Episode 48: 19 May 2023
Containership Shiling loses power off New Zealand, container line to call at Gladstone, Höegh Trooper towed away, two new tugs for Newcastle and ALC’s Supply Chain Summit.
May 19, 2023•4 min
The DCN Weekly
Brought to you by Daily Cargo News, The DCN Weekly is a regular roundup of news from the Australian maritime industry. Join our editorial team each Friday for an overview of the week's biggest stories in Australian shipping and logistics.
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Episode 47: 12 May 2023
The federal budget announced this past week contained significant increases in funding for biosecurity, CMA CGM committed to the acquisition of Bolloré Logistics and the WA government announced $136 million in funding for the state's ports.
May 12, 2023•3 min
Episode 46: 5 May 2023
Qube announced two acquisitions, a new contract for Auriga, Port of Newcastle's Clean Energy Precinct, and a leadership shuffle at two Aussie logistics companies.
May 05, 2023•5 min
Episode 45: 28 April 2023
Construction started on a urea manufacturing project near Port of Dampier, and maritime and energy companies announced they would explore the feasibility of establishing a methanol bunkering hub at the port of Melbourne. Spirit Super and Stonepeak acquired GeelongPort, and the ABF seized 120 kilograms of cocaine at a Port Botany container examination facility.
Apr 28, 2023•4 min
Episode 44: 21 April 2023
A reach stacker caught fire at an intermodal terminal this week, and Svitzer abandoned action to terminate an EBA with three maritime unions. Delivery of a Norfolk Island landing craft was delayed after unsuccessful sea trials, COSCO announced a new trans-Tasman service, and Dr Kerry Schott was appointed acting chair of the ARTC.
Apr 20, 2023•4 min
Episode 43: 14 April 2023
Pilbara and Kimberley ports closed this week ahead of a category-five cyclone, and the Australian government responded to a damning review of the Inland Rail project. Neptune Pacific Direct Line announced a new shipping service to Australia and New Zealand, the ABF seized a haul of black-market cigarettes at its container facility and the ATSB released a report on a freight and coal train collision.
Apr 14, 2023•4 min
Episode 42: 6 April 2023
A 38-tonne biosecurity haul was intercepted in Sydney, and a report found Australia's hydrogen industry could be worth $40 billion by 2040. Authorities found a heroin shipment in a container at Port of Brisbane, P&O Cruises added Townsville as a port call, and TT Line became the first Aussie company to join the Green Marine program.
Apr 06, 2023•4 min
Episode 41: 31 March 2023
The Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement came a step closer to reality this week, and National Intermodal exercised an option to acquire land in Melbourne's north. DP World opened a new reefer facility and the ATSB released an interim report on the Portland Bay incident.
Mar 31, 2023•4 min
Episode 40: 24 March 2023
This week, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau released its final report on the allision that sunk two tugboats in Tasmania last year. Maersk announced plans to phase out a coastal shipping service in New Zealand, and AMSA banned a general cargo ship from Australian waters.
Mar 24, 2023•4 min
Episode 39: 17 March 2023
The Victorian government named Port of Hastings as the location for a renewable energy terminal this week, and livestock carrier Yangtze Fortune was sold and released from arrest. Dachser acquired an Australian freight forwarder, Provaris is progressing with a hydrogen export project and Swire Shipping announced a new service connecting Darwin with Timor-Leste.
Mar 17, 2023•4 min
Episode 38: 10 March 2023
There were calls for a Coastal Trading Act exemption this week, and 14 furniture importers were fined over illegal timber imports. A hydrogen export project progressed in Victoria, companies stepped up to help out in the wake of the collapse of Scott's Refrigerated Logistics and a man was charged for allegedly importing cocaine in an airfreight consignment.
Mar 10, 2023•5 min
Episode 37: 3 March 2023
SeaLead, results season, AMSA bans containership, independent valuer for Port of Newcastle. A roundup of our top stories for the week ending 3 March 2023
Mar 03, 2023•5 min
Episode 36: 24 February 2023
The Prime Minister announced a $565-million investment for ports in the Pilbara region this week, and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority detained a ship that caught fire in Port of Melbourne. Rail freight operator Aurizon entered a $1.8 billion contract to carry containerised freight, and the ACCC lost its appeal in a NSW Ports competition case.
Feb 24, 2023•4 min
Episode 35: 17 February 2023
Newcastle hosted the inaugural GreenPort Congress Oceania this week, and DCN caught up with some presenters and attendees on the sidelines. In other news, Brisbane-based Focus Container Line went into liquidation.
Feb 17, 2023•5 min
Episode 34: 10 February 2023
Port of Newcastle this week announced the establishment of an empty container park, and AMSA issued legal direction to allow a ship experiencing engine issues to enter a port for repairs. The ACCC gave rail operator Aurizon the green light to sell its East Coast Rail business, Neptune Pacific Direct Line announced a new landing craft for the Norfolk Island trade, and Swire Shipping launched a new service to the Pacific Islands.
Feb 10, 2023•4 min
Episode 33: 3 February 2023
This week, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau released its report on an incident aboard liquefied hydrogen carrier Suiso Frontier . The ship was on its maiden voyage last year when a flame appeared on board, sparking an ATSB investigation. In other news, rail repair works commenced in Queensland after a freight train and coal train collided, and there were some notable staff appointments around the industry.
Feb 03, 2023•5 min
Episode 32: 27 January 2023
This week, Maersk and MSC announced the end of their 2M alliance in 2025. Construction plans were put in place for a $400-million intermodal terminal in Melbourne, and a police are undertaking an investigation in Newcastle after a ship allegedly arrived with drugs attached to its hull.
Jan 27, 2023•3 min
Episode 31: 20 January 2023
A shipbroker was appointed for the sale of an abandoned livestock carrier off Victoria this week. The ship has 36 crewmembers on board. A freight train derailed at the Australian Rail Track Corporation's rail yard at Port Botany, wild weather impacted shipping in Queensland, and dredging began for a new development in Tasmania.
Jan 20, 2023•3 min
Episode 30 : 13 January 2023
The biggest story in Australia's maritime industry this week was the Productivity Commission's final report on Australia's maritime logistics system. The report drew fire and praise from all corners of the industry. Some of the major talking points were industrial relations, terminal access charges and landside efficiency.
Jan 13, 2023•3 min
Episode 29: 6 January 2023
Recently in the news, cruise ship Viking Orion was denied permission to berth at ports in New Zealand and Australia due to biofouling on its hull. A new CEO was announced for the Pilbara Ports Authority, and the first shipment of lithium from a Northern Territory mine began loading onto a bulker in Darwin.
Jan 06, 2023•3 min
Episode 28: 16 December 2022
Two big reports were released this week. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau published its final report on the APL England incident. The containership lost 50 containers overboard in May 2020. And the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report 2021-22. The ACCC said it believes the regulation of Australia's container ports is ineffective.
Dec 16, 2022•6 min
Episode 27: 9 December 2022
Two unions made a submission to Australia's strategic fleet taskforce this week, urging the taskforce to address issues around maritime training. Australian ports agency Monson acquired Meridian Port Agencies, and more than 607,000 TEU passed through Tasmanian ports over this past financial year.
Dec 09, 2022•4 min
Episode 26: 2 December 2022
The Queensland government launched a $21 million maritime grants program this week, and a firefighting helicopter arrived at Port Botany. Progress was made on the Inland Rail project, and Maersk and IBM announced they would discontinue TradeLens. And also, a new Australia-India free-trade agreement is to soon come into force.
Dec 02, 2022•4 min
Episode 25: 25 November 2022
A direct shipping service between Tasmania and New Zealand commenced last week, and Federal Parliament passed legislation that progresses Australia's free trade agreements with the UK and India. In other news, Port of Newcastle used its two new mobile harbour cranes to load a containership. And, authorities seized drugs at a Sydney freight depot and arrested a logistics worker.
Nov 25, 2022•3 min
Episode 24: 18 November 2022
On Friday this week, the Fair Work Commission suspended Svitzer's lockout of its maritime employees, along with all industrial action by the company and unions for six months. The lockout would have affected seventeen ports around the country. In other news, Neptune Pacific Direct Line progressed its acquisition of a new vessel for its Norfolk Island shipping service, and the Australian Border Force seized more than one tonne of cocaine in shipping containers at Port Botany.
Nov 18, 2022•4 min
Episode 23: 11 November 2022
The latest episode of The DCN Weekly features coverage of the 2022 DCN Australian Shipping and Maritime Industry Awards in Melbourne. In the news, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority banned bulk carrier Costanza for underpayment the crew wages. Unions representing Svitzer's maritime workers gave notice of more protected industrial action, and a bill passed the lower and upper houses of New South Wales Parliament that would lift the cap on container throughput at Port of Newcastle....
Nov 13, 2022•5 min
Episode 22: 4 November 2022
Unions have been issuing notices of protected industrial action on Svitzer tugs on a near-daily basis this past week. Pacific International Lines launched an intermodal service, and the Western Australian government awarded a $15.2 million contract for a container terminal design project. And also, authorities in Hong Kong intercepted a record-breaking meth shipment packed in a shipping container bound for Australia.
Nov 04, 2022•5 min
Episode 21: 28 October 2022
A ship equipped with a hard sail called Newcastle on its maiden voyage this past week, and a vessel was purchased for deployment on a new trans-Tasman route. A containership lost power off the New South Wales coast, the Australian government announced millions in funding for the strategic fleet taskforce, and the Spirit of Tasmania called its new home in GeelongPort for the first time.
Oct 28, 2022•4 min
Episode 20: 21 October 2022
This week, the Australian government launched a taskforce to guide the establishment of a "strategic fleet" of Australian flagged and crewed vessels. In other news, the Maritime Union of Australia announced its members at Svitzer Australia would take protected industrial action next week. And, there is legislation before the federal parliament to update Australia's maritime environmental rules.
Oct 21, 2022•4 min
Episode 19: 14 October 2022
Flood warnings in Tasmania this week prompted Port of Devonport to suspend operations, and Port of Melbourne welcomed CMA CGM Estelle as the largest containership by capacity ever to visit the port. In other news, a report found the total TEU capacity of ships arriving in Australia has hit a two year high. Two men were arrested after authorities seized more than 300 kilograms of liquid MDMA hidden in an air freight consignment of wine bottles, and a contract has been signed to construct a ship t...
Oct 15, 2022•4 min
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