Australia's SCF acquires CSL Containers
AUSTRALIAN shipping container supplier SCF has acquired CSL Containers. CSL Containers has existed in New Zealand for more than 30 years and is currently managed by Roger...
NPDL US service to expand trans-Tasman opportunities
NEPTUNE Pacific Direct Line is launching a liner service to the South Pacific from the US west coast, opening transhipment opportunities to Australia. NPDL said the new WCUSA...
Container Port Performance Index shows some improvement at Aussie ports
PERFORMANCE at Australian container ports mostly improved last year, according to the third edition of the global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI). The CPPI is a data-based...
OOCL welcomes big ship into fleet
OOCL welcomed the new 24,188-TEU containership OOCL Piraeus into its fleet this week. The vessel is the first of six “mega containerships” of the same capacity OOCL has ordered...
Shiling detained in Wellington
MARITIME NZ has issued a detention notice for Shiling, the containership that broke down in May. The Singapore-flagged ship (IMO: 9290452) is now at Wellington’s CentrePort. It...
Cocaine bust at Botany container logistics company
TWO men have been charged after 120 kilograms of cocaine was found in a shipping container at a logistics company in Port Botany. Police will allege the men had travelled from...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 49
IN THE news this week, Australian Border Force officers found 300 kilograms of methamphetamine in a steel hydraulic press sent from Mexico by sea....
World Container Index drops
DREWRY’S composite World Container Index fell 2% to US$1685.32 per 40-foot container this week. The index has dropped by 78% when compared with the same week last year. The WCI is...
Containership loses steering, hits navigational beacon in Melbourne (UPDATED)
THE CONTAINERSHIP CMA CGM Puccini on Thursday (25 May) lost steering ability and hit a navigational beacon in the Yarra River as it was departing the Port of Melbourne, according...
300 kg of sea-cargo smuggled drugs discovered in Sydney
BORDER Force officers found 300 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed inside a steel hydraulic press that arrived in NSW by sea from Mexico on 18 April. ABF officers examined the...
Container newbuilds are forecast to slump to 14-year low
NEWBUILD container output is collapsing according to recent research from consultancy Drewry. Behind this decline in container building is stagnating trade and a ballooning...
ANL containership makes first call to Gladstone
GLADSTONE Ports Corporation welcomed the ANL Kokoda – the ship’s first call to the port. The vessel is on ANL’s Asia PNG Express service, which recently expanded to include a...
Stricken containership berths in Wellington
THE STRICKEN containership Shiling berthed in CentrePort Wellington on Tuesday after being towed in from Tasman Bay. The ship broke down off the coast of New Zealand earlier this...
New CEO at trucking association
THE AUSTRALIAN Trucking Association has appointed Mathew Munro as its new CEO. Mr Munro is currently the executive director of the Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters...
Number of containers lost at sea in decline: report
THE WORLD Shipping Council has reported a positive trend in container safety, with 661 containers lost overboard during 2022. WSC released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report...
