Hapag-Lloyd stays in black in 2025, including Q4
HAPAG-Lloyd has reported preliminary figures showing its 2025 results were at the top of expectations but still below 2024’s outcomes. And the carrier, like its contemporaries,...
Older ships not to blame for poor livestock transport says ALEC
THE PREMISE that new ships provide a more humane way to transport livestock is a fallacy according to the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (ALEC). ALEC was responding to...
Government urged to remain strong in EU trade negotiations
FARMERS and meat exporters have called on the federal government to remain firm in negotiating a free trade deal with the European Union. Negotiations are underway in Brussels...
Maersk: Strong year but fourth quarter pain
MAERSK LINE has joined Ocean Network Express in recording a quarterly loss but that failed to undermine a solid result for 2025 for the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. Q4 While the...
DHL Group pushes sustainability credentials
DHL GROUP says it has marked key milestones towards decarbonisation meeting the objectives of its sustainability roadmap announced last year. The initiative includes sustainable...
MSC’s Eagle has lift off
THE MOST serious challenge in many a decade to the status quo in the Australia/New Zealand-Americas trade has formally launched with the first sailing of MSC’s Eagle service from...
Man-overboard detection tech passes final ISO test
MARITIME technology innovator MARSS has successfully completed Phase 3 testing of the ISO 21195 standard for its automated man-overboard (MOB) detection systems, MOBtronic. The...
Birdon eyes new US advanced manufacturing facility
PORT Macquarie ship builder Birdon has announced plans to develop and operate a 400,000-square-foot (37,161sqm) advanced ship manufacturingfacility at the Port of Pensacola,...
ICS reveals naughty or nice of flag states
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released the Flag State Performance Table for 2025 to 2026. The report, which has been published for more than 20 years, is based...
US supply chains struggling: DP World
AS A stream of DCN contributors lament the glitches in and frustrations of supply chains in Australia a report by DP World has found similar problems in North America are costing...
Seafarer ditchings ‘rife’, industry findings reveal
SOME 390 cases of seafarer abandonment were reported during 2025 globally, the International Labour Organisation reports, based upon a joint IMO/ILO database. Of the cases...
Star turn frees Antarctic cruise ship
IN ITS fiftieth year of commissioned service the US Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star has come to the rescue of Australian expedition cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II in Antarctic...
ICS launches Deck Procedures Guide
THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has announced the release of its new Deck Procedures Guide. This publication seeks to address a gap in maritime safety guidance by...
Business confidence rallies amid uncertainty, DP World says
BUSINESS confidence has remained robust despite a ‘fragile’ global trade outlook, logistics giant DP World says. The core finding was published in the company’s new Global Trade...
Alarming report reveals seafarer exhaustion
THE profusion of on-board alarms has had a reverse impact on safety at sea, according to Lloyd's Register, with a study examining myriad marine incident investigations. LR says...
