Marine insurance merger takes step forward
APPROVALS from competition and regulatory authorities have moved forward a plan to merge P&I clubs North and Standard Club to establish NorthStandard. The launch of NorthStandard...
Tall ship Alma Doepel changes course
LAST week a gala luncheon was held in the Docklands, Melbourne to celebrate the progress of the restoration of the tall ship Alma Doepel and to launch a new foundation that will...
IMO to ban dumping of sewage sludge at sea
DUMPING of sewage sludge at sea will soon be prohibited worldwide following an amendment to the London Protocol treaty. The London Protocol is the modernised version of the...
World's first bulk carrier fitted with hard sail bound for Australia
MITSUI OSK Lines has announced the delivery of Shofu Maru, the world’s first cargo vessel equipped with a Wind Challenger hard sail. The first of two ships to be fitted with the...
IMO launches energy efficient technology guide
THE INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization has launched a guide and assessment tool to help shipowners and operators navigate energy efficient technologies available to them. A...
Taskforce uncovers 300 kilograms of drugs in air cargo
TWO men were arrested in Melbourne on Saturday after authorities seized more than 300 kilograms of liquid MDMA hidden in an air freight consignment of French wine bottles. The...
THE GRILL: Steve Lewis
Tell us about where you work and what you did before that. I’ve been the chief executive officer of Southern Ports Authority since January 2019, so a bit over three-and-a-half...
New welfare service supports Ukrainian seafarers through trauma
GLOBAL seafarers’ charity Stella Maris has launched a service providing mental health support to Ukrainian crewmembers and their families. The support service was set up to help...
Inland Rail review welcomed
THE FEDERAL government last week announced an independent review into the $14.5-billion Inland rail project. This review has been welcomed by entities involved in the vast...
Three trainee positions at NQBP
NORTH Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation and education, training and employment services provider Mrael have teamed up to offer three apprentice/traineeship horticultural positions...
Dutch national arrested in connection to Australian drug smuggling case
THE NATIONAL Police of the Netherlands – acting on intelligence provided by the Australian Federal Police and the Belgian Judicial Federal Police – have arrested a 54-year-old man...
Baltic Exchange Weekly Report - 7 October 2022
THE BALTIC Dry Index ended last week at 1961 – higher than at the start of the week. However, Friday’s BDI number was down compared with a peak on Wednesday at 1996 – the highest...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 18
THE BIG story for this week was CMA CGM Estelle's visit to the Patrick terminal at Port Botany. It has become the ship with the biggest container capacity to visit the port....
Police seek info on Botany shipping container cocaine smuggling
POLICE discovered about 130 kilograms of cocaine secreted in a container on the Spirit of Sydney after it arrived at Port Botany on 28 May. Australian Federal Police are now...
Government announces independent review of Inland Rail
THE AUSTRALIAN government announced on Friday (7 October) an independent review of the vast $14.5-billion Inland Rail project. The government announced the review will be headed...
