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OPINION: Food supply chains during an oil supply shortage

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As the world is battling with a shortage of oil supply due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, in Australia, the flow-on effects reach far beyond fuel stations and motorists....
OPINION: Food supply chains during an oil supply shortage

OPINION: The ‘April cliff’ - a mathematical certainty

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This article is submitted by a reader. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Daily Cargo News. AUSTRALIA could be as little as...
OPINION: The ‘April cliff’ - a mathematical certainty

OPINION: Infrastructure Australia misses the boat

4 mins read
INFRASTRUCTURE Australia (IA) recently released the IA 2026 Priority List (IPL). I would like to make some comments on the Ports Capacity and Connectivity segment of the IPL...
OPINION: Infrastructure Australia misses the boat

NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

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FEBRUARY was shaping up as another well-known chapter in the cyclical downturn of the shipping market: a market struggling with overcapacity, weakening carrier finances, and...
NAVIGATING 2026: When the frame changes

OPINION: The digital supply chain cake

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As I prepare to teach JNB701 Maritime Informatics, a course on digital transformation in supply chains, at the Australian Maritime College for the upcoming semester, I’ve been...
OPINION: The digital supply chain cake

OPINION: The illusion of oversupply

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FOR most of this year, container shipping was bracing for the opposite problem.. too much capacity. New ships hitting the water, pressure on rates, and a long-awaited return to...
OPINION: The illusion of oversupply

INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

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MANDATORY climate reporting is about to change reporting for thousands of Australian businesses. Roughly 7000 companies will be captured, and the ripple effects will reach...
INSIGHT: Metrics alone do not satisfy ASRS

OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

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DETAINED. Delayed. Detoured. Denied. The Gulf crisis is not a spectator sport, and Australian cargo owners who treat it like one will be last in line when the dust settles....
OPINION: Gulf cargo crisis - what does it mean for Australia?

INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

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ONE of the most persistent misconceptions in the customs brokerage sector is that regulatory silence equals commercial safety. Nowhere is this more evident than in the growing use...
INSIGHT: Nominee customs brokers, ABN-to-ABN engagements and the insurance gap

INSIGHT: The carbon reporting wave coming for logistics

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THE LOGISTICS sector continues to have a relatively distant relationship with carbon reporting. Emissions disclosure continues to be the domain of sustainability teams, annual...
INSIGHT: The carbon reporting wave coming for logistics

OPINION: Middle East tensions exposes fragility of global trade

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THERE are moments in this industry that sit heavy. Not because rates move or schedules slip, we live with that every day, but because the systems that quietly keep the world...
OPINION: Middle East tensions exposes fragility of global trade

OPINION: Seafarer welfare funding and building a nationally consistent approach

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IT WAS a great honour to be included in All About Shipping's Top 100 Women in Global Shipping, where I was ranked 45 among those whose work spans every part of the maritime value...
OPINION: Seafarer welfare funding and building a nationally consistent approach

ANALYSIS: MV Raider and hard drugs on the high seas

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THE right of state authorities to board ships on the high seas has been in the spotlight of late with the recent case of the MV Raider (IMO 9032824). In a joint French-US...
ANALYSIS: MV Raider and hard drugs on the high seas

OPINION: Government needs to step up on seafarer welfare

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ON THE 20th anniversary of the Maritime Labour Convention, Human Rights at Sea calls on the minister for transport Catherine King to act on the consistent provision of seafarer...
OPINION: Government needs to step up on seafarer welfare

OPINION: The landside cost shift - a practical view from the supply chain

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THE CURRENT debate around port productivity and container terminal performance is important. But productivity is only one part of the equation. For cargo owners, particularly...
OPINION: The landside cost shift - a practical view from the supply chain