Australian port signs on for ammonia bunkering collaboration
PILBARA Ports Authority and Yara Clean Ammonia have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly facilitate the uptake of clean ammonia as a marine fuel in the Pilbara. The purpose...
Union expresses concern over DPWA’s employee performance dashboard
THE Maritime Union of Australia has spoken out against an employee performance data dashboard system that DP World Australia has recently rolled out. According to a DP World...
Global demurrage and detention charges are 12% than pre-pandemic times: report
THERE was a major spike in demurrage and detention charges in 2021, according to Container xChange’s Demurrage & Detention: Annual Benchmark 2022, which was released this week....
DSV reports big profit growth in half-year results
DANISH transport and logistics colossus DSV has reported significant increases in profit over the first half of this year. The company’s gross profit grew 61% in the half,...
Port breaks FY record with 500,000 TEU
LYTTELTON Port Company exchanged the 500,000th TEU for the 2022 financial year in the last week of June. This is the first time the South Island port handled such cargo volumes...
Air cargo cig smuggler sentenced to years in prison
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force said a member of a criminal network importing tobacco into Australia was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison following an investigation. On...
Long-term Australasian freight rates “through the roof”
THERE has been a huge jump in the cost of long-term ocean freight rates into Australasia over the past year, according to recent data from benchmarking platform and market...
European shippers call for review of competition rules
TEN organisations, which represent the owners and forwarders of cargo; port terminal operators; and other sectors dependent on container shipping, have issued a call for the...
Australian shipbuilder to build two tow, salvage and rescue ships
ASX-listed Austal has announced its US subsidiary was awarded the contract to build two Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ships. The contract is worth US$156.2 million With...
Australia joins international supply-chain forum
AUSTRALIA participated in the Global Supply Chain Resilience Forum last week. Minister of industry and science Ed Husic joined the virtual ministerial forum, which was hosted by...
Cargo delivered QLD for shiploader and berth replacement project
A PROJECT to replace a berth and shiploaders at the Hay Point Coal Terminal was progressed with the delivery of five project cargo shipments facilitated by AAL Shipping. The...
Global logistics company reports turnover, profit increases in H1 2022
KUEHNE+Nagel reported a year-on-year net turnover increase of 55% in the first half of this year. The logistics company’s turnover came to CHF 20.6 billion ($30.88 billion) in the...
Ports Australia announces agenda for long-awaited Biennial Conference
PORTS Australia has announced the agenda for its upcoming Biennial Conference in Brisbane, underpinned by the theme of "Risk and Resilience". Following a two-year delay caused by...
THE DCN WEEKLY EPISODE 7: A roundup of the week's news
THIS week in The DCN Weekly, we cover top news stories such as the loss of 55 containers as APL Vanda sailed from Singapore to Suez earlier this month, and industrial action at...
Throughput records broken in the Pilbara
PILBARA Ports Authority has broken its annual throughput record with a total of 733.1 million tonnes over the 2021-22 financial year. PPA said this is an increase of 1% compared...
