WiseTech acquires Swiss logistics solutions provider
GLOBAL logistics solutions business, WiseTech Global, has announced the acquisition of SISA Studio Informatica SA, a customs and freight forwarding solutions provider in...
Missile strikes as Iran and US edge closer to the brink
MISSILES have struck US military bases in Iraq in apparent Iranian retaliation to the American assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. Casualty numbers remained unclear at the...
Bonded warehouses a boost for Wiseway
GLOBAL freight forwarder Wiseway Group has announced all their branches have been granted a ‘Depot Licence’ by the Department of Home Affairs under the Customs Act, with the...
U-Freight offers air cargo screening from Hong Kong
WITH the phased implementation of 100% air cargo security screening having now started, the U-Freight Group says it is well placed to assist shippers with one of its logistics...
DHL Express Japan names Tony Khan as president
DHL Express has named Tony Khan as president and representative director, DHL Express Japan effective January 1, 2020. Mr Khan becomes a member of the management board of DHL...
Gloomy outlook for Hong Kong exports
HONG Kong export values are tipped to shrink 2% in 2020, according to the latest forecast by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Meanwhile, the HKTDC Export Index for the...
$15m of meth, guns and illicit cash seized
FIFTEEN people have been charged after a year-long WA joint law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of around $15m worth of meth, four guns and more than $75,000 in...
Australia becomes the world’s largest LNG exporter
AUSTRALIA has officially become the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas on an annualised basis, consultancy EnergyQuest has reported. In sending overseas, an...
Illicit Tobacco Taskforce arrests alleged major tobacco trafficker
THE Illicit Tobacco Taskforce arrested a man as he returned to Australia late last year as part of an investigation into an illicit tobacco syndicate. The man arrived into...
Draft plan to boost heavy vehicle productivity
NHVR executive director freight and supply chain productivity, Peter Caprioli, has released a Draft Heavy Vehicle Productivity Plan 2020–2025 for feedback. “This is a draft...
Solar companies burnt $1.3m for duty evasion
A QUEENSLAND solar wholesale business has been ordered to pay more than $1m in recovered Duty and Goods and Services Tax following an investigation by the Australian Border Force...
Shipping sector announces $5bn zero-carbon fund
CORE funding from shipping companies across the world of about US$5bn, to be spent over a 10-year period, will go towards efforts to decarbonise the industry. Specifically, the...
AMSA awards YM Efficiency recovery contract
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has signed a contract to remove lost containers from box ship YM Efficiency that famously lost 81 containers overboard off Newcastle last...
$5bn research fund to eliminate CO2 emissions from shipping
THE international shipping community has this week announced plans to create the first “collaborative shipping” research and development, aimed at eliminating CO2 emissions from...
MDMA hidden in barbecues seized by authorities
A 30-year-old man from Coomera (Queensland) and a 33-year-old Canadian national have been arrested and charged over their involvement in a criminal enterprise to import 645kg of...
