AMSA provides 24-7 HF radiotelephone service in Australia
COMMENCING on 1 January 2022, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority will provide a unified high frequency (HF) radio service, incorporating radiotelephone and DSC for distress...
Plans solidifying for freight rail terminal in Toowoomba
RAIL freight company Pacific National and infrastructure and property development company Wagner Corporation announced an agreement around the future development of a freight rail...
THE BIG STORIES OF 2021: Botany record broken with longest containership
IN late March, Port Botany welcomed the longest containership ever to visit the port. Soroe Maersk called DP World Australia’s terminal at the port as a sweeper, evacuating empty...
Deakin University’s supply chain research centre to close
FOR more than a decade the Centre for Supply Chain & Logistics has been managing industry-led research and development focusing on freight logistics and value-added supply chains....
Chipolbrok expands fleet with new vessel
SINO-Polish shipping company Chipolbrok has expanded its fleet with the newbuild Tai Xing, which has entered service this month. The geared vessel is nearly 200 metres long, has a...
THE BIG STORIES OF 2021: AMSA detains, bans two bulkers
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority detained two Panama-flagged bulkers, operated by the same company, for appalling living and working conditions onboard and for failing to...
Airport sector welcomes government assistance to rebuild
THE new Aviation Recovery Framework announced by the Deputy Prime Minister will open the door to a much-needed reset on the way the Australian government assists airports in their...
Australia-UK free-trade agreement signed
AUSTRALIA on Friday signed a significant free-trade agreement with the UK. The Australian government said it would make Australian exports to the UK cheaper and further strengthen...
INSIGHT: Australia-UK FTA and what it means for you
BACK in June 2021, I provided an update to readers regarding the release of the “agreement in principle” between Australia and the UK as to the proposed content of the...
FORCE Technology’s SimFlex now available at simulator centres
DAMEN’S ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centres globally, as well as in the SimFlex Cloud, following an agreement with FORCE Technology, a frontrunner in developing...
GPC apprentice remembered with award
A FORMER Gladstone Ports Corporation apprentice, died from leukaemia, has been honoured with his mother presenting the very first Brent Holland Merit Award at the GPC Apprentice...
Nearly 30 organisations urge NSW govt to protect Sydney industrial land
NINE industry bodies and 20 companies have signed a letter urging the New South Wales government to retain and protect Sydney’s industrial land. The Greater Sydney Commission is...
Free-trade colossus – RCEP to create a new centre of gravity: UNCTAD
A NEW Asia-Pacific free trade agreement set to enter into force on 1 January 2022 will create the world’s largest trading bloc by economic size, according to an UNCTAD study...
Discussion paper for review of NSW's Ports and Maritime Administration Act released
AS the first step of the Independent Review of the Ports and Maritime Administration Act 1995 (PAMA Act) and Port Botany Landside Improvement Strategy (PBLIS), independent...
Government nominates Gina Cass-Gottlieb for top ACCC role
THE government on Tuesday announced that Gilbert + Tobin partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb is the nominee for the next chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission....
