“Warm, fuzzy” landside guidelines not good enough, shippers say
THE LATEST increase in terminal access charges at Australian box ports make a mockery of voluntary guidelines for landside charges, a leading freight industry figure says. Freight...
Gladstone seeks terminal interest
GLADSTONE’s dream of becoming s fully-fledged container port has taken another step towards realisation with the release of a Registration of Interest for development of a...
World Container Index – 30 October 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index continued its upward trend this week, increasing 4% to $1,822 per 40ft container. Source: Drewry World Container Index Spot rates from Shanghai to...
Freight rates on the tear
FOR NO obvious reason China-Australia freight rates have taken off over the past two weeks and some offers in the market are approaching USD 3400/FEU for certain port pairs. After...
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Crane pain afflicts NPDL
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line has been obliged to shuffle schedules of its AUSPAC and NZPAC services, thanks to unrelated crane failures on a vessel and in port. Due to mechanical...
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PIL launches fourth dual fuel container ship
PACIFIC International Lines has launched the fourth in its ‘O’ class series of 8200 TEU LNG dual container ships, naming Kota Orkid in honour of the national flower of Singapore,...
Transhipments and empties driving Port of Melbourne container trade
TOTAL container trade at the Port of Melbourne has risen slightly for the September 2025 quarter compared to the three months to September 2024, but the biggest contributor to...
World Container Index – 23 October 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index increased again this weeking, jumping 3% to $1,746 per 40ft container. This is the second straight week of increase, following a prolonged decline...
CTAA container safety campaign continues
CONTAINER safety will be at the forefront of a specialised session organised by the Container Transport Alliance Australia. The webinar is a week away, Thursday 30 October from...
First cotton exports leave Wyndham
ANL’s chartered containership Contship Yen has sailed from the north-west port of Wyndham for Singapore with the first shipment of export cotton from the Kimberley Cotton Gin. The...
Port of Brisbane commences autonomous container transfer R&D project
A NEW research project has commenced to design a framework and operational requirements within a digital twin to simulate autonomous short-haul container transfers at the Port of...
Exports star in Australian first half container trade
THE FIRST half of the 2025 calendar year saw Australian container volumes ratchet up by 0.9% compared to the prior year, according to figures from Container Trade Statistics. CTS,...
New China-PNG-Australia service arrives
ANL’s new APR2 service made first Australian landfall this week, with the arrival of the 1,700 TEU San Giorgio at Patrick’s Brisbane AutoStrad terminal. APR2 was announced at the...
World Container Index – 16 October 2025
DREWRY'S World Container Index increased 2% to $1,687 per 40ft container this week, ending 17 weeks of continual declines. The index recorded its first increase following 17...
Rates reversal or just a bounce?
TO THE surprise of many, China-Australia spot-rate quotes rose this week after several weeks of going astern. The Shanghai-Sydney SCFI for Week 42 rose 6% to USD 2,318/FEU in what...
