Daily Cargo News

Daily Cargo News (DCN) is an Australian newspaper that focuses on shipping, trade, transport, and logistics, published weekly by Paragon Media in a tabloid format. Originally launched in 1891 under the name Daily Commercial News, it holds the title of Australia’s oldest national newspaper still in circulation.

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#1575361

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#69714

Business and Consumer Services/Shipping and Logistics

#290

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Another Euro cruiser for APT

10 hours ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

MELBOURNE-founded APT Travel Group has christened another brand-new luxury river ship in a traditional ceremony in Rotterdam. Just weeks after launching MS Estrela, purpose-built for cruising on Portugal's Douro River, in Porto the 98-year old company celebrated APT Solara, a 156-pax vessel which has already begun its itinerary sailing the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, from Amsterdam on ANZAC Day.
FMC hits ZIM with fine over D&D

1 day ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPERS will be closely watching further decisions from the Federal Maritime Commission after a judge upheld complaints by Samsung Electronics America over unjustifiable detention & demurrage charges. Chief Administrative Law Judge Erin M. Wirth late last week ruled that Israeli carrier ZIM violated the US Shipping Act and must pay SEA some US$3.7 million.
Swire bunkers with biofuel blends

1 day ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

SWIRE SHIPPING has switched to B24 and B30 second-generation biofuels to bunker three of its ships engaged in two different regional trades. Swire says the voluntary move supports its long-term sustainability ambitions and will provide more options to customers looking to reduce their emissions.
Birdon extends Lord Howe contract

1 day ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

THE LORD HOWE Island Board has awarded Port Macquarie-based maritime business Birdon a two-year contract extension to provide the island's essential sea freight service. The contract will see the 499 GT general cargo vessel Island Trader sail a minimum of of 24 voyages per year, providing certainty for island residents and businesses.
USTR expands scope to all car carriers

5 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

IN WHAT APPEARS to be further evidence of the US Trade Representative office's scant knowledge of its own maritime trades, Chinese-built and/operated PCTCs and ro-ros will no longer be singled out for punitive port call charges in US ports - all such vessels will be. Applicable from October this year, the fees will be assessed on any foreign-built vehicle carrier based on its Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) capacity.
Even more trade distortions to follow USTR dial-back

5 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

ALMOST A WEEK after the US Trade Representative office released the latest version of its 28 February China-targeted port and ship penalties, the proposed changes remain heavy criticised. Analysts point out the charges will still penalise US shippers and their service providers at a likely rate of US$9 billion per year and staged reductions, based on compliance with US sourcing requirements that are almost impossible to achieve, are plainly impractical.
MOL'S latest LNG bulker Australia bound

6 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

OVER THE EASTER WEEKEND Mitsui OSK Lines held a naming and delivery ceremony for the LNG-fuelled Capesize bulker Verde Heraldo and the 210,321 DWT vessel is now en route to Australia to load iron ore. The formalities were held at the Saijo Shipyard of Imabari Shipbuilding, with the naming undertaken by Masayuki Hirose, president and CEO of the company by which Verde Heraldo ('green pioneer' in Spanish) will operate under a long-term contract of affreightment, JFE Steel Corporation.
Aust 2024 container trade grew 8.7%

6 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

AUSTRALASIAN CONTAINER trades hit 7,114,800 TEU in 2024, according to London-based Container Trade Statistics' provisional figures. This compares to 6,544,500 TEU in 2023 and 6,596,900 TEU in 2022. Unusually, growth in import and exports trades was almost identical in 2024, at 9.4% and 9.3% respectively but the total growth of 8.7% was held back by a 4% contraction in inter-Australasian trades.
Major milestone for Incat Crowther

6 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

THE FIRST OF two new bespoke crew transfer vessels, delivered last week to experienced Japanese operator Tokyo Kisen Co Ltd for service in Japan's growing offshore wind energy sector, was the 750 th vessel designed by Sydney-based Incat Crowther. The Class NK 26-metre catamaran CTVs have been developed with Tokyo Kisen to comply with strict local regulations, while also being future proofed for Japan's evolving regulatory environment.
NZ commits to ETV

6 days ago | thedcn.com.au | Dale Crisp

THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT has contracted an AHTS to provide an emergency ocean response capability while it works on a longer-term plan. Last year Cabinet directed the Ministry of Transport and Maritime New Zealand to develop a business case that considers options to improve NZ's maritime emergency ocean response capability, with a focus on the Cook Strait.