Global economy faces ‘substantial headwind’, World Bank warns
INCREASED trade tension and heightened policy uncertainty suggest the global economy is facing “another substantial headwind”, the World Bank has warned. In its quarterly Global...
Western Sydney International Airport officially unveiled
WESTERN Sydney International Airport (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport is officially complete, with the terminal formally unveiled. WSI chief executive Simon Hickey was joined by Prime...
Blume Global scores ICTSI as first terminal client
BLUME Global, a US-based digital supply chain specialist acquired by WiseTech in 2023, has released a digital appointment scheduling platform designed specifically for ocean...
Hanwha renews efforts to take over Austal
SOUTH Korean shipbuilder Hanwha is renewing its efforts to take over Perth-based shipbuilder Austal. In a notice to the Australian Stock Exchange Austal said it had received...
AMSA complaints down in 2024
COMPLAINTS to AMSA decreased by almost 20% in 2024 compared to 2023. AMSA’s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) Annual Report 2024, provides a detailed analysis of the 173 complaints...
INTERCARGO releases bulk carrier casualty report
THE International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO) has released its new report entitled Bulk Carrier Casualty Report 2025: Safety gains continue but security...
Containership joins Morning Midas as major casualty
WITH the Zodiac PCTC Morning Midas reported still burning out of control in the northern Pacific a Wan Hai container ship has suffered a massive cargo explosion in waters...
ALC calls for productivity and workforce reform
SYSTEMS that support the Australian logistics network are in urgent need of reform, a key industry body says. The Australian Logistics Council has called on governments to bring...
Port of Melbourne hosts RMIT students
PORT of Melbourne Education Centre recently hosted a port tour by PhD and master’s students of RMIT. The tour was part of the International Logistics subject taught by Professor...
Scathing report on Shiling failures
A DETAILED report into a “virtually unseaworthy” container ship that twice broke down in NZ waters has led to three pointed recommendations, including changes to national law to...
Tasmanian government rules out GBE sales
AFTER losing a vote-of-confidence in the Tasmanian Parliament last Thursday [6 June] state premier Jeremy Rockliff has moved to rule out any proposed privatisation of government...
Victorian freight on track
THE VICTORIAN government has itemised the latest improvements to the state’s rail freight network while celebrating an uplift in volumes carried. Three per cent more freight was...
OPINION: Seafarer wellbeing - the pandemic behind the pandemic
A FEW years ago, I shared a post on social media about one of the most heartbreaking conversations I’ve had in my maritime career. A master I’d met told me about a close friend,...
Air cargo ‘piggybacks global uncertainty’ says Xeneta
OCEAN and air freight analytics platform Xeneta has released its latest air cargo market update for the month of May 2025. According to Xeneta’s latest market analysis, while...
Shipwreck confirmed to be Captain Cook’s HMB Endeavour
THE AUSTRALIAN National Maritime Museum (ANMM) has confirmed that a shipwreck site in the United States is HM Bark Endeavour, made famous for its circumnavigation of the world...
