The Bradfield Bulletin - 27 June 2025
WELCOME to the Bradfield Bulletin – your Friday hot take on industry headlines by Amanda Bradfield. There’s a lot going on in the world right now… but let’s start with something a...
OPINION: New Zealand’s seafarer welfare funding model a benchmark for Australia
THE HEALTH, wellbeing and recuperation of seafarers depends on 21st Century funding for port welfare facilities. In Australia, the current institutional paralysis-by-analysis and...
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY: Tides of change
WHILE the topics of technology, remote operations, automation, AI and the transition to new operational methods continue to be highly relevant in the global transport sector...
Goliath and limitation
THE LEGAL concept of limitation of liability in the world of transport often seems difficult to justify. When one party has caused damage to others and is liable, why should they...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 20 June 2025
THIS week started with my 12 year old telling me, “You wouldn’t get it - you’re a millennial.” Joke’s on her - I’m Gen X. We practically invented being misunderstood. While I was...
OPINION: Supply chains must be rebuilt around volatility
IT IS halfway into 2025 and like most of us, economists looked forward to the end of 2024 and towards the new year with hope and also trepidation. However much in the last six...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 13 June 2025
IS IT just me, or did winter arrive with a bang this week? Now that I’m working from home, a blanket has become non negotiable! (Let’s be honest though, I was that person wrapped...
OPINION: Seafarer wellbeing - the pandemic behind the pandemic
A FEW years ago, I shared a post on social media about one of the most heartbreaking conversations I’ve had in my maritime career. A master I’d met told me about a close friend,...
INSIGHT: Infringement notices under the Biosecurity Act
ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2018, the then Department of Agriculture (DAFF) advised it would issue infringement notices under the Biosecurity Act for 55 strict liability offences. Some apply...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 6 June 2025
IT'S BEEN a short and challenging week in WA, with wild weather slowing port ops and causing delays. But on a brighter note, I did manage to get my hair coloured last weekend, so...
The new PFAS import ban explained
FROM firefighting foams to stain-resistant textiles, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS chemicals, have quietly underpinned the performance of many...
OPINION: Reporting of import e-commerce in the future regulatory
THE INTEGRATED Cargo System (ICS), operated by the Australian Border Force (ABF), is central to the management of goods moving across Australia’s borders. It underpins customs...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 30 May 2025
YOU know how you have those weeks when you have it all together? You're eating well, sleeping well, just generally feeling good. Then you have those weeks where you are frazzled,...
OPINION: Australia's the last bastion in the global shipping land grab
IN A world where global shipping lines have steadily crept from sea to shore — owning and operating the very container terminals they once merely serviced — Australia remains one...
The Bradfield Bulletin - 23 May 2025
THIS morning, I was jolted awake by my alarm - only to realise it wasn’t real. I had dreamt it. Imagine my joy when I discovered I still had another glorious half hour to sleep...
