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Sacré bleu! CMA CGM joins Q3 sufferers

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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...
Sacré bleu! CMA CGM joins Q3 sufferers

Transition costs for green truck fuels need to be shared: VTA boss

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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...
Transition costs for green truck fuels need to be shared: VTA boss

Port of Darwin braces for tropical cyclone

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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...
Port of Darwin braces for tropical cyclone

International trade partners to gather in Melbourne

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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...
International trade partners to gather in Melbourne

Harnessing hydrogen for maritime growth

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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...
Harnessing hydrogen for maritime growth

Industry gathers for supply chain awards

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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...
Industry gathers for supply chain awards

WA’s CleanSubSea claims innovation award

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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...
WA’s CleanSubSea claims innovation award

AAL Shipping celebrates women at Melbourne Cup

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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...
AAL Shipping celebrates women at Melbourne Cup

Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 14 November 2025

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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...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 14 November 2025

PORT & CONTAINER EQUIPMENT: Driving port productivity

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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...
PORT & CONTAINER EQUIPMENT: Driving port productivity

Victorian government challenged over Williamstown Road curfews

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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,...
Victorian government challenged over Williamstown Road curfews

Sharp 3Q drop for HMM

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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...
Sharp 3Q drop for HMM

More recognition for Incat’s Clifford

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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...
More recognition for Incat’s Clifford

ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network

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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...
ANL/CMA CGM further expands Pacific network

Beef exporters welcome Trump tariff reversal

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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...
Beef exporters welcome Trump tariff reversal