Global drug operation targets containers, ports and trusted insiders
A JOINT operation involving the shipping industry, Australian Border Force, World Customs Organization and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime has led to the seizure of 98 tonnes of...
CMA CGM and Air France-KLM combine air cargo networks
CMA CGM has activated a long-term air cargo partnership with Air France-KLM. Under the partnership, CMA CGM Air Cargo and Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo will combine their cargo...
IMO announces candidates for secretary-general position
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization has announced the candidates for the position of IMO secretary-general. Current IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim is to step down from the...
Eighth convicted over maritime meth haul in Geraldton
AN EIGHTH man has been found guilty over the importation of 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine into Geraldton. The drugs were detected in 2017. Police said it was, at the time, the...
336kg of heroin intercepted at Port of Brisbane
AUTHORITIES have intercepted a shipping container containing 336 kilograms of heroin at Port of Brisbane. They say the haul is the largest amount of heroin ever seized in...
Airline's return to Victoria to boost South America trade
LATIN America’s largest airline is planning to relaunch a service to Melbourne that would boost Australia’s exports to South America. LATAM Airlines paused its direct service from...
First Australian company joins Green Marine program
TT-LINE has become the first Australian company to join the Green Marine environmental certification program. The Spirits of Tasmania would therefore be the first Australian-based...
Biosecurity haul intercepted in Sydney
BIOSECURITY officers have intercepted seven shipping containers’ worth of meat and risk material in what is claimed to be one of Australia’s largest single biosecurity detections....
Trade grant aims to improve Aussie apple exports
THE FEDERAL government has awarded a $450,000 grant to the national peak body for apple and pear growers to improve export opportunities. The Agricultural Trade and Market Access...
Charges laid over heroin shipment into Port Botany
POLICE have charged a man over a shipment of 35 kilograms of heroin that arrived in Port Botany last month. The Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force began...
Rail freight line to close for maintenance
FREIGHT services on a section of the Hunter Valley rail network will stop while the line is closed for maintenance works. The Australian Rail Track Corporation is planning a major...
World Container Index continues to drop
THE DREWRY World Container Index fell by 2% to US$1716.85 per 40-foot container this past week. The composite index has dropped by 79% when compared with the same week last year...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen overhauls company structure
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen has launched a new management team and has adjusted its corporate structure. The shipping company outlined several changes as part of its new structure,...
Baltic Exchange weekly market report
THE BALTIC Dry Index declined over the past week settling at 1389 on Friday (31 March). This was a week-on-week decline of 6.7%; however, this past week’s index numbers are still...
Contract awarded to restore WA freight route
THREE companies have received a construction contract to build a new Fitzroy River bridge, after the original collapsed during the Kimberley floods. The contract went to...
