Neptune Indicator reports crew change shortcomings and omicron fears
THE latest data from the Neptune Declaration Crew Change Indicator suggests the crew change situation is again deteriorating. According to the indicator, the number of seafarers...
Non-alliance shares double on Transpacific
RESEARCH and advisory firm Sea‑Intelligence has used data from the Trade Capacity Outlook database to take a closer look at the dynamics between the alliance-controlled and...
SA floods sever freight routes, expose systemic weaknesses
SEVERE rainfall and flooding in South Australia has disrupted domestic freight, exposing infrastructural and systemic weaknesses. Described by meteorologists as a once in 200-year...
ICS data shows decrease in labour standards reporting
THE annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table, from the International Chamber of Shipping, has identified reporting on seafarer wellbeing as a “casualty of the...
Hunter industries on show for Japan’s investment leaders
THE Hunter region’s future for global investment attraction and industrial growth received a boost on 31 January, with Investment NSW bringing Japan’s Ambassador to Australia and...
Final two members of drug syndicate sentenced
TWO members of an international criminal syndicate arrested in 2017 for importing more than 90 kilograms of cocaine into Victoria have been sentenced to a combined 31 years in...
Insights from ICS’ leadership forum
A RECENT online forum held by the International Chamber of Shipping has concluded that shipping has taken important steps on its decarbonisation journey in recent years but...
Strengthening Australia’s ag partnership with Indonesia
AN Agriculture Co-operation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Jakarta on 27 January by Australian agriculture minister David Littleproud and his Indonesian...
Wellard results reflect low cattle numbers in northern Australia
THE results of the quarter ending 31 December 2021, show cash flow of negative US$1.5 million from operating activities in the reporting period for livestock shipping company...
Seafarers Happiness Index outlines changing dynamics of the “wellbeing crisis” at sea
THE latest report from the Seafarers Happiness Index has revealed the long-term impact the pandemic is having on seafarers, reiterating a call for key worker status and investment...
Aussie funding for PNG port upgrades
AUSTRALIA will supply $580 million in financing to support the repair and upgrade of several key ports in Papua New Guinea, many of which are nearing the end of their service...
APL England master to face trial over cargo spill
THE master of APL England, which lost 50 containers off the NSW coast in 2020, will stand trial on a charge of operating an unseaworthy vessel. The container spill occurred when...
More congestion, more delays in December
THE latest data from cloud-based platform project44 shows that carriers, throughout December 2021, increased blank sailings and other schedule adjustments resulting in more empty...
Marseille’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation
SHIPPING line CMA CGM and TotalEnergies have launched Marseilles’ inaugural ship-to-containership liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation in the Port of Marseille Fos,...
New Kuehne + Nagel sea freight disruption indicator
LOGISTICS company Kuehne+Nagel is launching the Seaexplorer disruption indicator to measure the efficiency of the world container shipping networks. The indicator shows the...
