Business caution not trade wars causing slowdown: Deloitte
BUSINESS advisory firm, Deloitte Access Economics, has released its quarterly Economics Investment Monitor, which suggests that although trade wars continue to dominate the...
Biosecurity Award nominations open
EFFORTS to protect Australia from exotic pests and diseases are to pride of place with the opening of nominations for the 2020 Australian Biosecurity Awards. Department of...
Image change for Australia freight company
AS PART of its evolution into a global freight forwarding and logistics organisation, Australian company Navia Freight has undertaken an image rebrand, changing its logo and...
New leadership for CBFCA
KEY changes have been announced to the board of the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia following the group’s annual meeting in Melbourne. Adam Butler has been...
Customs to remain strong on combating “black economy”
THE AUSTRALIAN Border Force is determined to stamp out smuggling and the “black economy”, Deputy Comptroller General of the Australian Border Force, Dr Bradley Armstrong says. Dr...
TT Club wins insurance award in the Middle East
THE TT Club took out the title of Marine Insurer of the Year at this year’s The Maritime Standard Awards. The international freight and logistics insurer was represented at the...
State Liberal argues against Newcastle container terminal
NEW South Wales Upper House MP, Taylor Martin, has argued Port Botany and Port Kembla remain the right ports to handle container growth, ahead of a proposed box port at Newcastle....
Taiwan lychee varieties grow future for Queensland exports
QUEENSLAND authorities are hailing “a significant step” on the long road to exporting Queensland-grown varieties of Taiwanese lychees to Asia. Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga...
And the finalists are...
To be held at the Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne on the evening of Thursday 14 November, the 2019 DCN Australian Shipping and Maritime Industry Awards, with its proud Major Host...
Trade a focus of Victoria, China cooperation
A NEW deal between China and the state of Victoria has been struck, focusing on the key area of trade, as well as infrastructure, innovation and aged care. The deal is to form...
Authorities bust cigarette importation attempt
THE Commonwealth Government’s Illicit Tobacco Taskforce has found more than one million cigarettes in an air cargo shipment from Korea declared as “mini massagers”. On Saturday 19...
More funding for cyclone-damaged Whitsundays harbour
ADDITIONAL money and time will be allocated to the restoration of Shute Harbour after it sustained damage from Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Assistance is provided under...
Clyde & Co makes key maritime appointment
INTERNATIONAL law firm Clyde & Co has announced maritime, commodities and transport lawyer, Ernie van Buuren is to join the firm as a partner in December this year. Mr van Buuren...
White responds to “misinformation in market”
CO-FOUNDER and chief executive of WiseTech Global, Richard White, has hit out at “misleading claims” that forced the company to seek a trading halt late last week. A reported...
Treasurer questioned over Newcastle container cap
NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has used an ongoing court case to deflect questions in State Parliament about fees applied to containers at a prospective Newcastle box terminal....
