Cyber incident a "ransomware" attack, Toll confirms
A CYBER security incident that has hit Toll Group is a ransomware attack, the company has confirmed. The incident first came to light late last week. “We can confirm the cyber...
McCormack defeats Joyce for Nats leadership
MICHAEL McCormack has defeated a challenge from Barnaby Joyce for the position of leader of the federal National Party. The outcome means Mr McCormack will remain Deputy Prime...
Minister quits over sports rorts saga
BRIDGET McKenzie has resigned as both agriculture minister and Deputy Leader of the Nationals, following weeks of scrutiny over her funding allocations during her term as sports...
OPINION: Part X on the chopping block?
OCEAN liner shipping industry participants should take advantage of the window for submissions to the ACCC and prepare for a significant shift in the exemptions landscape in 2020...
Toll Group shuts IT systems after 'cyber security incident'
FREIGHT business Toll Group has shut down “a number”" of IT systems following a “cyber security incident”. In a statement sent to Daily Cargo News, the company said that as “a...
Court grants DPWA injunction banning industrial action
THE Federal Court of Australia has granted DP World Australia an interim injunction stopping industrial action. DPWA chief operating officer Andrew Adam said the order meant it...
TWU calls for suspension of flights from China
TRANSPORT Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to suspend incoming flights from China to Australia to stop the spread of...
Man charged after 130kg of 'ice' found in machinery
DETECTIVES have charged a man with drug supply as part of investigations into the alleged importation of nearly $100m worth of methylamphetamine concealed in a one tonne piece of...
HFW wins legal honour
MARITIME-focused law firm HFW has been ranked by newspaper The Times among the UK's best law firms. HFW was ranked as a market leader in four areas: company and commercial; energy...
Global coal: what to look for in 2020
RESEARCH and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie says coal suppliers looking to grow will continue to face creeping resistance, grappling with “an unfriendly permitting environment,...
New harbour master for Melbourne
CAPTAIN Kell Dillon has been announced as the new ‘executive general manager marine and navigation’ at Victorian Ports Corporation (Melbourne), a position that includes the role...
OPINION: China catches a coronavirus and global trade may get very ill
AS I write this article, news of the spread of the “coronavirus” becomes worse on a regular basis. According to current media nearly 60 million people in China’s largest cities...
SAFC welcomes GlobeLink cancellation
THE announcement by the SA minister for transport and infrastructure Stephan Knoll that the GlobeLink air-road-rail infrastructure plan will not proceed has been welcomed by the...
Agreement to aid IMO in reaching more women
ON 27 January, IMO secretary-general Kitack Lim and WISTA International president Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou were joined by numerous dignitaries to sign an agreement with the...
Shipping industry responds to 2019-nCoV threat
A NUMBER of cruise line operators have cancelled services to Chinese ports due to the threat of novel coronavirus. While in Australia, the government has issued advice for...
