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- Sydney, Brisbane box trade down in August
- Container trade through both Port Botany and Brisbane was lower in August this year than in August 2011.
- Patrick to end stevedoring operations at Hastings
- Patrick/Asciano has opted to end its operations at Hastings.
- We're on holiday
- Lloyd's List Australia will be closed on Monday for the New South Wales' Labour Day holiday.
- Cairns port development gets green light
- A $23.3m development plan for the port of Cairns foreshore, which will expand the port’s cruise and general cargo shipping capabilities, has been given the green light by the Queensland government.
- Freight markets remain in the balance
- It’s a tale of many markets this week as cape rates get stronger, Atlantic panamaxes get weaker but Pacific panamaxes rates stabilise while handymarkets are busy but softening, say brokers Braemar Seascope.
- Maersk announces US$1500 base rate hike on reefer boxes
- Maersk Line has announced a US$1500 increase in base rates for 40 ft reefer containers from January, saying that the 30% global increase will help to fund necessary investment in the reefer sector.
- US inbound box market thinned out says analyst
- OCEAN freight intermediaries booking maritime container slots suffered a thinner US inbound box market in 2011, according to a report on non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs) by market analysts Piers.
