It's just a fact: Australia benefits from a high level of container shipping connectivity, from access to plentiful shipping services, and from access to a wide range of container shipping brands and services. Liner Shipping Connectivity has … [Read more...]
Ongoing industrial action is reckless and inappropriate
Shipping Australia condemns the ongoing industrial action on the waterfront. The vast majority of Australia’s consumer and business goods (as opposed to commodities such as iron ore) are imported or exported in ocean-going container ships which … [Read more...]
Congestion is causing vessel delays that are equal to removing ALL ultra-large container ships from the market
Unprecedented congestion and the resulting delays to vessels have the effect of removing vast amounts of capacity from the world container shipping fleet, internationally respected maritime analyst company Sea-Intelligence has indicated. Using … [Read more...]
Dreadful performance of Australia’s container ports is revealed
Australia's container ports are near-completely failing Australian exporters, importers, shippers, shipping lines and society in general because they have terrible on-the-job performance. That's the only conclusion that can be drawn from a … [Read more...]
Australian box ports present serious risk to uninterrupted supply chains
Australian box ports present one of the greatest risks of disruption to Australia's supply chains. Specifically, the events of the last 18 months, including the surge in trade, have demonstrated that our ports just don't have the capability to handle … [Read more...]