National Road Safety Week time to focus on saving lives
THIS week is National Road Safety Week, a time when people are urged to honour and remember the lives lost on our roads. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said National Road...
AMSA announces seafarers to return to pre COVID-19 contracts
INTERIM COVID-19 arrangements permitting seafarers to serve longer than eleven months on board ships will end from 28 February next year, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority...
Webfleet Solutions launches Safer Fleets Initiative
WEBFLEET Solutions has launched a new initiative called Safer Fleets, enabling users to harness its existing telematics system to track and trace the journeys of commercial...
Delivery operator predicts pre-Christmas surge
A RECENT expansion has prepared the CouriersPlease network to cope well with demand during the current December quarter peak period, management say. The business is forecasting a...
Svitzer prepares for IR action
TUG company Svitzer is preparing for the impact of multiple industrial actions to be taken in days to come as members of the Maritime Union seek a new enterprise agreement....
Leadership restructure announced for ANL, CMA CGM
CMA CGM chairman Rodolphe Saadé has announced a restructure for both ANL and CMA CGM in th Oceania region. ANL chief executive Xavier Eiglier has been appointed CMA CGM executive...
Systemic failures in regulations around seafarer rights
NEW research from a team at the World Maritime University underlines systemic failures in the implementation of the regulatory regime for seafarers’ hours of work and rest,...
Senate inquiry into survival of the aviation industry
THE Transport Workers Union has welcomed Senate motions setting up an inquiry into the survival of the aviation industry and calling for a halt to the outsourcing of 2500 Qantas...
HFW extends partnership with The Mission To Seafarers
GLOBAL, sector-focused law firm HFW has extended its partnership with maritime charity The Mission to Seafarers for another two years. MtS provides essential welfare support to...
Melwyn Noronha new chief of Shipping Australia
AUSTRALIA’S peak shipping association has announced that deputy CEO Melwyn Noronha will step up to the role of CEO, effective 1 January 2021. He takes over the position from Rod...
Weighing solution improves container handling safety
PATRICK Terminals has adopted an innovative weighing solution to drive better safety outcomes in the handling of containers. Mis-declared containers create potential safety risks...
AMSA orders cargo ship to repatriate seafarers
NINE Chinese and Filipino seafarers, some who have been onboard their Panama-flagged cargo ship Brio Faith for 20 months with no leave, will be reunited with their families after...
Industrial action confirmed for Svitzer operations
SVITZER Australia says it has received notification from the Maritime Union of Australia of three cases of intended protected industrial action. The first action has already begin...
Barkly Pearl detained in Geraldton
AUSTRALIAN authorities have detained the MV Barkly Pearl (IMO: 9042295) following its safe arrival in the port of Geraldton, Western Australia. As reported in Daily Cargo News...
IMO secretary-general emeritus William A. O’Neil, remembered
SECRETARY-GENERAL of the International Maritime Organization Kitack Lim expressed his sincere condolences to the Canadian Government as well as William O’Neil’s remaining family,...
