MSC panders to Victorian reefer shippers
MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company is changing the East Coast rotation of its China-Australia Panda service to speed up export transits from Melbourne. In a customer advisory MSC said...
World Container Index - 3 July 2025
DREWRY's World Container Index decreased 5.7% to $2,812 per 40ft container this week. Drewry's WCI Index fell for the third consecutive week, by 5.7% this week. This decline is a...
Union takes aim at DP World cranes
AS DP World pursues a global strategy of end-to-end logistics integration, its plans to install ship-to-shore cranes at the Port of Fremantle are drawing flack from the Maritime...
Container losses rise as ship owners avoid the Red Sea
CONFLICT in the Middle East was a contributing factor in an increase in container losses in 2024, the World Shipping Council says. Some 576 containers were lost at sea last year...
Strong winds, heavy rain impact Sydney logistics operations
SHIPPING and logistics sector is battening down the hatches for wild weather today and tomorrow. Heavy rain has been falling since Monday night and the Bureau of Meteorology has...
ZIM quits New Zealand for the third time
ISRAELI carrier ZIM and its Hong Kong subsidiary Gold Star Line will withdraw from the Tasman for the third time in two decades and shut down their New Zealand operation. In a...
World Container Index - 26 June 2025
DREWRY's World Container Index decreased 9% to $2,983 per 40ft container this week. For the second consecutive week, Drewry's World Container Index fell 9% this week, following...
N&EA, SEA rates push continues
THE FIRST of July is the next trigger date for leading carriers to push rate rises in the Asia-Australia trades and there are more to come mid-month. The Shanghai-Sydney SCFI has...
Optimising ocean currents to create a cleaner shipping sector
A ‘GOOGLE Maps for the sea’ is the description of a new algorithm aimed at improving shipping’s environmental performance. The algorithm seeks to allow the shipping industry to...
World Container Index - 19 June 2025
DREWRY's World Container Index decreased 7% to $3,279 per 40ft container this week. For the first time in over a month, Drewry's WCI fell 7% this week, following six weeks of...
X-Press Feeders and COSCO sign partnership and leasing agreement
CARRIER company X-Press Feeders Group and COSCO Shipping Lines have signed two agreements aimed at expanding network coverage and strengthening mainline-feeder coordination. The...
CIG calls for further cargo fires research
THE CARGO Integrity Group, comprising seven industry peak bodies, has initiated a new focus on circumstances that create or magnify the risk of fires in certain freight,...
US China tariff war about to hit Australian containers
STAND by for a shortage of containers around Australia. Freight forwarder EES Shipping’s managing director, Brian Hack says we can expect to see reduced vessel space availability...
PoM completes West Swanson first stage rehab
PORT of Melbourne (PoM)and its contractors have completed Stage One of the Swanson Dock West Remediation Project and returned Berth 1 to full use by tenant DP World. In launching...
World Container Index - 12 June 2025
DREWRY's World Container Index remained stable at $3,543 per 40ft container this week. Drewry said the index has increased 59% in the last 4 weeks, as United States President...
