Maritime community commemorates merchant navy
ON SUNDAY 14 April the newly finished stone plaques were in place at the Merchant Navy War Memorial in Rookwood cemetery as representatives from naval and maritime organisations...
Vale Michael Parker
CONDOLENCES are flowing in from around the industry following the death of Fremantle Ports CEO Michael Parker. Mr Parker died while he was at work on Wednesday morning (3 April),...
Vale Maurie Considine
MAURI Considine, founder of Secon Freight Logistics, died this week at 91. Mr Considine is survived by his wife Maureen; sons Brendon, Vincent, Paul and Matt; 16 grandchildren;...
Shipping industry tees off at charity golf day
GOLF enthusiasts from the New South Wales shipping community met at Long Reef Golf Club on Friday for the annual Shipping Industry Charity Golf Day. The long-running golf...
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...
