Transport minister represents Australia on IMO visit
FEDERAL minister for infrastructure and transport Catherine King is meeting with the International Maritime Organization to reinforce Australia’s role as a member state ahead of...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 56
THE FEDERAL government officially declared an offshore wind zone off the Hunter coast this past week, during a visit to Newcastle....
Man charged over meth shipment in gas heaters
A MAN has been charged over a shipment of methamphetamine sent from Malaysia to Australia hidden in gas heaters. The Victorian man, 31, is the second man charged as a result of an...
Record year for trade at Southern Ports
THE PORTS of Albany, Bunbury and Esperance have broken 16 trade records over the past 12 months, according to Southern Ports. The port authority said exports of spodumene and...
AMSA releases State of the Fleet report
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Bureau, over 2022, inspected 2671 domestic commercial vessels, 2405 foreign-flagged vessels and 95 regulated Australian vessels, according to its...
Sea-freight ketamine haul seized in Victoria
THREE people have been charged in relation to a shipment of ketamine imported into Australia hidden in sea cargo sent from Spain. Eighty kilograms of the drug was found inside...
Piracy risk rises in Gulf of Guinea and Singapore Straits
THE ICC International Maritime Bureau has warned of a resurgence of piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea and the Singapore Straits. In its latest mid-year report, IMB...
New company and board to govern Inland Rail project
THE AUSTRALIAN Rail Track Corporation is establishing a new subsidiary company with its own board to govern the delivery of the Inland Rail. The creation of the new company,...
Two charged over attempt to import 460kg of cocaine
POLICE have charged two people over their alleged involvement in a plot to import more than 460 kilograms of cocaine from Colombia into Western Australia. The Australian Federal...
AMSA bans another general cargo ship
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority has banned the general cargo ship BBC Pearl after inspectors found failures of the safety management system, as well as a defective...
IMO adopts a new GHG reduction strategy
MEMBER states of the International Maritime Organization adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The revised strategy includes what the IMO called...
The DCN Weekly: Episode 55
IN THE news this week, a new chair and board members were appointed to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority board....
Shiling released from detention, bound for Singapore
MARITIME NZ has lifted a detention order imposed on the containership Shiling. The vessel was due to sail for Singapore on Friday 7 July. Shiling’s departure follows a detention...
Jeanine Drummond appointed chair of AMSA
JEANINE Drummond has been appointed chair of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority board. The federal government announced Captain Drummond’s appointment on Wednesday (5 July),...
Four arrested over plot to smuggle 230 kilos of drugs
THE AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have arrested three Sydney men and a boy, 17, for allegedly attempting to possess about 230 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in an...
