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Peter van Duyn wins award for maritime services to the industry

Peter van Duyn — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 04:55:12 +0000

Peter was declared the winner of the Maritime Services Award on the industry shipping gala night in Sydney in November 2017. The award was announced at the annual Daily Commercial News Australian Shipping& Maritime Industry Awards. Peter was commended for his many years of service to the Australian shipping industry.

Logistics in Timor Leste

Peter van Duyn — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 05:22:12 +0000

After a recent visit to Timor Leste and seeing Dili Port and the proposed development at Tibar Bay near Dili I wrote the following article in LLoyds List Australia.

Follow the link: https://www.lloydslistaustralia.com.au/lla/market-sectors/logistics-and-supply-chain/INDUSTRY-OPINION-Logistics-in-Timor-Leste-554849.html

Perth Freight Link, Roe(d) to nowhere!

Peter van Duyn — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 06:28:40 +0000

This article about a proposed new route for heavy vehicles to the Port of Fremantle in WA appeared in Lloyds List Australia in February 2017.

Follow the link: Roe(d) to nowhere

Sale of the Century

Peter van Duyn — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 04:50:41 +0000

The following article, which was published in Lloyds List Australia, discusses the extraordinary sale price achieved for the 50 year lease of the Port of Melbourne Corporation.

Follow the link to the article: http://logistics.espero.net.au/?attachment_id=3504

Article in Lloyds List on the impact of the new Panama Canal on international shipping

Peter van Duyn — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:03:33 +0000

The article describes the effect of larger size vessels being able to transit the new Panama Canal and what effect this has on shipping to and from Australia as well as worldwide.

Follow the link to the article:ll-august-2016-panama-canal

Article in Lloyd’s List Australia on the proposed port privatisation in WA

Peter van Duyn — Mon, 30 May 2016 05:26:57 +0000

The Western Australia government is hard up for cash in order to minimise the budget deficit. A number of ports in WA are scheduled to be privatised however opposition to the idea is coming from an unexpected corner.

See the link to the article; LL WA port privatisation

Article in Lloyd’s List Australia on bigger ships, greater challenges

Peter van Duyn — Mon, 30 May 2016 05:15:06 +0000

The global up-sizing of vessels creates a number of problems which need to be addressed in order for the benefits of the lower unit cost of transported goods to be passed onto other stakeholders than just the shipping lines.

See the link to the article; LL Bigger ships

Article in Lloyd’s List about Cape Horn voyage

Peter van Duyn — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:25:40 +0000

The following article was published in Lloyd’s List Australia in February 2016.

Follow the link to the article: LL Cape Horn Feb 2016(1) LL Cape Horn Feb 2016(2)

Around Cape Horn on a tall ship

Peter van Duyn — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:26:00 +0000

In December 2015 I was fortunate enough to round Cape Horn on the tall ship bark Europa. The voyage was in commemoration of the discovery of Cape Horn 400 years ago by two Dutch explorers Schouten and Le Maire who were seeking new routes towards the Dutch East Indies.

We rounded Cape Horn on the 6th of December going from East to West but spent the next five days in the Drake Passage blown towards Antartica by gale force winds. We slowly managed to make our way westwards and finally entered the Straits of Magellan and sailed towards Punta Arenas.

Port privatisation in Australia

Peter van Duyn — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:01:05 +0000

On Monday 7th of September the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics held a half day forum on port privatisation in Australia and in particular the port of Melbourne. The Hon Tim Pallas Victorian Treasurer was one of the speakers. The following article appeared in The Age emphasising that in the future large container vessels would not be able to enter the Port of Melbourne.

Follow the link for the article: The Age 9 Sept 2015 (1) The Age 9 Sept (2)