ZIM takes digital shipping services to a new level
ZIM: an innovative industry leader ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is by no means a new name in global shipping. With a legacy stretching back to 1945 and a pioneering role in...
World Maritime Day 2021 a day of action for seafarers
THE International Maritime Organization will be lit up in blue today to mark World Maritime Day 2021 and to highlight seafarers and their core role in shipping and its future. The...
Drewry survey of shippers and carriers on the container system crisis
RECENT interviews conducted by Drewry of global shippers and leading carriers within its global customer base expose concern and real commercial harm to most shippers and identify...
COVID case detected at DP World Australia’s Melbourne terminal
AN employee at the DP World Australia Melbourne terminal recently attended work while testing positive for COVID-19. A spokesperson for the stevedore told DCN operations were...
T.S. Lines launches dedicated China NZ service
T.S. LINES is launching a new service between China and New Zealand. The service, with the first is to be fortnightly through the end of October, with weekly sailings starting in...
HMM orders 12 containerships
HMM has ordered 12 newbuild containerships – each with a capacity of 13,000 TEU. Hyundai Heavy Industries is to build the new vessels at a cost of US$1.57-billon. An official from...
Launch of NextGEN portal for maritime decarbonisation
THE NextGEN (where "GEN" stands for "Green and Efficient Navigation") portal, an online collaborative global ecosystem of maritime transport decarbonisation initiatives, has been...
Thorstar repairs expected to be complete next week
OCTOBER 8 is the expected date for repairs on the containership Thorstar to be complete, more than a month after AMSA detained the vessel at Port Botany. AMSA detained the...
WA to mandate vaccination for some interstate freight workers
FREIGHT, transport and logistics workers entering Western Australian from “high” or “extreme” risk areas will be required to have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine...
Global liner schedule reliability at a low in August, analyst says
GLOBAL liner schedule reliability dropped to 33.6% in August according to the latest issue of the Global Liner Performance report, published by analyst Sea-Intelligence. The...
Maersk to sell reefer manufacturer MCI
CHINA International Marine Containers is to buy Maersk Container Industry, a manufacturer of refrigerated containers, from A.P. Moller - Maersk. The two companies signed an...
OPINION: Fremantle: the last major mainland container port without a lifetime lease
AUSTRALIA’S major container ports in most cases have been leased for a lifetime: Melbourne, Port Botany, Brisbane, Darwin and Adelaide have all been leased for 99 years and...
OPINION: Shipping lines should invest more in new technology
IN a recent article published in the DCN, I mentioned that container shipping lines collectively are set to make more than US$100 billion this year, with Maersk alone forecasting...
VICT re-opens after COVID detections
VICTORIA International Container Terminal re-opened on Sunday (26 September) after shutting down on Wednesday night. While the terminal re-opened early yesterday morning, a...
More than 150 organisations call for shipping decarbonisation
MORE than 150 industry leaders and organisations have signed on to the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization. The document says shipping must align with the Paris Agreement...
