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- Box trade up at Port Botany in December
- Container volumes through Port Botany in December rose 1.3% from same period last year to almost 174,000 teu.
- Repairs force Pacific shipping delay
- Pacific Direct Line says repairs on the vessel Forum Pacific are likely to force delays.
- Dredging on again at Gladstone
- Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has resumed dredging in the Western Basin.
- Master and crew face murder charges
- Charges of murder have been laid against the master and ten other people after the sinking of the 44-year old, 800 gross ton ferry, Spice Islander 1.
- Surge in idled box tonnage
- The size of the laid-up container fleet has surged as of mid-January to 268 vessels at a total of 676,000 teu.
- Big-ticket box line mergers unlikely
- Box lines will not be drawn into a fresh round of mergers and acquisitions despite weak freight rates driving them deep into the red, says shipping analyst Drewry.
