IMO calls for more work to ratify SAR Convention in Pacific
THE INTERNAITONAL Maritime Organization at a recent maritime event in Queensland called for more Pacific Islands nations to ratify the SAR Convention. The ninth Pacific Search and...
Zim reports a big year, dismal fourth quarter
ZIM posted big earnings for 2022, but by the fourth quarter of the year, earnings had fallen off a cliff. The Israeli shipping company posted a net income of US$417 million for...
New leadership at DNV Maritime
DNV has appointed a new offshore classification director for DNV Maritime. The classification society announced on Monday that Torgeir Sterri had been appointed to the role. Mr...
Floating ammonia production unit receives AiP
DNV has issued an approval in principle for a floating ammonia production unit. Dutch offshore energy company SwitcH2 and Norwegian company BW Offshore are developing the...
Second charged in maritime drug smuggling case
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police has charged a second man in connection with a transnational drug trafficking investigation following the discovery of more than 300 kilograms of...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 38
IN the news this week, Senator Bridget McKenzie called for the infrastructure and transport minister to issue a Section 11 exemption from the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow...
ABF opens office in Japan
THE AUSTRALIAN Border force opened a new office in Tokyo. The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey....
Call for coastal shipping to aid flood-stricken Kimberley
“I’M calling on Minister King to urgently lodge a Section 11 exemption of the Coastal Trading Act 2012 to allow international carriers, who are at the ready, to bring in the...
Australia-India trade to be worth $45bn after agreement
BILATERAL trade between India and Australia will increase to $45 billion per year after the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA), but there ambitions...
IMO welcomes high seas treaty
A TREATY to protect biodiversity in the world’s oceans has been moved closer to ratification, and the International Maritime Organization and the International Chamber of Shipping...
Aus ag production to be huge
AUSTRALIA is forecast to reach another record-breaking year for winter crops, value of farm production and exports, following three consecutive years of exceptional growing...
Live sheep export phase-out consultation underway
THE PHASE-out process of the live export of sheep from Australia is underway as an independent panel is leading the consultation process. The panel is chaired by former chief...
Importers fined for illegally harvested timber
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry fined 14 furniture importers more than $186,000 last week because they didn’t act to minimise the risk of importing illegally...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 37
SEALEAD announced a new service that will connect Australia directly with Pakistan and India. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kAoSyVLJTenxl9UfOTPd0?si=b560a00572cc4abe The...
Arrest follows air freight drug detection
A MELBOURNE man was in court on Thursday (2 March) after allegedly importing 24 kilograms of cocaine in an airfreight consignment of water pumps. The St Kilda man, 31, was...
