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Stevedore killed in Port Botany accident
A 49-year old Patrick Stevedores worker was crushed to death while unloading shipping containers at Sydney’s Port Botany yesterday.
Three charged over Tongan ferry disaster
Three people have been charged with manslaughter following last year's sinking of the Tongan ferry, Princess Ashika
Ro-ro breakdown hits Bass Strait peak
Cargo flows between Tasmanian and Victoria should be restored on Wednesday after being seriously disrupted by a technical problem with the ro-ro Victorian Reliance.
Brokers stunned as supramax rates tops capesize
The impact of the sliding capesize sector was crystalised in the dry bulk market last week, when supramax rates overtook capesize charter prices for the first time since the dry bulk crash in late 2008.
Asia-Pacific aircargo soars in February
Demand for airfreight services of Asia-Pacific airlines in February spiked 29.8% from a year earlier, a sign that the global economic recovery is in full swing.
Port Botany container throughput continues boom
Port Botany handled a fifth straight monthly record for containers in February, with 147,400 teu moving through the port.
ATA welcomes fuel tax, registration fee adjustment
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has welcomed a proposed change to the formula used to calculate the amount of fuel tax and registration fees the trucking industry is charged.
Plans lodged for $12m Casino rail terminal
The push to upgrade freight infrastructure between north-eastern New South Wales and Queensland's Bromelton inland port has progressed another step with an application lodged to build a $12.7m rail terminal at Casino.
DB Schenker seafreight traffic fall contained to 2.1%
Germany's DB Schenker Logistics, the world’s third-largest freight forwarder of ocean containers, saw box traffic fall by just 2.1% in 2009 to 1.4m teu, compared with a 16% decline in airfreight tonnages.
