Qube Logistics have smashed their NSW golfing opposition and have taken home the much-coveted SAL NSW Golf Day Trophy for the second year running! The team from Qube Logistics, featuring Nathan Pride, Russell Webb, Nathan Mills, and Damian Wilson … [Read more...]
Supply chain: even more new evidence that ocean shipping is handling COVID disruption
New data and insight from the Reserve Bank provides yet more new evidence of the fact that ocean shipping is a highly resilient part of the supply chain. From about June 2020 onward, commentators said that populations around the world were … [Read more...]
Engage Marine orders three new tugs from Damen
Towage specialist, Engage Marine (a Shipping Australia member), has awarded a tug-building contract for three new tugs to Damen Shipyards Group. The marine engineering group will deliver three ASD Tug 3212, a Damen design. Engage Marine will … [Read more...]
Cash splash on new Melbourne intermodal freight terminal
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has found a spare few billion dollars or so tucked down the back of the National Accounts for priority projects, two billion of which is earmarked for a new freight terminal in the north west of Melbourne. The budget … [Read more...]
UN leaders urge companies relying on shipping supply chains to undertake urgent measures to protect seafarers’ rights
A wide-ranging human rights checklist was handed late last week to business enterprises engaged with the maritime industry. The purpose of the checklist is to help protect seafarers stranded on ships due to new COVID-19 variants and … [Read more...]