Website launched to promote maritime jobs
CO-DIRECTOR David Bendall said an industry as diverse and widespread as the maritime industry needed focus points, especially in such a large and diverse country as Australia....
OPINION: Mission to zero - the advancing case for ferries
SHORT routes and regular port visits provide opportunities for shipboard stored energy technology, and it is the commercial case that is turning the tide for ferry owners towards...
PCTC concept vessel claims to slash emissions
SWEDISH company Wallenius Marine has unveiled the latest iteration of its sustainable pure car and truck carrier vessel the Oceanbird. The concept ship has the capacity to carry...
Class society receives US Coast Guard recognition
INDIAN Register of Shipping has joined the list of classification societies to have received authorisation as a recognised organisation from the US flag administration. The...
Kuehne+Nagel invests in global vaccine distribution network
WITH the opening of airside pharma and healthcare hubs in Brussels and Johannesburg, Kuehne+Nagel says it has added two strategic elements to its global network of...
Allow crew changes, insists IMO secretary-general
IN A statement issued ahead of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization has called on governments to take swift...
Report claims “disconnect” in maritime companies’ gender policies
A “DISCONNECT” exists between what maritime companies say and do in the field of gender diversity, a new report maintains. The Diversity – Women in Maritime report, prepared by...
Japan halts search for Gulf Livestock 1 survivors (with video)
THE Japanese Coast Guard has suspended its search for 40 missing sailors who were on board a live export ship believed to have sunk in the East China Sea, the ABC has reported. It...
DHL eCommerce Solutions expands Sydney headquarters
DHL eCommerce Solutions announced that it will relocate its Sydney headquarters to a 19,000-square-metre facility, co-located with DHL Global Forwarding, at Military Road,...
Japanese authorities find empty lifeboat from Gulf Livestock 1 crew (with video)
JAPANESE authorities say they have found an empty life boat from the Gulf Livestock 1, the vessel that sunk in terrible conditions last week in the East China Sea. Two members of...
Cattle ship capsize confirmed; only one known survivor
THE only known survivor of the cattle ship Gulf Livestock 1 has confirmed the vessel capsized in waters off south-western Japan early on Wednesday morning after suffering main...
Seafarers recognised on Merchant Navy Day
THE significant and invaluable contribution merchant seafarers make to Australia’s economy and society, both during wartime and at peace, is being recognised today on Merchant...
Cattle ship missing in typhoon off Japan
A LIVESTOCK carrier regularly trading from Australia is believed to have capsized in a typhoon off Japan during a voyage from Napier, NZ with cattle. The 2002-built Gulf Livestock...
Gladstone dredging finished, Weipa beginning
HALL Contracting’s backhoe dredge Woomera has left Gladstone after the completion of the Ports Corporation’s Clinton Vessel Interaction Project. The dredge arrived in March, along...
Ground broken at Glebe Island multi-user facility
THE first sod has been turned at the new multi-user facility being developed by the Port Authority of New South Wales at Glebe Island. “This first sod turning marks an important...
