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...
COMMENTARY: Improving maritime cybersecurity and operational resiliency
CYBER security has become front of mind for the Australian maritime industry in recent months, with the Government highlighting transport as a focus area in its Cyber Security...
OPINION: what is the latest waterfront dispute about?
TWENTY-two years ago, images of balaclava-clad security guards with German shepherds, locking out wharfies at the Patrick container terminals shocked the nation. With a fresh...
OPINION: Liquefied natural gas as ship fuel
WHILE the use of LNG as ship’s fuel is becoming more common as it is currently widely available in important bunkering ports such as Rotterdam and Singapore it is still emitting...
OPINION: Mission to zero - the advancing case for ferries
SHORT routes and regular port visits provide opportunities for shipboard stored energy technology, and it is the commercial case that is turning the tide for ferry owners towards...
COMMENT: Congestion and other charges choking trade at Port Botany
IT SEEMS counterintuitive but even as Australia struggles out of recession and pandemic, a number of lines have determined that the state of services through Port Botany require...
OPINION: Disruption from waterfront industrial action just getting worse
INDUSTRIAL action on the waterfront is causing increasing disruption to the movement of ships and the movement of vital goods upon which Australian families rely. At least two...
OPINION: Wharfies continue to deliver productivity improvements
SHIPPING Australia’s absurd, evidence-free claims about waterfront bargaining are just their latest hysterical and destructive attempt to exploit COVID anxiety in the community...
OPINION: The impacts of COVID-19 on express freight
FedEx Express Australasia vice president, Peter Langley, speaks with Daily Cargo News about the challenges of logistics during global pandemic The challenges the logistics...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Waterfront in a vicious circle
I WRITE in relation to the ongoing debate regarding the variously labelled waterfront charges levied on road transport operators and hence on the whole supply chain. There was a...
COMMENT: Commonwealth moves to rein in agreements
THE AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Constitution has an interesting history including its development through a series of Constitutional Conventions between representative of state...
