WA trade ball delivers big for youth charity
THERE'S something truly special about the way Western Australia’s shipping and logistics sector shows up, not just for the business of trade, but for each other, and for our...
LETTER TO DCN: ATSB is not a regulator
IN A letter recently published in Daily Cargo News, a pilotage provider expressed concern over reports in this and another publication relating to alleged breaches of pilotage...
LETTER TO THE DCN: An unwelcome safety development
I WAS interested to read the DCN report that the state maritime safety regulator was ill-equipped to perform its statutory safety role. We also note in relevant part of the...
OPINION: Border clearance and security compromised
THE DEPARTMENT of Homeland Security in its recent customs brokers licence renewals has added new conditions and legislative intent (yet to be passed by the Senate) which has...
Vale Peter Clive Cannon
IT is with great sadness that we report the passing of a giant and pioneer of the port industry. Peter C. Cannon from Sydney Australia passed away on 8 August 2023, just a few...
Vale S/T Forceful
By Mark Walker IMAGINE, if you will, a furious ocean, cyclonic winds, mountainous seas, and a propellor missing one or more of its blades, unable to push your ship clear of a...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Court's decision confirms precedent
THE ACCC’s appeal in ACCC V NSW Ports Pty Ltd was unanimously dismissed on 23 February by the Full Bench of the Federal Court. Reasons will be published after the parties have...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Newcastle container legislation should not become national precedent
NSW government policy is to penalise the operator of the Port of Newcastle to recover the cost of paying the operator of Port Botany/Port Kembla for containers shipped through the...
A discussion on the relationship between Navy and civil maritime
By Kendall Carter CAPTAIN Ashley Papp CSC RAN FNI gave a presentation to a combined meeting of the Nautical Institute, the Company of Master Mariners of Australia and the...
OPINION: Implications for insurers and suppliers of Svitzer lockout
By Mills Oakley partner Maurice Lynch and lawyer George Glen SVITZER is a leading marine towage company whose services are critical to allowing container ships and bulk carriers...
LETTER TO THE DCN: IFAW statement on slowing down ships ignores industry effort
Shipping Australia sent the following text to DCN in response to a recently published article concerning the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s call for regulation of vessel...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Policy dithering on Newcastle container terminal
POLICY dithering about China Merchants’ 50% ownership of the Port of Newcastle is blocking a rail-based container transportation network in NSW. A pre-election federal government...
OPINION: Eliminating the risk of container-stack collapses – solutions and unseaworthiness
By Captain Glenn Mathias, Australian Maritime Consultancy THE WORLD Shipping Council (WSC) claim that its member companies operate about three quarters of the world’s global...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Brisbane pilotage rhetoric not helpful
AS A recently retired Brisbane Marine Pilot with 35 years pilotage experience in several jurisdictions I find the recent article in the DCN, Poseidon Sea Pilots take the reins at...
LETTER TO THE DCN: Newcastle container penalty Federal Court decision expected soon
On TUESDAY 29 June, the Federal Court will give its verdict on the legality under the Commonwealth Competition Act of the Port of Newcastle container penalty. By legislating the...
