Maersk predicts tough second quarter (with video)
A DECREASE in container volumes in the order of 20-25% is likely in the second quarter of the 2020 calendar year, A.P. Møller - Mærsk chief executive Søren Skou says. The shipping...
MSQ eases pandemic restrictions for Port of Gladstone
MARITIME Safety Queensland says it plans to align the arrival of vessels into the Port of Gladstone with Brisbane and Townsville from this Friday night. In a letter to Ports...
SA infrastructure strategy welcomed by Freight Council
RECOGNITION of the critical need for improved road maintenance funding and scheduling is a key outcome of South Australia’s just released 20 Year State Infrastructure Strategy...
OPINION: Pandemic to drive supply chain transformations
FOR the last 15 years, many Australian organisations have been focusing on creating lean supply chains to reduce costs, however the spread of COVID-19 has greatly disrupted these...
VIDEO: Time lapse footage of ship sailing from Red Sea to Hong Kong
SOME impressive footage has become available showing the voyage of a box ship from the Red Sea to Hong Kong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHrCI9eSJGQ The footage, taken a...
ANL supports regional communities during pandemic
SHIPPING company ANL has helped indigenous communities in remote parts of the Northern Territory by transporting important medical and food supplies during the pandemic. The...
U-Freight targets trade on Malay Peninsula
LOOKING to increase its presence in cross-border logistics between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, U-Freight Group has confirmed the appointment of Ong Boon Seong as a director...
Toll confirms data theft following cyber attack
A SERVER with information about commercial agreements as well as past and present Toll Group employees has been access by cyber criminals, Toll Group has confirmed. The company...
Rail logistics conference to take place in May 2021
THE Australasian Railway Association and the Australian Logistics Council have announced that the next Inland Rail Conference will be held on 5-6 May 2021 in Albury Wodonga. The...
Charter Hall secures 150,000sqm of pre-leases in Melbourne’s west
THE Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund has secured Bridgestone, Australia’s second largest tyre retailer at its masterplanned 60-hectare Midwest Logistics Hub in Truganina,...
National WISTA associations come together to support seafarers
SEVERAL branches of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association have come together to offer free WISTA membership for seafarers until 31 August 2020. Membership...
Additional ECP capacity welcomed
A NEW empty container park at Port Botany should help ease truck processing congestion, the Container Transport Alliance of Australia believes. The new park, announced this week,...
Newcastle plays a ro-ro Ace
THE first ro-ro vessel to visit Port of Newcastle since 2013 is being hailed as a win for the entire Hunter Valley region. The 200-metre Triton Ace, capable of carrying up to 6500...
Federal Court dismisses ACCC appeal on PN Aurizon case
THE Full Court of the Federal Court has delivered its judgment on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s appeal in relation to proceedings brought to stop Pacific...
40 years of operation for Gladstone coal terminal
THE RG Tanna Coal Terminal at Gladsone is marking 40 years of service, having been officially opened on 7 May 1980, by Sir James McNeill, chairman of BHP and the honourable Joh...
