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Container handling records broken in Townsville

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TOWNSVILLE Marine Logistics (TML) has reported a record in container handling for a Swire Shipping vessel recently at the Port of Townsville. The stevedore said it had achieved a...
Container handling records broken in Townsville

$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle

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AS announced recently by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Port of Newcastle is partnering with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group and the Commonwealth government’s...
$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle

Shipping forum highlights different paths to net zero emissions

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THE Shaping the Future of Shipping event held on 6 November in Glasgow attracted global heavyweights and decision makers in shipping. Reports from the event have highlighted...
Shipping forum highlights different paths to net zero emissions

OPINION: 1 January 2022 – a new year is not fun for everyone!

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MANY people look forward to a new year as a time for celebration. However, for importers and exporters and their service providers, including licensed customs brokers and freight...
OPINION: 1 January 2022 – a new year is not fun for everyone!

Work underway to bring Spirit of Tasmania to Geelong

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LOCALS will start to see more activity around GeelongPort’s Corio Quay precinct with contractors due to start major landside works on Spirit of Tasmania’s passenger and freight...
Work underway to bring Spirit of Tasmania to Geelong

OPINION: Quarantine will cancel Christmas – believe me

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FURTHER to my piece from 19 October, nothing has changed in regards to entry processing with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Quarantine). The dire situation has...
OPINION: Quarantine will cancel Christmas – believe me

LETTER TO THE DCN: ACCC report gets some things right

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DEAR editor, I would like to comment on the recently released Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Container Stevedore Monitoring Report 2020-21 and the commentary by...
LETTER TO THE DCN: ACCC report gets some things right

New tenancy customer charter for the Port of Melbourne

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THE Victorian government has welcomed the release of the Port of Melbourne Tenancy Customer Charter, which it says will improve rent pricing clarity, delivering lasting benefits...
New tenancy customer charter for the Port of Melbourne

SAL takes aim at issues raised in stevedore report

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A high-level meeting was held today (8 November) to discuss the ongoing issues of port congestion, port performance and industrial relations, as highlighted in the recent...
SAL takes aim at issues raised in stevedore report

Patrick applies to FWC to terminate MUA’s protected industrial action

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PATRICK Terminals has this evening (8 November) lodged an application with the Fair Work Commission to terminate the Maritime Union of Australia’s industrial action at Patrick’s...
Patrick applies to FWC to terminate MUA’s protected industrial action

Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be repealed: ACCC

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THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, in its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2020-21, argues that Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be...
Part X of the Competition and Consumer Act should be repealed: ACCC

Maersk joins US-led First Movers Coalition

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THE First Movers Coalition aims to create a market for new decarbonisation technologies and spur growth by leveraging collective demand and committing now to buying zero-emission...
Maersk joins US-led First Movers Coalition

WSC supports inclusion of shipping in intra-EU trading scheme

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THE World Shipping Council says inclusion of shipping in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme will encourage shipping’s journey towards decarbonisation, but EU action...
WSC supports inclusion of shipping in intra-EU trading scheme

Big investment needed to reach zero-carbon emissions

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A MASSIVE scaling up of finance for research and development is essential to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, says a report by International Chamber of Shipping and global...
Big investment needed to reach zero-carbon emissions

Air cargo up in September but capacity remains constrained

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THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued to be well above pre-crisis levels and...
Air cargo up in September but capacity remains constrained