This Month
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal
The president-elect argued that ships were charged “ridiculous” fees to pass through the vital transportation channel linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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- Bill Barrow and Will Weissert
November
China’s $2b Peru port faces obstacles from the Andes to the Amazon
While Chancay may rekindle an old dream of integrating South America’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, there is no effective way to make it happen.
- Dayanne Sousa and Rachel Gamarski
Import-export firms embrace disrupter Neolink
The Challenger winner of the Business-to-Business category uses AI to decipher thousands of pages of shipping paperwork and speed up deliveries.
- Sylvia Ramsey
October
Tasmania ferry failures ‘farcical and embarrassing’
Tourists planning to pop their caravans on a big new ship to Tasmania and holiday around the Apple Isle could be stuck on the mainland after state’s “diabolical failure” to build a berth to handle new vessels.
- Jenny Wiggins
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- Sydney
Beach bans may last to the weekend in tar ball mystery
Thousands of tennis ball-sized black globules have washed up on some of the city’s most popular beaches, and authorities are worried about a risk to public health.
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- Maxim Shanahan
US dockworkers agree to suspend strike
The cargo backlog from three days of port closures is likely to take 12 days to clear, according to analysts.
- Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove
Dozens of container ships queue at US ports as huge strike continues
At least 45 container ships were lined up outside US ports as the White House heaped pressure on port owners to give workers a pay rise.
- Doyinsola Oladipo
August
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
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
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
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
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
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
July
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
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
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
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
‘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
- Analysis
- Analysis
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
- Analysis
- Singapore
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