Landside operators pay for stevedore profits, industry says
INDUSTRY bodies say their people are paying the price for higher stevedore profits. As reported in Daily Cargo News, the ACCC this week released its Container Stevedoring...
Scion Mafalda: The malady lingers on
ANL-Sofrana has been forced to abandon the first planned voyage of Scion Mafalda in the WestPac service due to prolonged repairs to the AMSA-detained vessel in Port Botany. In a...
Brakey: ACCC now armed with necessary evidence
THE ACCC is now confident it has assembled a body of work via its Container Stevedoring Monitoring reports to pursue better outcomes for shippers and transport operators in the...
World Container Index – 11 December 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index (WCI) rose 2% to $1,957 per 40ft container, marking the second consecutive weekly increase. The increase was primarily due to higher spot rates on...
Two out of three ain’t bad
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has released two container ships from long-lasting detention but a third remains unable to sail. The 1,740 TEU Hansa Homburg, at the time...
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Port of Melbourne tests rail shuttle incentive
THE PORT of Melbourne is testing the waters, so to speak, to assess support for a possible incentive for importers to use the Port Rail Shuttle Network to shift containers from...
OPINION: Holding course through a fragile calm
RECENT weeks in global shipping has delivered a rare moment of stability, but it is a stability that feels thin, temporary and deceptively calm. Spot rates stabilised after a...
Qube opens new Sydney reefer terminal
LOGISTICS giant Qube has opened the first stage of its new reefer terminal at Moorebank Intermodal Terminal in Sydney. Marking another step in the evolution of Qube’s IMEX...
World Container Index – 4 December 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index (WCI) rose 7% to $1,927 per 40ft container after three weeks of decline, mainly due to rate hikes on Transpacific and Asia–Europe trade routes....
Lyttelton stabilises, Maersk drops surcharge
PROJECTIONS of better performance at the Lyttelton Container Terminal (LCT) have encouraged Maersk Line to drop congestion surcharges affecting international and coastal...
Celebrations for 20 years of automation at Patrick Brisbane terminal
INDUSTRY figures gathered in Brisbane to celebrate 20 years of automation at Patrick’s Terminals Brisbane AutoStrad Terminal. After taking a bus to the Port of Brisbane, guests...
Hefty drug haul seized from Port Botany shipping container
AUTHORITIES have seized $9 million worth of cocaine hidden inside a refrigerated shipping container, after intercepting an attempted import at Port Botany, New South Wales....
Patrick and Kalmar enter new deal, as stevedore celebrates 20 years of automation
PATRICK Terminals has used the 20th anniversary celebration of automated straddle operations at Brisbane to announce the signing of a new 10-year strategic supply agreement with...
DP World starts work on Fremantle Rail Exchange
FREIGHT infrastructure in Western Australia has been given a boost with DP World breaking ground on the $18 million Fremantle Rail Exchange project on Tuesday [2 December]. The...
Lloyd’s Register joins digital container shipping programme
LLOYD’S Register (LR) has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association’s DCSA+ partnership programme to accelerate digitisation of the shipping industry. The move will see LR...
