OPINION: Australia's container port performance "dreadful"
Australia’s container ports are near-completely failing Australian exporters, importers, shippers, shipping lines and society in general because they have terrible on-the-job...
LETTER TO DCN: Port Botany empty container scheme ill-thought-out
Dear Editor, With reference to the article “New scheme at Port Botany to tackle container problem,” in The DCN of 25 May 2021, Shipping Australia is of the view that the new empty...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Credit where credit is due
YOUR story on the recent regulatory blitz in Port Botany highlights the need for continuous safety vigilance. Yet unfortunately, it doesn’t give credit to the container transport...
OPINION: Shipping Australia supports the “strategic fleet”
SHIPPING Australia thoroughly endorsed the concept of a “strategic fleet” in our submission to the Productivity Commission’s Supply Chain Study. Shipping Australia believes that...
OPINION: More new evidence that ocean shipping is handling COVID disruption
FROM about June 2020 onward, commentators said that populations around the world were increasingly buying more goods. The Reserve Bank of Australia has now conclusively explained...
BUDGET: What’s in it for industry
THE COVID-19 pandemic has created many unusual outcomes. One of those was the delay of the May 2020 Australian Federal Budget until October 2020 which included a series of...
OPINION: The global maritime supply chain is resilient, not vulnerable
DRAMATIC new evidence from the UN Conference on Trade and Development shows just how much the demand for goods has soared because of COVID-19. And, crucially, despite what you may...
OPINION: Another disruption in the global container supply chain
ON TOP of the recent disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and thousands of containers being lost overboard in the North Pacific, another incident with a large container...
LETTER TO THE DCN: New biosecurity penalties bill could increase risk to importers
THE INTRODUCTION into Parliament of the Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill on 18 February 2021 has the potential to significantly increase the risk profile for...
OPINION: Is the North Pacific the Bermuda Triangle for containers?
LATELY we have seen a spate of containers being dislodged or damaged on-board container vessels transiting the North Pacific Ocean. For instance, since November 2020, five...
OPINION: Why the empty container build-up?
UNFORTUNATELY, right now, empty container parks and empty container holding spaces in New South Wales have become chock-a-block with empty boxes. Even port precincts have become...
OPINION: A blind eye to the mental health of seafarers
MANY countries depend upon cargoes transported by ships that are operated by seafarers. Likewise, many NGOs exist, and some derive their profits from ships operated by seafarers....
ANALYSIS: Upgraded trade deal with Pacific Islands
THE RELATIONSHIP between Australia and some of our Pacific Island neighbours has become controversial in recent time, largely focussed on differing views on Australia’s climate...
COMMENTARY: Cyber security, the key facts
What lessons are there from recent cyber-attacks in the supply chain sector? No person or firm can 100% guarantee safety against a cyber-attack. This means that supply chain...
INSIGHT: Australia joins RCEP
RECENT news on the international trade stage has been less than optimistic – especially for those Australian exporters who are held up by ongoing Chinese trade bans on some of our...
