Interview with Tim Scharwath, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding (Credit: Alex Lennane at The LoadStar) Shippers should expect higher freight rates, long-term and also not expect much easing in the market until Chinese New Year 2022 and 'normality' in 2023. The warning comes from Tim...

Despite the optimism surfacing in some quarters that the world and its economy are recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic, recovery is far from complete and the consequences will continue to affect the world for many years. This article provides some insight into how Australia's trade has co...

China's trade bottleneck could be worse than Suez Canal fiasco.
There's currently the mother of all freight traffic jams far exceeding
March's Suez Canal fiasco. And the impact on Australia could be huge.   Worse than the Suez Canal disaster
More container loads of...

PIA Update - Patrick Terminals, Hutchison Ports   IFCBAA has been advised by Patrick Terminals of further protected industrial action in Melbourne. Sydney Terminal delays have increased to approx. 7 days.
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$2 billion funding from Australian Government for intermodal Infrastructure. Project description A new intermodal terminal in Melbourne will increase efficiency and capacity of the national and Victorian freight industry by overcoming the constraints of the Dynon precinct and Melbourne...

Dear Freight Industry, The Empty Container Working Group (Working Group) met on Tuesday 3 May 2021. In previous weeks, the members agreed that the Working Group should be extended for another six months as significant opportunities remain to make improvements across the empty container sup...