In the news, a direct shipping service between Tasmania and New Zealand commenced last week. The launch was marked as a ship received the first load of cargo in Port of Devonport.
Also this week, Federal Parliament passed legislation that progresses free-trade agreements with the United Kingdom and India.
And, Port of Newcastle for the first time used its two new mobile harbour cranes to load a containership.
And finally, authorities seized around 60 kilograms of cocaine from a freight depot in Sydney and have arrested a logistics worker for allegedly monitoring drug imports.
The DCN Weekly is a podcast from Daily Cargo News providing a regular roundup of the biggest stories in Australian shipping and maritime logistics.
New episodes are published to our website at the end of each week and included in each Monday’s newswire.
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