NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: Top End freight warriors
NORTHERN Australia. It covers around 45% of the Australian continent but is home to around 5% of the population. Much of the north is divided into the “dry” and the “wet”, putting...
Industry golf day raises $36,000 for childhood cancer research
The annual Shipping and Logistics Golf Challenge is approaching a milestone in its support for research into childhood cancer, having raised almost $850,000 for the cause. The...
Innovation: Staying ahead of the game
With the global logistics sector valued at around US$9 trillion, according to Precedence Research, the challenge is to leverage new efficiencies in this lucrative industry. The...
TRADE LAW: Alert but not alarmed
IN 2017 I visited colleagues at US law firms to get some ideas of how the first Trump administration (which I will call Trump 1.0) was changing US trade policies and the effect on...
OPINION: Strengthening Australia's supply chains
THE COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted global supply chains, revealing vulnerabilities and highlighting the critical importance of the freight and logistics sector in...
THE GRILL: Eddy Declercq
Eddy Declercq, managing director of OOCL (Australia), reflects on his career and changes in the shipping industry as he prepares to retire Could you share an overview of your...
MISSION TO SEAFARERS: The hidden backbone of global trade
AS THE maritime industry sails through a technological revolution, one constant remains: the critical role of seafarers in global trade and transportation. Yet, despite their...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: Four salvages in PNG for Pacific Towing
Salvage operations spread across three provinces of Papua New Guinea over a two-month period provided quite a challenge for Pacific Towing PACIFIC Towing (‘PacTow’) has been...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: Moments away
When bulk carrier Frontier Unity found itself in trouble, the expertise offered by Maritime Safety Queensland helped avert a catastrophe WHEN things go wrong at sea, a rapid and...
MARITIME ENGINEERING & SALVAGE: The herring dogs of Ilyasbey
Captain Roger King, a marine consultant with TMC Marine, recalls his work on the Maren wreck removal from Türkiye’s Black Sea coast ILYASBEY is a small, typical coastal fishing...
Biosecurity: Turning up the heat
Australia's biosecurity efforts seem to hang on a constant knife-edge between preservation and tribulation. Our island nation is unique in how seriously we defend our coastal...
Smooth sailing so far for South Australia’s biosecurity defense
THE HIGH standards of Australia’s biosecurity efforts aren’t just employed at the major usual first point of entry ports, such as Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle. Every...
IFCBAA appoints new directors
THE International Forwarders & Customs Brokers Association of Australia (IFCBAA) held Board of Directors Meetings and its Annual General Meeting on 31 October 2024. As a result of...
Western Australia
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Ro-ro & car carriers
Ro-Ro, fuels for the future WITH the days when Australians mostly drove cars built in Geelong or Elizabeth largely gone, motorists are now reliant on imports, predominantly from...
