WSC calls on governments to close battery cargo safety gap
GOVERNMENTS must address a gap in international dangerous goods rules that allows containers to carry thousands of lithium batteries to be transported without carriers being...
Book sends a message of supply chain resilience
BOLSTERING supply chain resilience during a time of turbulence is a key message to come from a new book aimed at the business community. The book, Australia: A Lighthouse in the...
MIAL welcomes CEO's appointment to Freight Industry Reference Panel
MARITIME Industry Australia has congratulated its chief executive, Angela Gillham, on her appointment as chair of the Freight Industry Reference Panel – Ports and Shipping...
INSIGHT: Government legislation attacks illicit tobacco
THOSE in the supply chain are subject to extensive legislative and other regulatory controls. There is debate on the ways in which those controls are imposed and varied,...
Vopak cleared for Port Botany expansion
VOPAK Terminals Sydney has received approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for the acquisition of leasehold land for the expansion of its Botany...
Ten years on: What Hanjin taught the industry about crisis
TEN years ago, I was working carrier-side in Melbourne when the reports started coming in. Ships holding position outside ports rather than coming in. Not because of weather, not...
Unions reject BHP’s updated Pilbara port offer as dispute intensifies
BHP’S industrial dispute at Port Hedland has escalated after three unions rejected the company’s updated enterprise agreement proposal, despite the inclusion of a $25,000...
Joint rescue operation off Christmas Island shows Australia’s search and rescue capability
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has successfully coordinated a complex search and rescue operation approximately 1,000 kilometres east-south-east of Christmas...
The Tampa, 25 years on: A master's duty, a nation's response
ON 26 August 2001, the Norwegian container ship MV Tampa altered course in the Indian Ocean to answer a distress call from the Australian Rescue Coordination Centre. Its master,...
State government to shut down Infrastructure Victoria
SAVING money has been cited as the key reason for the state government of Victoria moving to axe advisory agencies Infrastructure Victoria (IV) and Economic Growth Victoria....
ALC sets six supply chain priorities for Victorian election
THE AUSTRALIAN Logistics Council (ALC) is asking every party contesting the Victorian election to commit to six practical priorities that would strengthen the state's supply...
Weaker demand to impact ag exports
REDUCED household incomes across the world relarted to the costs of the Middle East impact are expected to impact Australian agricultural export values and reduce export volumes...
OPINION: Global piracy figures are cause for concern
THE LATEST global piracy figures should concern Australia and Papua New Guinea not simply because they represent a threat to international shipping, but because behind every...
Port state control cargo blitz begins
IN CONJUNCTION with the Paris and Tokyo MOUs, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is conducting a concentrated inspection campaign (CIC) on cargo securing as part of routine...
Smuggling, ‘piggybacking’ and a history of government intervention in the supply chain
THERE is a long history of government intervention in the international supply chain undertaken for a variety of reasons, whether related to the conduct of war, recovery of...
