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Sacré bleu! CMA CGM joins Q3 sufferers
LIKE so many of its contemporaries CMA CGM has reported a bleak third quarter but notes it’s at least better than Q2. Group revenue for Q3 2025 was down 11.3% to USD 14,042...
Transition costs for green truck fuels need to be shared: VTA boss
TRANSPORT operators can’t move to low or zero carbon-fueled vehicles without a whole-of-supply chain approach and a willingness by everyone – including consumers – to share the...
Port of Darwin braces for tropical cyclone
DARWIN Port has begun preparations to safeguard critical fuel supplies and supply chains to remote communities ahead of what is forecast to be a rare November cyclone. The...
International trade partners to gather in Melbourne
MELBOURNE will later this week host the largest meeting of trade ministers and representatives in more than a decade, as the 12 member countries of the Comprehensive and...
Harnessing hydrogen for maritime growth
IF GREEN hydrogen is a reliable source of clean energy, why is not being widely used in the maritime sector? By way of a definition, green hydrogen is produced by using renewable...
Industry gathers for supply chain awards
A GRANDIOSE scene akin to something out of Phantom of the Opera greeted guests as they entered Melbourne Town Hall for the recent Australasian Supply Chain & Logistics Association...
WA’s CleanSubSea claims innovation award
WESTERN Australian technology firm CleanSubSea has been recognised with an Innovator of the Year Award at this year’s Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition in Sydney. The...
AAL Shipping celebrates women at Melbourne Cup
A HISTORIC Melbourne Cup win set the stage for AAL Australia to celebrate women in shipping at the Ladies Day event at Queens Wharf, Brisbane. Guests enjoyed a refined ballroom...
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...
