Truckies welcome calls to end port charges
ROAD Freight NSW has welcomed calls from the state branch of One Nation to work on ending “unfair port charges” imposed on local truckies by stevedores. In a recent statement NSW...
Wharfies set to hit DPWA with “rolling industrial action”
WATERFRONT workers at the DPWA terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle have voted to take “rolling industrial action”. The actions, expected to begin on Friday of...
ABF claims “huge tobacco and cigarette haul”
AN APPARENT attempt to smuggle more than a tonne of molasses tobacco, 810,000 cigarettes and other banned products has led to charges being laid against a 48-year-old man from the...
Air freight worth big bucks
RESEARCH just released by Infrastructure Partnerships Australia and BIS Oxford Economics’ reports goods travelling in international aircraft arriving and leaving Australia are...
ICHCA SA hosts Tony Braxton-Smith for a talk on DPTI freight agenda
The South Australian ICHCA luncheon will this Wednesday welcome Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure chief executive Tony Braxton-Smith who will address the topic,...
Qantas chooses contractor for American cargo handling
AUSTRALIAN airline Qantas has awarded an important three-year cargo handling contract to US business Worldwide Flight Services. WFS is said to be the largest provider of ground...
Raft of measures proposed to help save sinking shipping
A RAFT of measures aimed at salvaging Australian shipping has been proposed by the Maritime Union. Union heavy hitters Paddy Crumlin and Will Tracey were in Melbourne this week...
Senate committee examines shipping policy
POLICIES, regulations and taxes affecting Australian shipping are coming under the microscope this week of a Senate committee. The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport...
Building Darwin container volumes a focus for Landbridge
INCREASING container throughput at Port of Darwin is a focus for leaseholders Landbridge Corporation. Landbridge vice president Mike Hughes spoke with Daily Cargo News at the...
EPA green lights Port Adelaide channel widening
WORK on widening the outer harbour shipping channel and swing basin at Port Adelaide is set to proceed, following the issuing of a licence by the state Environment Protection...
Shipping line goes green
FRENCH shipping line CMA CGM says it is taking steps to stay at the forefront of green shipping. The company, which owns the Australian business ANL, cited a decision by CSR...
MSC announces Australia Express service upgrade
MSC recently announced an upgrade to its Australia Express service between Europe/the Indian Ocean and Australia. Starting in September of this year, CMA CGM and MSC will...
Biosecurity committee compared with Survivor, Hunger Games
A COMMITTEE set up to examine the Commonwealth’s Biosecurity Imports Levy risks becoming a logistics version of the movie Hunger Games or an episode of Survivor, a panel session...
Biosecurity levy “a revenue grab”, says Albanese
OPPOSTION infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese has hit out at the government over its handling of the proposed biosecurity levy, describing the controversial policy as “a...
OPINION: Shipping Lines – container management out of hand?
WE HAVE seen the increasing pattern of service providers, in particular container terminal operators and empty container parks, starting to charge (not to mention increasing them...
