26 August 2026
KPMG faces another round of job cuts after Macquarie dumped the firm from the most lucrative audit contract in Australia.
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26 August 2026
Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’ Anita Perrottet, wife of Charles Perrottet, told the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for “strategic and marketing advice”.
26 August 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he has secured agreement from regional leaders — including from holdout state Queensland — to press on with new rules on AI data centers’ energy use by ...
26 August 2026
The Australian government has published the conditions for foreign parents of permanent residents to have a special visa that allows them to stay in the country.
26 August 2026
Spot rates in the US trucking sector rose sharply in the second quarter and are on course to climb further , with the looming peak season auguring more upward pressure, according to RXO. The transportation provider is advising shippers to secure capacity, which continues to shrink. The Curve, RXO’s proprietary truckload spot rate index, climbed to its highest level in more than four years, propelled by a 32. 4% surge in pricing over ... The post ‘Secure capacity’ says RXO as it warns of further haulage rate rises appeared first on The Loadstar .
26 August 2026
Quick recap: the freight-rate spike that produced two very different report cards at Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd is increasingly a story about who controls terminal and inland capacity, not who owns the most vessels – and nobody is making that case more directly right now than AD Ports. ZIM’s next move, meanwhile, has less to do with freight rates than with a decision sitting with Israeli regulators. My previous analysis already worked ... The post AD Ports the clear read-through as bottlenecks shift from ship to dock appeared first on The Loadstar .
26 August 2026
Norwegian offshore seismic vessel player Shearwater Geoservices has announced a new 3D multi-client seismic survey in the Norwegian Sea. According to the company, the survey has industry backing and data acquisition is expected to commence this month. The Amazon Conqueror vessel will be deployed for the approximately seven-week survey, utilising Shearwater’s isometrix streamer technology to …
26 August 2026
Shanghai-listed Ningbo Marine is lining up another five bulk carrier newbuildings in China, expanding a fleet renewal programme that could see the owner add close to 600,000 dwt of fresh tonnage. The Zhejiang Energy-backed company has approved up to CNY980m ($136m) for four 65,000 dwt bulkers, while wholly owned Ningbo Marine Singapore has been cleared …
