Swire takes out long-term charter of six heavy-lift vessels
THE project division of Swire Shipping and Nordic Project & Finance have signed a charter agreement for the multipurpose heavy-lift vessels, to be delivered in December 2021....
CMA CGM reports huge revenue growth last quarter
CMA CGM Group reported an 89.4% increase in consolidated revenue for the third quarter of this year, compared with Q3 2020. The French ocean freight and logistics colossus earned...
Inland Rail Skills Academy supports Indigenous youth
THE Inland Rail Skills Academy will provide $500,000 in funding to support 13 Clontarf Academies along the rail corridor in Queensland and New South Wales to help boost school...
DCSA publishes framework of just-in-time standards
THE Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), in conjunction with its nine member carriers, has published interface standards and messaging API (application programming...
Congestion is not just for Christmas: GSF
THE wave of congestion that is sweeping through global supply chains delaying deliveries of seasonal goods and essential commodities, is not set to subside anytime soon. The...
Napier Port reports record revenue and earnings
NEW Zealand’s second largest port, Napier Port has reported record revenue and earnings for the financial year ended 30 September 2021. The resilience and diversity of its trade...
Lyttelton Port signs up to new data sharing services
LYTTELTON Port Company is signing up to part of the PortConnect suite of data sharing services offered to New Zealand’s supply chain. From 22 November, LPC container and vessel...
Coal protesters cause disruption on Hunter Valley freight rail network
PROTESTERS disrupted the Hunter Valley freight rail network this week, blocking tracks and disrupting services to the Port of Newcastle to get their anti-coal message across....
NSW announces independent review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act
THE New South Wales government has today (12 November) commenced a comprehensive review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 and the Port Botany Landside Improvement...
Container handling records broken in Townsville
TOWNSVILLE Marine Logistics (TML) has reported a record in container handling for a Swire Shipping vessel recently at the Port of Townsville. The stevedore said it had achieved a...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Let’s get the facts straight
THE COMMENTS by Shipping Australia’s CEO Melwyn Noronha about the container road transport sector can’t go unchallenged. Responding to the findings of the ACCC’s Container...
New bulk grain facility up and running
T-PORTS’ new grain bunker facility received its first loads of barley in recent weeks. The facility is located at Kimba on the upper Eyre Peninsula, and the company said it...
$3m study into green hydrogen hub at Newcastle
AS announced recently by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the Port of Newcastle is partnering with Macquarie Group’s Green Investment Group and the Commonwealth government’s...
OPINION: Quarantine will cancel Christmas – believe me
FURTHER to my piece from 19 October, nothing has changed in regards to entry processing with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Quarantine). The dire situation has...
Industry reacts to thorny issues in the ACCC’s stevedoring report
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report revealed a sometimes-scathing analysis of the container supply chain in...
