Swire announces new East Timor Service
SWIRE Shipping is launching a new shipping service connecting Darwin with Timor-Leste, Singapore and Indonesia. The East Timor Service (ETS) will call ports of Singapore, Dili,...
Supplies delivered to Wyndham
THE WESTERN Australian department of Fire and Emergency Services on Tuesday morning contacted Auriga Marine to request that a landing craft take essential supplies to the region...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 38
IN the news this week, Senator Bridget McKenzie called for the infrastructure and transport minister to issue a Section 11 exemption from the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow...
Trucking platform steps in in wake of Scott’s collapse
AUSTRALIAN logistics road-freight platform Ofload said it is supporting former shippers, carrier sub-contractors and employees of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics following the...
Government says it would consider Section 11 exemption for Kimberley
A SPOKESPERSON for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts told DCN the government is aware of and monitoring the flooding...
Regional logistics centre opens at Cairns Airport
A NEW logistics centre has opened at Cairns Airport. The 2400-square-metre facility houses large cold and freezer rooms, temperature-controlled spaces and ambient transit areas,...
Call for coastal shipping to aid flood-stricken Kimberley
“I’M calling on Minister King to urgently lodge a Section 11 exemption of the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow international carriers, who are at the ready, to bring in the...
Pac Nat says it will step after demise of Scott’s
AFTER Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics went into liquidation, rail freight operator Pacific National said it was working to maintain the links in the national cold chain. Pacific...
Inland Rail supporting local communities
THE Australian Rail Track Corporation has announced the 16th round of the Inland Rail Community Sponsorships and Donations Program. Twenty-four community groups and associations...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 37
SEALEAD announced a new service that will connect Australia directly with Pakistan and India. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kAoSyVLJTenxl9UfOTPd0?si=b560a00572cc4abe The...
Construction begins at Moorebank Interstate Terminal
CONSTRUCTION has officially started on the container-handling facilities of the new Moorebank Interstate Terminal, a vital piece of Australia’s largest intermodal logistics...
Toll Group acquires drone operator
TOLL Group has acquired Air Support Queensland (ASQ), an Australian uncrewed aircraft systems flight operations and training provider. A statement from Toll said ASQ has an...
Kuehne+Nagel saw big profits in 2022
KUEHNE+Nagel saw its net profits increase by 30% over 2022, with all its business groups contributing to the result, according to its financial results for the year, released on...
Wiseway 1H results improve on previous half
ASX-listed freight and logistics operator Wiseway said its first-half results showed a “turnaround” in its Australian business compared with the previous six-month period. Over...
Keel laid for new SeaRoad vessel
TASMANIAN shipping and logistics company SeaRoad will name its new ro-ro vessel SeaRoad I. The announcement coincided with the traditional keel-laying ceremony in Flensburg at the...
