Cocaine bust at Botany container logistics company
TWO men have been charged after 120 kilograms of cocaine was found in a shipping container at a logistics company in Port Botany. Police will allege the men had travelled from...
Man charged for massive heroin smuggling operation
POLICE charged a Sydney man for allegedly orchestrating a massive heroin importation. AFP Eastern Command investigators, assisted by the AFP’s Offshore Disruption Taskforce...
ICS calls for better direction toward net zero
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping has proposed amendments to the MARPOL convention to implement a global fuel standard. Amendments to annex VI are among several proposals the...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 49
IN THE news this week, Australian Border Force officers found 300 kilograms of methamphetamine in a steel hydraulic press sent from Mexico by sea....
BIMCO elects new president
SHIPPING association BIMCO has appointed Nikolaus Schües as its new president. Mr Schües is the owner and CEO of German shipping company Reederei F. Laeisz. He was elected during...
Containership loses steering, hits navigational beacon in Melbourne (UPDATED)
THE CONTAINERSHIP CMA CGM Puccini on Thursday (25 May) lost steering ability and hit a navigational beacon in the Yarra River as it was departing the Port of Melbourne, according...
Port of Brisbane supports research on whale migration in shipping lanes
PORT of Brisbane and Griffith University are studying interactions between migrating whales and vessels, including cargo ships, off the Queensland coast. The project extends an...
Zilch partners with 123Carbon
MELBOURNE-based Zilch Forwarding has partnered with Dutch company 123Carbon, a multi-modal carbon insetting platform. Zilch Forwarding was founded last year with the aim to...
300 kg of sea-cargo smuggled drugs discovered in Sydney
BORDER Force officers found 300 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside a steel hydraulic press that arrived in NSW by sea from Mexico on 18 April. ABF officers examined the...
IMO discusses decarbonisation at conference
THE DECARBONISATION of maritime transport in Asia and the Pacific and the opportunities it can unlock across the maritime value chain was at the heart of a Green Shipping...
Aussie avos to Thailand
WESTERN Australian Hass avocado producers will soon be able to export to Thailand. Minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry Murray Watt said this was a significant market...
Aussie program to create supply-chain talent pipeline
A NEW project in Victoria is aiming to build a supply-chain recruitment pipeline for women and young people. Deakin University researchers are working with the Geelong Region...
Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure earnings grow in FY22
DALRYMPLE Bay Infrastructure has had a successful 2022 financial year, according to its managing director and CEO Anthony Timbrell. Speaking at the company’s 2023 annual general...
Change in local leadership at DHL Global Forwarding
DHL Global Forwarding announced Niki Frank would step in to the role of CEO for DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacific. The move comes after the current CEO, Kelvin Leung, announced...
ANL containership makes first call to Gladstone
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation welcomed the ANL Kokoda – the ship’s first call to the port. The vessel is on ANL’s Asia PNG Express service, which recently expanded to include a...
