Global schedule reliability improves slightly in March
SHIPPING data analyst Sea-Intelligence has reported an improvement in schedule reliability based on an analysis of 34 different trade lanes. It said global schedule reliability is...
Man sentenced for smuggling 10 million cigarettes in shipping container
A VICTORIAN man has been sentenced to three years in prison for smuggling 10 million cigarettes in a shipping container. The container, declared to have contained office...
VICT announces infrastructure fee hike
VICTORIA International Container Terminal is increasing its infrastructure charge on 1 July. The automated container terminal at the Port of Melbourne’s Webb Dock is upping the...
ONE reports astronomical full-year profits
OCEAN Network Express reported a record profit of US$16.8 billion for the 2021 financial year – this was an increase of US$13.3 billion, or 381%, on the previous year. ONE’s...
China port congestion to remain high: analysts
PORT congestion is rebounding in northern Chinese ports and it is not expected to let up for the next several weeks at least, according to analysis from S&P Global Market...
Independent inquiry launched into NZ port deaths
THE NEW Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) is beginning an investigation into the two recent workplace deaths at Lyttelton Port (on 25 April) and Ports of...
Swire Shipping affiliate to acquire Westwood Shipping Lines
SWIRE Shipping has announced its affiliate SSPL US has signed a definite agreement to acquire Westwood Shipping Lines, an independent vessel operator based in the United States....
ANL announces Australia-China service
ANL has announced a new service that will connect the Australian ports of Brisbane and Sydney with Shekou and Shanghai. The A3 Express Loop (A3X) will run with 4200-TEU capacity...
Maersk revises 2022 guidance upwards as container volumes fall
A.P. Møller - Mærsk has revised its full-year 2022 guidance up; the company now expects its full-year underlying EBITDA to be around US$30 billion (previously around US$24...
OPINION: Eliminating the risk of container-stack collapses – solutions and unseaworthiness
By Captain Glenn Mathias, Australian Maritime Consultancy THE WORLD Shipping Council (WSC) claim that its member companies operate about three quarters of the world’s global...
CTAA slams Hutchison levy hikes
HUTCHINSON Ports Australia’s announcement of an increase to its infrastructure levy last week has been received with concern by the Container Transport Alliance Australia. Under...
Drewry container index decreases over the week
DREWRY’S World Container Index deceased by 0.9% this past week, but it remained 60.3% higher than it was one year ago. Source: World Container Index, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors...
Hutchison announces infrastructure levy hikes
HUTCHISON Ports Australia announced on Friday increases to its infrastructure levy for full containers handled at its Sydney and Brisbane terminals. The container stevedore will...
Man dies following accident at Sydney container yard
A MAN has died after being struck by a reversing forklift at a container yard in Banksmeadow, Sydney, on Thursday night (21 April). NSW Police said in a statement the man,...
NZ unions call for national health and safety standards in stevedoring
THE MARITIME union of New Zealand, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union and the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild have joined together to demand national stevedoring standards...
