Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 14 November 2025
THE BALTIC Dry Index finished the week ending 14 November, 2025 at 2125, up from the previous week's figure of 2063. Capesize The Capesize market followed a generally softer...
PORT & CONTAINER EQUIPMENT: Driving port productivity
A look at what is happening at our ports, both with cyber technology and hard machinery. CHANGE is a constant in the world of port technology, as maritime analyst Peter van Duyn...
Victorian government challenged over Williamstown Road curfews
A MOVE by the Victorian government to impose night-time and weekend no-truck zones in Melbourne’s inner west highlights the lack of action on upgrading important feeder routes,...
Sharp 3Q drop for HMM
SOUTH Korea’s HMM has joined other Asian container lines in reporting a horrible third quarter in 2025 and offering a gloomy outlook for the rest of the year. Late last week the...
More recognition for Incat’s Clifford
WITH a trophy cabinet already bulging with awards Incat founder and chairman Robert Clifford has racked up another honour, being named Sustainability Champion at the 2025...
ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network
THE CMA CGM Group, including Oceania specialist ANL has today [17 November] opened a new agency in America Samoa, just a few weeks after setting up in Samoa. The Group says the...
Beef exporters welcome Trump tariff reversal
AN ANNOUNCEMENT by the US government that it would be removing tariffs on Australian agricultural goods, notably beef, has been welcomed as “a sensible step” by agricultural...
World Container Index – 13 November 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index decreased 5% this week to $1,859 per 40ft container, marking the first weekly decrease after four weeks of continuous increases.. Source: Drewry...
Cops put the heat on drug smugglers
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force and the Australian Federal Police say they are making headway preventing the importation of illicit drugs into Australia. The ABF has reported...
LETTER TO DCN: Newcastle box port “stuck in the slow lane”
LIBERAL shadow minister for the Hunter, Scott Farlow, told state Parliament recently that Newcastle’s proposed $2.4 billion container terminal was being held up by the Minns...
Electrification - ports are getting on with the task
AS GLOBAL supply chains face intensifying pressure to decarbonise, ports around the world have been rethinking and progressing change in how they power vessels, move cargo and...
China-Australia rates holding up, for now
WITH Drewry’s World Container Index turning down this week after several consecutive upgrades, average spot rates on the premier China-Australia route jumped another 8% for Week...
DCN Weekly: Talking AU-China MOU with Brad Leonard
This week on DCN Weekly, we round up our most read stories including: Victoria's data cable, parliamentary report into Spirits, maritime skills funding - plus we talk to IFCBAA's...
Hapag’s Q3 dire but three quarters good
HAPAG-Lloyd has declared strong growth and solid results for the first nine months of 2025 but rather glossed over a sad Q3. Group EBITDA was USD 2.8 billion (EUR 2.5...
Customs broking MOU promotes cross-cultural exchange
CUSTOMS brokers in Australia and China are set to exchange skills and training after the International Forwarders and Customs Brokers Association of Australia (IFCBAA) signed a...
