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August

Kristy-Lee Craker, managing director pf Ship Agency Services.

Chris Ellison’s daughter earns millions for MinRes shipping work

Mineral Resources requires ship owners carrying the group’s iron ore exports to use a shipping agent owned by the daughter of the chief executive, says Ownership Matters.

  • Neil Chenoweth
Saul Cannon, CEO of Port of Melbourne.

The CEO on the front line of the global shipping crisis

The CEO of one of Australia’s largest ports knows a lot can go wrong before the contents of millions of shipping containers reaches our shelves.

  • Patrick Durkin
The Longford gas plant is slowly being decommissioned, and supply has already been crunched.

Choke in gas supply makes imports, once unthinkable, almost inevitable

Falling production at a large plant and a forecast slide in supply from fields off the south-eastern coast is adding to the anxieties of major users.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith
Key Fremantle Port workers will strike for 48-hours from Sunday.

Cars, building materials held up ‘for weeks’ in WA port strike

Unions are warning a looming 48-hour strike at Western Australia’s largest container port could only be the beginning of ongoing industrial action.

  • Tom Rabe
Western Australia’s largest container port is expected to grind to a halt on Sunday.

Union walk-off to close WA port

Western Australia’s largest container port is expected to grind to a halt on Sunday as a small group of key workers walk off the job over a pay dispute.

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  • Tom Rabe
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July

Filament Coffee co-owners Aaron Ellwood and Brendan Gillam at their Perth cold brew facility.

This start-up’s invention is keeping coffee prices down

Surging input costs forced Perth company Filament Coffee to rethink how it delivered its cold brew to customers.

  • Tom Rabe
The MV Bahijah is stuck in Fremantle port trying to get a freight load of cows to Israel.

Pirate-fuelled shipping crisis forcing costs sky-high

Weeks-long shipping delays caused by Red Sea attacks and congestion in Asian ports are forcing some Australian importers to get creative.

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  • Tom Rabe
Netlogix is understood to be making $NZ200 million-plus in annual revenue.

PE-owned Netlogix hunts capital partner; calls in MacCap

The Pencarrow Bridge Fund owns 51.6 per cent of Netlogix Group Holdings Limited, according to the New Zealand Companies Register.

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Founder of Auto Luxury Australia Billy Taha is experiencing long wait times for imported cars.

Port costs raise inflation fears, leave luxe cars in the slow lane

The Albanese government is facing pressure to do more to lower shipping costs.

  • Tom Rabe, Jenny Wiggins and Joanne Tran

Shipping crises ‘spanner in works’ for inflation fight

Australian consumers and retailers are facing long delays and higher prices for goods from Europe and Asia amid an international shipping crisis that could stoke local inflation.

  • Tom Rabe and Jenny Wiggins
About 40 pilot boat operators and vessel traffic service officers at Fremantle have threatened to take industrial action next week.

‘The port would stop’: Fremantle workers threaten to walk off job

Western Australia’s largest container port could grind to a halt next week if a small group of key staff stop work over a pay dispute.

  • Tom Rabe
The Qingdao container port in east China.

Chinese exporters raise fears of Christmas freight crisis

Red Sea attacks have pushed up costs and put pressure on profits during a critical season for trade. There are also worries US tariff increases could add further to costs.

  • Chan Ho-him, Joe Leahy and Oliver Telling

June

Singapore’s port, already one of the busiest in the world, is facing a sustained period of congestion.

Clogged global ports re-ignite inflation fears

Ship timetables are being disrupted with missed sailing schedules and fewer port calls as vessels take longer routes around Africa to avoid the Red Sea.

  • Lisa Barrington and Jeslyn Lerh
It’s bankers, lawyers and fund managers at 10 paces with the $1 billion MMA Offshore up for grabs.

A PE firm, two profit updates, and a $1b deal hanging by a thread

At stake is the future of back-from-the-almost-dead vessels owner MMA Offshore, which is rollicking after a life-saving recapitalisation.

  • Anthony Macdonald
Austal’s board of directors isn’t playing fair, according to the Hanwha camp,

Hanwha tussles with Austal board over ‘unfair’ diligence conditions

Austal’s would-be acquirer reckons that its third indicative bid was at least 15 per cent higher than that of Cerberus Capital Management. 

  • Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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April

Containers piled up at DP World’s ports during strikes by wharfies in late 2023 and early 2024

DP World profit tumbles 34pc after wharfie strikes

The stevedores giant’s annual profits have slid following the dispute over new wage agreements and after container volumes fell, the company’s accounts show.

  • Jenny Wiggins

March

The ASX hit a record.

ASX hits record; AGL’s solar push; Qantas’ Frequent Flyer showdown

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Ships carrying cars and heavy equipment need a new harbour

Other ports up and down the East Coast are likely to absorb much of Baltimore’s traffic, avoiding a crisis. But not without some longer shipping times and upheaval.

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  • Tom Krisher
The supply disruption will affect Asian coal markets more than European markets.

Inflation steady; Bridge cargo chaos; Why Comyn went ‘off script’

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Bridge collapse sends firms scrambling to re-route cargo

Baltimore’s port has become increasingly important to US retailers and manufacturers seeking to diversify their supply networks and bring goods closer to customers.

  • David McHugh, Anne D'Innocenzio and Paul Wiseman

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