Australia re-elected to IMO Council
AUSTRALIA has been successfully re-elected to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council, the only representative from the South Pacific region. Elected for a 2-year...
Port of Newcastle protests impede ships
PORT of Newcastle has become the focus of intense anti-coal actions in recent days, with protests and acts of civil disobedience. Activist group Rising Tide on Monday (1 December)...
Australian exporters seek European opportunities
A TRADE trends survey by FedEx has highlighted Australian business interest in exporting to Europe. FedEx (full name Federal Express Corporation) is one of the world's largest...
Tariffs, Trump and the trade adjustment
CHINESE goods are increasingly being exported to Australia and other economies this year even as they have been deterred from the US market by higher tariffs. That was the verdict...
ATSB to investigate serious incident at Brisbane Port
A SERIOUS incident involving four ships breaking from their berths at the Port of Brisbane earlier this week has prompted an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety...
MSC Maritina V safe but detained
THE MSC Wallaby service containership MSC Maritina V, which was forced to anchor in Port Phillip Bay’s South Channel off Sorrento yesterday morning after an engine malfunction,...
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Supply chains face scrutiny from regulators, sanctions' lawyer says
GLOBAL supply chains are increasingly facing scrutiny as regulators enforce sanctions’ regimes, a prominent lawyer says. Sanctions lawyer for UK law firm Reed Smith, Alex Brandt,...
Livestock vessel at centre of cocaine importation arrests
AUTHORITIES have seized more than half a tonne of cocaine from an international livestock vessel off Western Australia, with four men arrested and charged over the alleged...
Beef exports goood! Lamb exports baaaad!
AUSTRALIAN beef exports have totalled 1.27 million tonnes, the largest year to date volume on record and 15% higher than 2024, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures...
Loose wires (nearly) sink ships
THE US National Transportation Safety Board has found a single loose wire on the 9,962 TEU Dali caused the infamous collision with Baltimore’s Frances Key Bridge on 26 March 2024...
Canberra consulting on offshore decommissioning reforms
THE FEDERAL Government is seeking feedback on reforms to decommissioning and financial assurance arrangements for the offshore oil and gas industry. The Department of Industry,...
LPG tanker's Brisbane blackout due to wrong settings
A LOSS of power that temporarily immobilised the LPG tanker Gaschem Homer as it left the port of Brisbane occurred because two of the ship’s three auxiliary diesel generators had...
Australian agribusinesses to boom in Southeast Asia
FRESH opportunities for Australian agricultural exporters are in sight with a strong demand from Southeast Asia, notably Brunei and Indonesia. The National Farmers Federation...
CSL set to fulfill logistics needs for SA magnetite export company
CSL Australia has been named the latest member of a consortium to establish a green iron industry in South Australia. The shipping supplier is to fulfil Green Iron SA’s logistics...
Drones and new tech highlighted at Hong Kong conference
CARGO drones and air logistics were among the innovation topics that attracted more than 2,300 global participants to Hong Kong for the Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation...
