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 David Shennan
DAVID Shennan – a well-known figure in the maritime industry in Victoria, Australia and the UK – died on Tuesday, 4 July of cancer, six months on from his diagnosis. He was 71. A...
Vale Harold Lewis
HAROLD Lewis, a former general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation, has died. Dr Lewis began working with the ITF in 1955 as an editor and translator. He...
Vale Joe Crumlin
JOE Crumlin, a seafarer and trade unionist, died on Monday this week. MUA national secretary Paddy Crumlin, who is Joe Crumlin’s son, described his father as “a legend on the...
Shipping industry golfers tee off at 2022 golf challenge
MARITIME and logistics community golf enthusiasts took to the greens in support of the Westmead Children’s Hospital at the 2022 Shipping Industry Golf Day. The 33rd industry...
2022 Shipping Industry Golf Day set for October
AFTER an 18-month break, the Shipping Industry Golf Challenge will return to its traditional October date in 2022 – but with an exciting new golf course and venue – Long Reef Golf...
20th annual Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition announced
THE Mission to Seafarers’ Maritime Art Prize & Exhibition is an international competition that is hosted at the heritage-listed Mission building in Melbourne’s Docklands and this...
Urgent call for flood relief for communities in northern NSW
COMMUNITIES in and around Lismore are still in need of assistance after the recent devastating floods that wreaked havoc in northern NSW and south-east Queensland. The local...
Iconic weathervane vanishes from MtS Victoria building
A HISTORIC weathervane is believed to have been stolen from the Mission to Seafarers Victoria building in Docklands, Melbourne. Made by master craftsman Henry Alfred Saw in 1917,...
Vale Father William Pearson
REVEREND William R Pearson, known to Brisbane’s maritime community as Father Bill, has passed away this week following a stroke. He died on Tuesday evening with family and friends...
Vale Jack Oostrum
ONE of Australia’s regular maritime visitors, Jack Oostrum, far east director of Spliethoff Transport, died of cancer on 26 December in the Netherlands. Spliethoff’s success in...
2021 MSC Maritime Art Prize Award winners announced
THE MARITIME Art Prize and Exhibition is a highly regarded competition that has been hosted at the heritage-listed building in Melbourne’s Docklands for 19 years. Due to COVID-19...
Vale John Coombs
JOHN Coombs, former national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia and an instrumental figure in the broader union movement, has died at the age of 81 after a long illness....
Vale Brian Stockwell
BRIAN Stockwell died last week. He was 78 years old. Mr Stockwell was the original founder of Australian freight forwarding outfit Stockwell International; he was in his 50th year...
Shipping Industry Golf Challenge winners announced
ANOTHER stellar day on Sydney’s beautiful northern beaches Mona Vale Golf Club greeted 116 players in the 29th annual Shipping Industry Golf Challenge on 25 May. Having been...
