OPINION: A strategy to eliminate piracy
PIRACY is flourishing in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean off Somalia – the RSGAI area – because leaders of countries who could prevent such activity are looking for...
OPINION: Strategic Fleet or Tragic Fleet?
THE OLD chestnut of Australian flagged and operated vessels has reared its head again with the recent release of the Strategic Fleet Taskforce Report. The fleet The issue of ships...
OPINION: A focus on the future
There is an impending crisis in the freight forwarding and customs broker sector as experienced industry players retire, there are few people coming up through the ranks to take...
OPINION: Large conference events are good for our industry
IT HAS been an interesting couple of years for professional development and networking events in our industry – and all other industries for that matter – with the pandemic...
OPINION: Climate change is starting to impact shipping routes
PROLONGED drought in several parts of the world is threatening established shipping routes. The Panama Canal Authority recently lowered the number of ships that can transit the...
OPINION: Services decline while fees increase
SINCE the announcement of new biosecurity fee structures in the last federal budget, the agriculture sector has been outspoken about new biosecurity charges imposed on them,...
OPINION: The power of networking for social change
IN THE ever-evolving landscape of business and professional development, the value of networking with cross industry peers and professionals cannot be overstated. Networking goes...
OPINION: Against the hitchhikers
IN JULY I attended the IPPC Workshop on Pest Risk Mitigation of Sea Containers and their Cargoes in Brisbane representing ICHCA International. The three-day workshop was organised...
OPINION: Landside container transport costs still under pressure
INTERNATIONAL container trades have been on a roller coaster ride these past two years, with flow-on impacts to landside container logistics in Australia. We’ve come from the...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: The power of positivity
THERE have been some great developments for diversity, equity, inclusion and acceptance in recent months, such as appointments of women to key industry roles and stronger...
OPINION: Rail share in the Port of Melbourne is going nowhere
A REPORT by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) queries how the Victorian government, the Department of Transport and Planning and V/Line in particular, are going to...
WOMEN IN MARITIME: Mentoring the future
Mentoring provides an understanding of career pathways and role opportunities and it also is an essential component in fostering diversity in the maritime industry, Jeanine...
OPINION: Why the industry will come together
IN RECENT times Australia’s maritime industry could reasonably be characterised as fragmented – as the many and varied players each have done their level best to survive,...
OPINION: delivering anonymity on seafarers’ rights
RIGHTSHIP recently picked up the Analytics – Shipping+ award for their “ground-breaking” Crew Welfare Self-Assessment Tool at the 2023 Singapore Business Review Technology...
OPINION: How did the government get into this mess in the first place?
FURTHER to my article published in the May 2023 edition of the Daily Cargo News (p 18) “New South Wales port privatisation saga”, Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian...
