container this week. The index has dropped by 80% when compared with the same week last year....
ABF opens office in Japan
THE AUSTRALIAN Border force opened a new office in Tokyo. The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey....
Baltic Exchange weekly market report
THE BALTIC Dry Index has continued on its steep upward trajectory that started at its nadir in mid-February. On Friday, the BDI was 1424, an increase of 17.6% on the week before...
Port of Brisbane and QTLC host future freight energy hub event
PORT of Brisbane Pty Ltd and the Queensland Transport and Logistics Council (QTLC) have hosted a zero-emissions (ZE) vehicle ride day for port and logistics operators interested...
Brisbane container trade sees January slowdown
CONTAINER trade through the Port of Brisbane saw a slowdown in January. Over the month, the port handled a total of 114,631 TEU, a decrease of 13% on January 2022. However there...
Trucking platform steps in in wake of Scott’s collapse
AUSTRALIAN logistics road-freight platform Ofload said it is supporting former shippers, carrier sub-contractors and employees of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics following the...
NYK to sell air freight division to ANA
NIPPON Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha announced this week that it would sell its air-cargo division, Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), to ANA. The shipping line said the “considerable...
DP World to implement new high-bay container storage system
DP WORLD has announced the first commercial use of its revolutionary Boxbay high-bay storage system at its terminal in Pusan, South Korea. A contract was signed on Wednesday...
Government says it would consider Section 11 exemption for Kimberley
A SPOKESPERSON for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts told DCN the government is aware of and monitoring the flooding...
Regional logistics centre opens at Cairns Airport
A NEW logistics centre has opened at Cairns Airport. The 2400-square-metre facility houses large cold and freezer rooms, temperature-controlled spaces and ambient transit areas,...
Call for coastal shipping to aid flood-stricken Kimberley
“I’M calling on Minister King to urgently lodge a Section 11 exemption of the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow international carriers, who are at the ready, to bring in the...
Air-cargo demand declines in January
GLOBAL demand for air cargo fell 14.9% (measured in cargo tonne-kilometres) in January compared with the same month last year, according to the latest data from the International...
Shipping line signs decarbonisation agreement with miner
KAWASAKI Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has signed a memorandum of understanding with miner Anglo American to establish a working committee for collaborative research on decarbonisation. K...
Australia-India trade to be worth $45bn after agreement
BILATERAL trade between India and Australia will increase to $45 billion per year after the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), but there ambitions...
