Asian port calls added to liner service
BREAKBULK and project cargo specialist AAL has added calls in Thailand and Singapore to its Asia to West Coast Australia liner service (AUWC). The company said the service had...
Wiseway cancels jet lease agreement
ASX-listed logistics and freight company Wiseway Group is cancelling an aircraft lease agreement announced in August. The company announced it would lease a Boeing 737-800. The...
Freight capacity increases on Victorian rail network
FREIGHT capacity has increased for trains operating along an 88-kilometre section of Victoria’s rail network. The Ararat to Maryborough line was recently upgraded as part of the...
First shipment from lithium mine loads at Darwin
THE FIRST shipment of lithium from Core Lithium’s Finniss Lithium mine began loading onto the bulker Rossana at the Port of Darwin last week. Construction on the mine began in...
Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all our readers
AS 2022 draws to a close all of us here on the DCN news desk would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and a safe, happy and prosperous New Year. We hope the coming weeks...
Cargo delivered to Antarctica via ADF air drop
AN AUSTRALIAN Defence Force aircraft this week dropped ten tonnes of cargo over Antarctica to build a deep-field camp for the Australian Antarctic Division. The ADF air drop...
Iberdrola to invest €1.1 billion in Tasmanian green hydrogen and methanol plant
SPANISH energy giant Iberdrola has announced intentions to invest more than €1.1 billion (around $1.7 billion) in a green hydrogen and methanol plant in Tasmania. Iberdrola is...
Qube acquires 12 locos for new interstate service
QUBE has acquired 12 new locomotives from Progress Rail, one of the largest providers of rolling stock and infrastructure for the global rail industry. The 12 locomotives are all...
Man jailed for shipping container cigarette haul
A MAN who orchestrated the import of three million cigarettes into Melbourne in a shipping container has been sentenced to jail. The Australian Border Force launched an...
TOP STORIES OF 2022: Toll Shipping becomes Strait Link
IN early September, Toll Shipping announced it would become an independent shipping company in Tasmania under a new name: Strait Link. Toll Shipping was part of the Toll Global...
Derailment in Blue Mountain impacts freight
A FREIGHT train derailment in the Blue Mountains has put a freight line out of action. The train derailed on Wednesday last week (14 December) between Lawson and Linden. Repair...
First grain load received at new SA port facility
SOUTH Australian port infrastructure company T-Ports has received its first load of grain at the new Wallaroo transhipment port facility. T-Ports announced the milestone along...
UNCTAD forecasts global trade record and a tough year ahead
THE UNITED Nations Conference on Trade and Development forecasts a record $32 trillion for global trade value in 2022, but the upwards trend has taken a turn. UNCTAD’s latest...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 28
TWO big reports made the news this week, one of them being the Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report on the APL England incident....
Cathay Pacific cargo volumes down in November
CATHAY Pacific’s cargo volumes last month declined compared with the previous month despite it being the start of the traditional Christmas period, according to the airline’s...
