Ban on sheep exports to the Middle East extended
THE BAN on live sheep exports to the Middle East has been extended by the Department of Agriculture to 22 September. In making the decision, the department said it had considered...
IMO 2020 preparations take box ships out of service
SCRUBBER retrofits took more than 30 container ships out of service in July, according to research company Alphaliner. This represents 350,000 TEU of capacity laid up to complete...
Registration open for Master Consolidators – BMSB
IN ORDER to comply with new mandatory reporting requirements for Less Than Container Load/Freight of All Kinds ( LCL/FAK ) containers, it will be necessary from some in the import...
IMO secretary-general addresses industry at AMSA event
IT WAS the first time that a secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization had visited Australia. Kitack Lim was in Sydney on 29 July at the invitation of the...
Green future to be thrashed out at masterclass
SHIPPPING and maritime businesses need to embrace environmental innovation, Maritime Industry Australia deputy chief executive Angela Gillham says. MIAL has organised an...
“Sustainable shipping” the World Maritime theme for 2020
"SUSTAINABLE shipping for a sustainable planet" has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020, according to the IMO. This them aims to provide an opportunity to raise...
Prawn famers relieved at no sign of white spot disease
THE latest round of surveillance tests in South East Queensland waters show no signs of white spot disease, according to Biosecurity Queensland. It’s said to be a big relief for...
Hydrogen deployed to power Norwegian car carrier
SCANDINAVIAN business Norled is working to deliver the first ferries powered by hydrogen in Norway. Its first project is to power a ferry with capacity for 80 cars, 10 trucks and...
Study on ‘radical decarbonisation’ of shipping
CONSEQUENCES for shipping markets of a major shift in energy consumption away from hydrocarbons and towards renewables and biofuels is the subject of a report by research and...
Wärtsilä chosen for propulsion of hopper dredger
TECHNOLOGY group Wärtsilä has been chosen by Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group to provide the main propulsion solutions for a large Marine Aggregate Dredger. The...
AMSA announces North-East Shipping Management Plan
A COMPLETED review of the North-East Shipping Management Plan, covering the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait and Coral Sea regions, has been released by the Australian Maritime...
Hewson to headline grains industry conference
FORMER federal Opposition leader, Dr John Hewson, will be one of the keynote speakers at this year's Australian Grains Industry Conference in Melbourne. Dr Hewson, who famously...
AMSA confronts plastic
THE Australian Maritime Safety Authority has launched its own campaign against plastic. About three billion takeaway coffee cups are reportedly placed in bins annually, which...
Truckies and residents do a deal
THE Victorian Transport Association and Maribyrnong Truck Action Group have welcomed progress towards incentivising freight operators to use lower emissions trucks in return for...
Shipping line supports exhaust cleaning technology
TECHNOLOGY group Wärtsilä and COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry have signed a memorandum of understanding covering the development of local production resources for Wärtsilä’s exhaust...
