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Unions vow to defeat Asciano’s Botany plan

Less than 16 hours after Asciano announced an expansion plan which would result in around 270 redundancies at Patrick’s Port Botany terminal by mid-2014, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has vowed to stop it.

Ship owners fear bunker prices have been manipulated

Concerns have been voiced that the record high prices for bunker fuel are being driven by oil trader manipulation rather than through ordinary supply and demand.

No end to Auckland waterfront dispute

Workers and management at Ports of Auckland are still “a long way apart” in resolving their industrial dispute, Maritime Union of New Zealand president Garry Parsloe says.

Boxship reliability stabilises

Global container vessel schedule reliability stabilised at 81% in June, as on-time door-to-door delivery of containers went up from 61% to 64%, both compared with May 2012.

ASC Shipbuilding workers vote for strikes

Over 350 workers from three different unions have voted in favour of strikes as part of ongoing enterprise agreement negotiations with their employer, ASC Shipbuilding.

Maersk skips Asia-Europe calls as peak season falters

Maersk Line has removed some capacity from the Asia-Europe trades over the past month, as it joins others in preparing for more rate increases at the beginning of August.