Botany breaks record with longest containership
NSW PORTS this week welcomed the longest containership to ever visit Port Botany at DP World Australia’s terminal. Soroe Maersk is deployed as an empty sweeper to evacuate empty...
Australia Post provides insights into online shopping trends
AUSTRALIAN online shopping reached an all-time high in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic driving a huge shift in online shopping behaviour. According to Australia Post’s Inside...
ADF steps in after floods disrupt sea freight to Lord Howe Island
THE AUSTRALIAN Defence Force is transporting critical supplies to Lord Howe Island after floods wiped out export infrastructure at Port Macquarie. The island relies on fortnightly...
Unprotected industrial action at DPWA Botany terminal
The DP World Australia terminal at Port Botany was hit with work stoppages Tuesday 30 March as the Maritime Union undertook unprotected industrial action. DCN understands...
Wallenius Wilhelmsen brings last three vessels out of cold layup
WALLENIUS Wilhelmsen is reactivating the last three vessels it placed in cold layup last spring amid the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said customer...
“Suez is a canal in Egypt, not an excuse to price-gouge your customers”
THE GLOBAL Shippers’ Forum has called on shippers to be wary of new surcharges and additional costs attributed to the closure of the Suez Canal after the grounding of Ever Given....
Ever Given re-floated, Canal open
EVER Given is free from the sandy banks of the Suez Canal six days after it grounded, halting all shipping through the canal. Vessel trackers show the ship in the Great Bitter...
Vessel at Port Hedland goes up in flames
THE GENERAL cargo vessel BBC Rhonetal (IMO 9614701) caught fire on 25 March at Port Hedland. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, at 0330 WST, during cargo...
Extraordinary imports add to surplus empty container woes
WHILE the chronic empty container congestion in Port Botany has eased slightly, there are still headwinds that are injecting more costs into the container logistics chain for...
Hydrogen fuel at scale in Victoria
CAR maker Toyota has launched its new commercial grade refuellling outlet for commercial and passenger fuel cell electric vehicles. The Toyota Hydrogen Centre comprises an...
Cargotec sells Navis business to Accel-KKR
CARGOTEC Corporation has signed an agreement to sell its Navis business to Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley-based leading technology-focused investment firm for an enterprise value of...
OPINION: Strategy and patience are key to maritime emergency responses – including the Suez Canal
By Captain Drew Shannon, managing director, United Salvage Understandably, the media and public respond with awe, fascination and panic when large vessels end up in trouble. The...
Ever Given salvage works ongoing at the Suez Canal
THE SUEZ Canal Authority (SCA) has released footage of the salvage works to refloat the Ever Given in the Suez Canal. A statement from Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), the...
OPINION: Another disruption in the global container supply chain
ON TOP of the recent disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and thousands of containers being lost overboard in the North Pacific, another incident with a large container...
New chairman for Road Freight NSW announced
THE peak body Road Freight NSW has appointed a new chairman, transport industry veteran Austin Vella. Mr Vella has more than 35 years’ experience in the trucking industry and is...
