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Shipping industry golf day donation to Westmead Children’s Hospital

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A TOTAL of $31,000 raised from the 2018 Shipping Industry Charity Golf Day was recently presented to the Westmead Children’s Hospital Cancer Research Fund. This followed a...

HFW announces global management changes

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INTERNATIONAL law firm HFW has announced the appointment of partner Paul Dean as the new global head of shipping and member of the law firm’s global management board. Mr Dean...
HFW announces global management changes

QLD Premier drums up British trade interest

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QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has met leading Britain-based investors on the last leg of her 11-day trade mission to the United Arab Emirates, Germany and the United...
QLD Premier drums up British trade interest

Australian company pushes solution to maritime CO2 emissions

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AN AUSTRALIAN company believes its technology may go a long way towards helping the global shipping industry cut CO2 emissions. The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee has...
Australian company pushes solution to maritime CO2 emissions

Kontainers to supply solutions to Toll Group under new deal

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Toll Group, part of Japan Post, will now employ enterprise software from UK-based Kontainers to power its global client-facing platforms. The three-year software contract will see...
Kontainers to supply solutions to Toll Group under new deal

Shipping giants launch digital shipping association

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CONTAINER shipping giants A.P Moller-Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express have combined to establish the Digital Shipping Container Association in The Netherlands....
Shipping giants launch digital shipping association

UTAS to lead grand “blue economy” initiative

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TRANSFORMING Australia’s blue economy is the ambitious aim of a new offshore project to be led by the University of Tasmania. Billed as the “largest ever Cooperative Research...

Construction starts on Queensland cruise terminal

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QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has turned the first sod on Brisbane's $158m new International Cruise Terminal. Expected to be open for business in October next year,...

Call for moratorium on Easter container charges

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INDUSTRY body Road Freight NSW has called on major shipping lines to provide truck operators with a moratorium on detention charges for the drop-off and pick-up of containers at...
Call for moratorium on Easter container charges

Gladstone Ports' Indigenous program gets global recognition

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Nominated in the 2019 IAPH World Ports Sustainability Awards, Gladstone Ports’ Indigenous Land Use Agreement has been selected as one of three nominees to be put forward for a...
Gladstone Ports' Indigenous program gets global recognition

Aussies to help with Viking Sky investigation

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AUSTRALIAN authorities are to help with the investigation into the incident of the Viking Sky, the cruise ship that got into difficulties off the coast of Norway late last month....
Aussies to help with Viking Sky investigation

Delegates boost skills via biosecurity briefing

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A SERIES of events aimed at boosting compliance in the movement of goods across the Australian border began last week in Sydney. The Freight and Trade Alliance began its series of...

OPINION: International trade and markets

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INTERNATIONAL trade agreements have been the engine of global growth for many years as capitalism has spread and even communist countries have accepted the system as the engine of...

CBFCA diploma re-validated by global body

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CUSTOMS Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia has announced it has re-validated its accreditation with FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders...

Golfers hit the greens for Phil Kelly OAM Perpetual Trophy

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SIXTY of shippings finest golf talent assembled at Waterford Valley Golf Course east of Melbourne in early April for the Phil Kelly OAM Perpetual Trophy. Temperatures of 23-26...