John Coombs remembered in ports across the nation
MARITIME workers around Australia today paused to pay tribute to former Maritime Union of Australia national secretary John Coombs, who died last week aged 81. As his funeral took...
Orders accelerating for LNG-powered newbuilds
ORDERS for LNG-powered newbuilds have been accelerating in 2021, according to a report from Clarksons. The report found that LNG-fuelled vessel orders are approaching 30% of gross...
New guidelines for the carriage of containers on bulk carriers
TESTING, inspection and certification body, Bureau Veritas, has developed a formalised approach to support the safe carriage of containers in bulk carriers. BV’s Guidance for...
International Chamber of Shipping outlines plan for carbon levy
THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has set out a proposal for a global levy on carbon emissions from ships. ICS presented a submission to the International Maritime...
AMSA detains containership at Botany
THE containership Thorstar (IMO 9253002) was detained last week at Port Botany and is now at White Bay in Sydney undergoing repairs. A spokesperson for the Australian Maritime...
Aussie farmers looking forward to top crop
WITH a record 23.2 million hectares sown to winter crops across the country, this year is once again forecast to be well above average, according to the Australian Crop Report....
CMA CGM starts a new chapter at Kaohsiung
CMA CGM Group commenced operations at the Port of Kaohsiung as the CMA CGM Kaohsiung Terminal Company on the first of September. This follows a 20-year terminal lease extension...
Inland Rail extension to Port of Gladstone to be studied
THE federal government has committed funding to investigate extending Inland Rail from Toowoomba to the Port of Gladstone. The government is to provide up to $10 million to...
Crew Change Indicator points to stabilisation
THE number of seafarers onboard ships beyond the expiry of their contracts decreased from 9% to 8.9% in August, according to the latest data from the Neptune Declaration Crew...
Tech solution supports marine manoeuvres in NSW
THE Port Authority of NSW announced it is rolling out Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC) technology at Port Botany, Newcastle and Port Kembla. Port Authority of NSW’s Sydney...
Brisbane’s container throughput up across the board
THE latest trade data available from the Port of Brisbane shows a significant increase in total container throughput for July 2021, up by almost a quarter compared with the same...
Second man sentenced for importing 1.2 tonnes of ephedrine in Sydney-bound container
A 65-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for his part in importing 1.2 tonnes of ephedrine in September 2019. On 10 September 2019 Australian...
Drewry’s World Container Index update
MARITIME research consultancy Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 1.7% or $170 in the past week and remains 344% higher than a year ago. This is the 20th...
A "rapidly disintegrating shipping market"?
THERE is no doubt that the international container shipping market is a mess. It is axiomatic that the ships are at capacity, there aren’t enough containers in the right places...
HRAS urges greater transparency around seafarer abuse
THE UK-based charitable NGO Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has called upon the International Maritime Organization to increase its level of transparency and factual detail in the...
