TWU appeals to minister to meet “under-employed” workers
THE Transport Workers’ Union has issued a statement appealing to industrial relations minister Christian Porter, to meet with Jetstar workers. The union wrote to the minister at...
In AWE of new name change
THE Commonwealth Department of Agriculture has issued a statement confirming that it no longer exists. Rather, as of the start of the month, the Department of Agriculture has...
TAPA launches new security standards to stop global cargo theft
THE Transported Asset Protection Association has launched “the most comprehensive industry security standards in its 23-year history” to help protect freight facilities and...
Union and shipping line at odds over virus risk
WATERFRONT workers fear they are being put at risk from container ships from China, according to the Maritime Union. The MUA has issued a statement saying workers at Webb Dock...
ARA new Young Leaders Advisory Board
THE Australasian Railway Association has appointed four new members to its Young Leaders Advisory Board and two reserve members. The new appointees are: Jane Gillespie, senior...
Direct container shipping service contracts through NYSHEX
THE New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) has launched an enhancement allowing shippers and carriers to utilise the NYSHEX framework and technology to secure, monitor and enforce...
ATSB REPORT: YM Efficiency incident highlights effective container stowage
THE loss of 81 containers overboard from the container ship YM Efficiency in mid-2018 highlights the importance of safe and effective container stowage planning, an ATSB...
Victorian roads minister launches driver safety award
VICTORIAN roads and road safety minister Jaala Pulford has launched a new recognition program for the transport sector acknowledging and rewarding heavy vehicle operators and...
Austal launches 109-metre catamaran ferry
THE vehicle-passenger ferry, made by Australian company Austal, is the largest aluminium vessel ever launched in the Philippines and the largest by volume ever constructed by...
Attack of the army worm moth threatens export crops
AUTHORITIES are battling to defend northern Australian from an incursion by fall armyworm moths in the Torres Strait. Fall armyworms can damage economically important grasses such...
YM Eternity released from arrest
CONTAINER ship the YM Eternity has been released from arrest at Port Botany. The Eternity, flagged in Liberia but operated by Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming, was arrested in...
OPINION: IMO 2020 Regulations – a step in the right direction
AS OF 1 January 2020, the International Maritime Organization ruled that marine sector sulphur emissions must be cut by more than 80% in international waters. The implications of...
Government appoints chair of Sydney freight terminal
MINISTER for finance Mathias Cormann and Minister for infrastructure Alan Tudge have jointly announced that the government has appointed Erin Flaherty as chair of the Moorebank...
Gladstone tug boat maintenance under fire
THE Maritime Union of Australia has issued a statement that claims to “blow the whistle” on a series of purported engine explosions on tug boats at the Port of Gladstone during...
TT Club advises on liabilities of the Coronavirus
PROVIDER of insurance and related risk management services, the TT Club, has warned that the disruption to freight transport and supply chains resulting from the coronavirus will...
