WOMEN IN MARITIME: Safety first
I EXPECT when you read the title you thought of workplace health and safety: slips, trips and falls. The image of the hierarchy of controls may have flashed in front of your eyes...
OPINION: Time to get Australian freight back on track
Pacific National CEO Paul Scurrah believes that Australia’s railways are overdue for investment and recognition IN THE face of global supply chain disruptions, volatile markets...
INSIGHT: Commencement of Australia’s free trade deals with the UK and India comes closer
IT HAS been a busy few weeks in the Australian Federal Parliament. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) in parliament issued its reports into proposed treaty action...
OPINION: Seafarers are getting a rough deal
POLITICIANS might be one of the most maligned occupations in the country, but I believe seafarers must be a close second when you realise how they are often treated. Until a few...
OPINION: Unfair contract terms – more competition, better prices
ON 27 October 2022, the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 passed through the Senate, and now awaits Royal Assent. Among other things, the...
LETTER TO THE DCN: IFAW statement on slowing down ships ignores industry effort
Shipping Australia sent the following text to DCN in response to a recently published article concerning the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s call for regulation of vessel...
OPINION: Overzealous ABF officers with power tools or a legitimate threat to the border?
A COUPLE recently received visas to enter Australia and to relocate to Melbourne, and they shipped their personal effects via air from Canada. Their effects included a Canadian...
OPINION: The UK’s new legislation on paperless trade
AS READERS would be aware, there is currently significant work being conducted around the world aimed at modernising and facilitating trade. Part of that work includes attempts to...
OPINION: Ship size once again misunderstood
INDUSTRY and social media have once again gone into overdrive about the size of container vessels visiting Australian ports. The recent arrival of the containership CMA CGM...
INSIGHT: An outline of the PC's draft report into Australia's maritime logistics system
THE PRODUCTIVITY Commission has finally released its draft report as part of its inquiry regarding the Australian maritime logistics system. The draft report including summaries...
INSIGHT: PC finds costs of collecting nuisance tariffs exceed revenue collected
ON FRIDAY, 5 August 2022, the Productivity Commission released its results of two major studies which assessed the level of government assistance to trade and industry for...
INSIGHT: A mixed week for news on Free Trade Agreements in the northern hemisphere
AS READERS would be aware, both Australia and New Zealand have been pressing forward to complete Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in the northern hemisphere, including FTAs with the...
OPINION: The new framework of the federal government operating at the border
BEFORE our recent federal election, I penned an article for the June print edition of the Daily Cargo News focusing on what I considered were priority issues for the government in...
OPINION: Does the latest CPPI give a realistic view of port rankings?
THE TRANSPORT Global Practice of the World Bank and the Maritime, Trade and Supply Chain division of S&P Global Market Intelligence have recently published the Container Port...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Policy dithering on Newcastle container terminal
POLICY dithering about China Merchants’ 50% ownership of the Port of Newcastle is blocking a rail-based container transportation network in NSW. A pre-election federal government...
