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- Maersk culls 20ft reefers from various routes
- Availability issues with 20-foot reefer containers have forced Maersk Line to change its bookings acceptance policy in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.
- Bunbury fertiliser trade closer
- A project that will see as much as two million tonnes of urea shipped annually through Bunbury has taken a step closer to realisation.
- Australia-Europe box trade climbs in July
- Australia-Europe’s box trade for the third quarter is off to a good start with the volume of containers exported and imported each climbing by more than 17% in July.
- Somali pirates jailed for five years
- Seven pirates were this week each sentenced in Mombasa, Kenya, to five years’ imprisonment for attacking a German navy supply ship.
- Mumbai inquiry blames bulker for collision
- Bulk carrier Khalijia 3 was primarily at fault in last month's collision with a box ship that closed India’s biggest container port complex for more than a week, according to the initial findings of the country’s Directorate General of Shipping.
- Industry reacts to new Gillard administration
- Industry reaction to the news that the Australian Labor Party is able to form a minority government has been swift.
- Coal exports dominate Gladstone tonnage record
- Asian coal demand has pushed Gladstone Ports Corporation to a record throughput in the 2009-10 financial year.
