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...
Vale Frank Needs
INDUSTRY figure and former ANL employee and manager Frank Needs died last week from natural causes. Mr Needs was a generally well-loved and much-liked industry figure. Described...
Shipping Industry Golf Challenge 2021 a success
EVERY year, shipping industry figures gather at the Mona Vale Golf Club to take up clubs and battle it out on the links for the Shipping Industry Golf Challenge. The fearsome...
Get ready for the 2021 Shipping Industry Golf Day
MORE than 115 players will hit off in the 2021 Shipping Industry Golf Day at Mona Vale Golf Club next Tuesday, May 25. The six major sponsors (Adaptalift Hyster, DCN, DP World,...
Port authority backs North Pilbara Football League
THE North Pilbara Football League season has kicked off, with Pilbara Ports Authority supporting the competition by providing the game day balls. Pilbara Ports contributed $11,000...
