MSC taps China for crews
IN PURSUIT of seafarer resources to crew its ever-expanding fleet Mediterranean Shipping Co has opened its first ship management company in China, in the Ningbo Beilun Free Trade...
World Container Index – 24 July 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index decreased 3% to $2,517 per 40ft container this week. Source: Drewry World Container Index Drewry's World Container Index (WCI) fell 3.3% this week,...
It was a matter of time
AS MSC continues its saturation of global container trades – not to mention luxury cruise shipping, Mediterranean ferry services, European towage, worldwide landside logistics...
Andrew Robb pushes Gladstone container potential
A GLADSTONE box terminal linked with Inland Rail can play a transformative role in handing east coast freight, Inter-Port Global strategic advisor Andrew Robb says. Andrew Robb...
MSC to launch own ANZ-North America service
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company will launch a standalone Australia/New Zealand-East Coast North America service in February 2026, replacing a 15-year-old slot-charter agreement...
Tauranga’s electrifying announcement
NEW ZEALAND’s largest container port is committing more than NZD 3.5 million to the acquisition of the nation’s first all-electric straddle carrier, with associated charging...
Shipping lines strike while the iron is hot
WITH key indices showing rises in freight rates on routes out of Asia into Australia and New Zealand and peak season looming carriers are pushing ahead with rate restorations,...
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Maersk executive appointed director of Shipping Australia
THE HEAD of operations for Maersk Oceania, Fleur Walsh, has been appointed as a director of Shipping Australia. Ms Walsh has worked in various senior roles across the...
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Patricks releases landside quarterly container performance update
LATEST landside performance figures released by Patrick Terminals have been welcomed by industry. The figures were for the terminals of Melbourne, Fremantle, Port Botany (Sydney)...
World Container Index – 17 July 2025
Drewry’s World Container Index decreased 2.6% to $2,602 per 40ft container this week. Source: Drewry World Container Index Drewry's World Container Index (WCI) fell 2.6% this...
OPINION: Shipping lines and logistics operators are expanding their business models
THE AUSTRALIAN Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently concluded that DP World Australia’s takeover of Silk Contract Logistics will not result in a substantial lessening...
Mixed news for OOCL in Q2, H1 results
ORIENT Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has seen second quarter financial results slide year-on-year, although liftings and capacity both increased. However, the picture was much...
Swire Shipping on a voyage to zero
FIJI’s MINISTER of the Environment and Climate Change on Friday [11 July] officially launched Swire Shipping’s new Voyage to Zero carbon insetting program aboard the vessel Apia...
Aurizon and MIT do a container freight deal
ADVANTAGES in technology and interstate access are features of an agreement struck between rail company Aurizon and Melbourne Intermodal Container Terminal (MIT). The two...
CMES reworks Sinotrans-Antong deal
AN ABANDONED deal under which Sinotrans Container Line would have been shifted from parent China Merchants Energy Shipping to Antong Holdings has been revived – but with a twist....
