IFCBAA concerns on RBA credit card fee proposals
IFCBAA members are concerned about proposals that would prevent businesses from passing on credit card processing fees to customers and instead require businesses to absorb these...
Melbourne takes cruising Crown
PRINCESS Cruises will return to basing one of its seasonal Oceania market ships in Melbourne in 2028-29, after an absence of some years. The Carnival Group company joined forces...
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Services return to Suez, security concerns remain, report says
MORE shipping lines are resuming service through the Suez Canal instead of diverting ships all the way around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, US logistics company C H Robinson...
Perdaman chairman warns Australia is “on the brink”
PERDAMAN chairman Vikas Rambal says Australia’s dependence on imported fuel and fertiliser has left the nation dangerously exposed, warning that global supply shocks have pushed...
Texel Air expands New Zealand freighter fleet
TEXEL Air has added Boeing’s 200th 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) to its New Zealand fleet, taking its locally based aircraft to three and its Australasian fleet to...
ZIM hits accelerator but Hapag deal in limbo
IN JUST six weeks since revealing its last projections, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has substantially lifted it full-year expectations for the 2026 full year. The Israeli...
Island ferry rescue completed
A SOLOMON Islands ferry that broke down at sea on Friday [9 October] with 73 people on board was safely towed to shore last night after a multi-agency rescue effort. The 263 GT...
Aranui newie delivered in China
CHINESE builder Huanghai Shipbuilding, based in Shandong, has delivered the newbuilding combi-liner Aranoa to Tahiti-headquartered Aranui Cruises, well ahead of its planned...
OPINION: Tougher tobacco laws welcome, but they don’t stop the shops
Everyone agrees that illicit tobacco has become one of the most lucrative criminal markets in the country, so the Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026 was supported by both sides...
TasPorts, AMC seize overseas collaboration opportunities
TASPORTS and Spanish maritime research body BlueNetCat are to co-lead the framework for a new international living lab connecting Greater Hobart and Catalonia. Last week,...
OOCL unloads huge third quarter
ORIENT Overseas International Limited, parent of OOCL, has revealed a healthy third quarter 2026 result, easily eclipsing the equivalent quarter last year, and for the first three...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 9 October 2026
THE BALTIC Dry Index (BDI) posted a weekly loss last week, finishing at 2917 points for 9 October 2026, down from 2 October's figure of 3148. Capesize The market remained under...
TRADE LAW: New world order?
The Australian Prime Minister has very recently delivered a speech before the United Nations stating that the post-1945 international order was no longer “fit for purpose” and...
Maersk is launching a No Shipping Instruction, No Load policy
A PAUSE in rates fluctuations in Asia-Australia trades suggests some kind of equilibrium has been reached between supply and demand. The SCFI mean for spot rates from Shanghai to...
New tobacco bill set to pass parliament
NEW legislation governing the tobacco trade is seemingly set to become law after the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee recommended its passing without amendment....
